If you want a phone that will get updated for many, many years, get an iPhone. People are still using iPhone 6s models or earlier which have been left behind on major iOS updates for a couple of cycles now.

If you’re happy with what you have and have no issue with how they work in general, stick with Samsung.

Do I personally prefer an iPhone? Sure. Would I be lost forever if I switched to Samsung/Pixel/etc? Not at all.

That said, an iPhone 13 would be just fine as well. That’s what I have, and feel no need to upgrade to a 14 this year or even next, barring catastrophic damage. I fully expect this phone to last me for the next four or five years if I utterly drag my heels in updating.

Plus pretty much all google services work on iPhone. So you can just download those apps and use them with your existing accounts.

It’s entirely up to you. An iPhone will work brilliantly, but so will a regular Android phone, most likely.

Frame it.

This is not possible.

You’re welcome! A 20W Anker charger will charge your phone much faster, guaranteed.

Might be time to invest in a nice Anker Nano usb-c charging brick and use the cable that came with your 14.

I trust Apple refurbs more than most company’s new. You’re good there, refurb or not.

If you’re still within the return policy, I’d suggest doing a straight return and exchange, honestly. But don’t worry, this early into the 14 release I doubt you’ll get a refurb.

Gotcha. Good luck, I hope it’s some weird hardware issue that can be resolved with a quick replacement!

What carrier? I’m guessing outside the US, since you’re talking about physical SIM cards and US 14 models don’t have those.

For someone who gets quite a few spam calls a day, it’d be pretty nice.

Dump an unknown number to it, let fate decide.

Not an android feature I miss but one we had from the Pixels: call screening. Such a brilliant concept.

I wondered when the “should I wait for iPhone 15” posts would start.

Nah, just keep that in mind anytime you have a tech issue. Always reboot first!

You’re not dumb, you just expect things to work. That’s a good trait most of the time, and usually how life with an iPhone goes!

If a process is running wild and draining that battery, it could easily be.

The iPhone is just another computer, after all! If something is going wild in the background, a reboot usually nixes it.

Good luck! Also, battery can be uneven the first day or two after an update. Lots of background laundry being done.

Usually the first step in troubleshooting any issue.

Zero offense to you, OP, but it astonishes me how few people try this first when an issue happens. :)

Have you rebooted it since updating?

Apps you don’t want refreshing in the background regularly or that you do.

These are decisions you need to make yourself.

I look at an app and think, “Do I want to have that app refresh in the background?”

Then I flip the switch depending on the answer to that question.

Intricate and arcane, I know.

There will be zero difference between esim and physical sim as far as your network activity.

Return/exchange/replace. It isn’t esim.

Absolutely. The XR is a solid phone and if it has a new battery now it could be usable for many years from now.

It won’t get all the iOS updates down the road, most likely, but it’ll still be a good iPhone.

You…might want to just go to Apple.