if you just got it how can you say the battery life improved dramatically?

Android 14 was still a beta when released for the Pixel lets hope some issues have been fixed since then for Samsungs release.

Still don’t get the hype demanding to be early adopters. I’d rather they take 2-3 months to iron out the kinks.

Android 14 isn’t stable enough still. Pixel only just got a bug that can wipe your data fixed. Why anyone would want that (other than beta testing) is beyond me.