u/CumRag_Connoisseur

First time going above midrange, Samsung S25 or S26? (base only)

Hello po! I have been researching for several days as to which phone to get, and I narrowed down my choices to a few select phones, in order:

  1. Samsung S26 (base model) - S25, but with Horizon Lock, very slightly improved camera output, and 1 extra year in software updates lol
  2. Samsung S25 (base model) - Actually my top choice at first due to 6.2in sizing.
  3. Iphone 16 or 17 - looks good, fantastic camera, but a I don't really enjoy Apple OS tbh.
  4. Xiaomi 17 - a fucking beast in almost all aspects, but the software apparently sucks a bit. Dati din akong Xiaomi fanboy pero I had like 3 phones that slowed down after 3 years.

I would love to hear from actual user experience dito 😄

PS. Please do not suggest any Pro/Plus variants, they are already outside my preference.

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u/CumRag_Connoisseur — 14 days ago