I never minded iPhone overall. But my recent phone has been a lemon. Also since the iOS 16 update, the phone has been nearly unusable. Thankfully, people actually seem to be speaking speaking out about it. Usually people will never criticize Apple.
I could go on about all my issues with iPhone, but are there actually better options? I had Android about 10 years ago. It was fine, I didn’t really have any issues. Feels like you just get fed up with one platform and move to another one that’s better in some ways but still not great.
I’ve noticed Google products have fallen off a cliff in recent years, too. For smartphones being one of the most talked about ‘triumphs of capitalism’ (bs), capitalism doesn’t seem to make good phones. Actually, they have gotten way worse in recent years.
It depends what you mean in terms of non-terrible. Huawei and Xiaomi make great affordable hardware. I got a Huawei Mate 10 Pro three years ago and it’s still going strong, before that I don’t think I had a smartphone for longer than a year before it developing serious issues.
If you’re more concerned about privacy and de-googling then ironically a Google Pixel with Graphene OS seems to be the best choice. There are a couple of Linux based smartphones around too but the hardware can be quite dated and you’d best be prepared for a lot of tinkering.
I am getting more serious about my privacy. iPhone has just shit the bed so bad the last few years. Autocorrect is terrible, constant, serious bugs that will never get fixed. It won’t send messages to android phones half the time now. I’m honestly not convinced Apple and others don’t purposely sabotage other apps on their platforms now.