Its not a choice because not a single item on that list can be closed and let me do my job. So rather than petitioning to replace 10 years of existing software development, I'll ask for a 32gb laptop.
I'm a rails dev and I constantly struggle with 16GB. Once you start up rails, background workers, webpack, vs code, MS teams, a database, plus your web browser you very quickly run out of memory.
This is the reason I switched to an iphone this year after 10 years on android. Everything I loved about Android devices is dead and they are now while at least Apple respects privacy.
Apple started out as fairly repair hostile while Androids were relatively repairable. Now most android phones are sliding more and more towards glued together bricks while iphones are mostly the same to the point where most android devices are actually harder to repair.
I took my Pixel 2 in to a store for a battery replacement and the person told me that there is a chance the screen will shatter when they remove it. If a person with all the tools and training can't reliably replace the battery something is seriously wrong. Apple might be doing a lot of things horrible but they are the only ones who actually have a store in my area and offer repairs on their own devices.
What its marketed as is bullshit. 5G seems essential to fit more devices in packed spaces like sports stadiums. Marketers are trying to convince users that 5g is absolutely essential even if you aren't quite sure what for yet. The news post I read today listed 4g as enabling video streaming and 5g as enabling "Hyperfast gaming and augmented reality". What a load of meaningless bullshit.
I'm not going to be one of those "the eye can't even see 60fps" people but lets not pretend that 5g is going to be anything but an incremental infrastructure upgrade that won't affect people in a non congested area.
I find the feature to be entirely useless. In my usual hand position I can't trigger the mode and I can't reach the back button which ios places in the top left corner for some reason.
Iphones always had screens that were close to the sides which is what really matters. The chin and forehead don't matter for reachability because you never had to reach them.
Its because they use peer pressure to get you to buy an apple device. You can invite an android user to an imessage group but it apparently downgrades the feature set of the group for everyone, they also color messages from android users differently. Its all designed to discourage talking to android users so they eventually buy an iphone.
The best part about having a bulky case is it removes so much stress. Dropping your phone doesn't matter. You can throw it across the room. It's insane how something designed to be taken everywhere and used regularly is so fragile.
I personally can't stand using a phone without a thick case. They give you a really comfortable grip on the phone. Modern phones are horrible to hold without a case.
How on earth can you possibly spend so much on random consumer products sold on Amazon? Are people really buying so much junk that it costs more than most peoples yearly salaries?