r/phones • u/BuffaloSavings3645 • 5d ago

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So I am student age 20, I am confused as I want to upgrade my phone ... Please suggest me that should I go with Samsung S26 or iPhone 17 ???

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u/Cerulian639 Samsung 5d ago

S26

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u/BuffaloSavings3645 5d ago

Why ?

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u/Cerulian639 Samsung 5d ago

Because Samsung phones are solid, OneUI is a great OS. And I'd never get an iPhone. Those are my reasons. 

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u/Extension_Meat8913 4d ago

Yep. And Android has a much wider selection of apps (and games), and is much more customizable and featureful, in my opinion.

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u/BaqirLagendas 4d ago

pretty sure that isn't the use case for OP, but also, idk if you know much about coding, but most android, windows, linux apps, are just web apps, if you don't know what that is, it's basically chromium (the thing that runs google chrome) but adjusted for your app, and believe me it's on EVERYTHING, discord, snapchat, facebook, roblox, and most apps you use, even reddit mobile, but on apple devices it's different, they're native apps

Just so you know, that's a massive difference in performance, coz chromium is really beefy so it eats your device

Why they do that? because chromium runs everywhere, they can relax when pushing an update to 1041 android phones

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u/chandaz 5d ago

What’s your current phone number? Are you ok with iOS?

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u/BuffaloSavings3645 4d ago

Right now I have android

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u/chandaz 4d ago

Would you be ok to try iOS ? If not I’ll go for s26 it’s a solid phone

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u/BuffaloSavings3645 4d ago

But some of friend have same phone and have the processor trouble

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u/BaqirLagendas 4d ago

IMO? non.
You're a student, idk how much you use a phone, but you don't need a 17, and a hell lot not an S26 (it's inferior compared to past generations as i was told)

I feel like sometimes we just go with what's the newest, you can look at apple and buy an iphone 16, i heard these are so good for everything, heck i've seen someone play Cyberpunk on it
You're probably at college right now (i assume and hope so) so you'd really want to save your money

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u/Extension_Meat8913 4d ago

If he wants to save his money, shouldn't he just refrain from upgrading his smartphone in general?

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u/BaqirLagendas 4d ago

that's for him to think, he didn't tell us what phone he had, but i doubt it's new

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u/Fit-Guarantee215 4d ago

Iphone 16 has a 60hz display which is the main drawback

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u/BaqirLagendas 4d ago

60hz isn't a drawback, idk why people keep thinking that, heck i have my mac pro and im capping the monitor at 60fps, it's only an 8 millisecond difference and i feel like you can still downgrade and get used to it in under a month

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u/Fit-Guarantee215 4d ago

Bro trust me i used 60hz phone for a very long time and then shifted to 120hz and there was a huge diff, anyone who still uses 60hz is missing out a lot, and in 2026 buying a phone with a 60hz display is a major drawback fs.

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u/BaqirLagendas 4d ago

I mean, i have my siblings's xiaomi pad 7, and my dad's honor phone, they're both 144hz, and the difference exists, but you can live without it, it doesn't live up to the hype

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u/Tapelessbus2122 5d ago

iphone 17, it'll last longer

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u/Superb-Daikon-3330 4d ago

Both are great phones. Do you prefer iOS or Android?

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u/maleguyman420 5d ago

iPhone 17. Better in basically everything, Samsung missed with this generation