I’m currently rocking a S10+ that I’ve had since launch. I have to say, between the S9+ and S10+, Samsung hands down makes the most stable smartphone of any I’ve owned.
I’ve only had to get 2 battery replacements and 1 screen replacement with my device, and its still running strong.
That being said, a major part of my hesitancy to upgrade is Samsung having now dropped Micro SD support for the past few models and is not likely to ever go back. But I also know security support for my device ended in April.
I have a 512 GB card that I keep all my media on including documents, photos, videos, and music. So I just keep the internal storage for apps. Done it likes this for years.
What would be a solid upgrade? I’m willing to accept I’ll have to migrate all my media onboard for a new device. I refuse to cloud sync everything to my phone and be 100% reliant on Internet just to access my content.
I’d stick with samsung, I believe ultras have 1Tb options, but mind that better phone with bigger sensors and 4k video and such, will take even more space. I cloud sync everything, so I’m fine with my 128gb S22. I use the very good integration with onedrive. I understand your point on being internet dependant but for my experience files don’t take too much space so they’re always with a local copy, and as for photos I keep the ones from the past year or two, the older ones are always available in low quality, so it’s good enough for a quick check