I hear you, though I couldn’t care less about the ecosystem myself.

What I did personally, was test stuff side by side, because Samsung S21U or S22U started feeling way too cheap when it comes to their build.

When testing an iPad Pro and an Tab S8+ or which one was it, as well as my gf’s 13 pro against my s21u and s22u… the differences in quality of anything basically put Samsungs to shame.

Especially for matching cost.

So I just went 14 pro max, and never looked back. It’s the only device that feels, looks and sounds premium, along with the semi-insane price tag.

While I do miss some of the android flexibility, I just love a good display, speaker and feel in hand, and those are priorities to me, which I didn’t find anywhere else.

And apps on iPhone, and overall the way the phone behaves, look like zero choppiness to me, compared to android flagships.

Oof… happy for you that you can’t even tell.

Build quality, screen/display quality, sound quality, software/os snappiness

All of those in equal are nowhere else to be found. And I only started with the 14pm model. Was almost always Samsung before that for a decade. Some OnePlus too.

Oneplus always felt on the cheap side. Plus all the bugs. And Samsung became that way after the n20u. Shame.