[General Topics] jorgerios15:
I am a happy owner of a Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus. Right now I find myself looking forward to upgrading to One UI 6.1 and getting all those Galaxy AI (artificial intelligence) features. The thing is, I tend to change phones every 3 or 4 years and I don't know whether to switch to the future Galaxy S25 series or switch to the future Google Pixel 9 Pro

I think One UI is a more complete operating system with more features than stock Android, but do we really need all that huge amount of configuration and customization options that One UI brings? Well, in my personal case, I don't think I need all that, but "it's better to have all that and not need it than to need it and not have it". I, for example, am not even interested in the extreme customization offered by the "Good Lock" App, I have never installed it and I do not even plan to install it because with the standard customization options of One UI it is enough and more than enough. I really customize very little One UI and I like to use it as original as possible, I only modify a few very few things

On the other hand, we have the stock Android of the Google Pixel and its advantages over One UI are very easy: they receive first of all the new versions of Android, it has the software with the least amount of unnecessary Apps pre-installed (it is a very clean software), the user interface is more "user friendly" than One UI and the fact of having fewer options and configurations that One UI gives it an extra plus in ease for use by less Geek users, and... Although it may seem absurd to you, another great sale of Android Stock is that snow through the App drawer is done vertically, which is much more comfortable and natural

The truth is that I don't think it's worth abandoning One UI for Stock Android. When you upgrade from one version of Android to a newer one, there are few new features or improvements that are gained. On the other hand, for those of us who own a Samsung when we go from a version of One UI to a newer one, there are many more improvements and new features that we gain than those that Google Pixel users gain by upgrading from Android to a newer version. In addition to the fact that One UI is the Android that is best understood and has the best integration with a Windows PC and with One UI we have the mother of all the functionalities that Pixel users do not have: Samsung DEX. One UI is better and more complete and I was able to give more of itself a lot more than Android Stock can

But on the hardware side, I see a serious problem with the pixels. The pixels come to market with a processor with a mid-range power, and a high-end processor of the year such as a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 doubles it and even more in power. That makes me doubt how well it can withstand those 7 years of Android version updates knowing that every operating system as it evolves and gains in functions and new features needs more hardware resources. That's a problem that the Samsung Galaxy S series don't have because they come out with high-end hardware and that's why for me the Galaxy S series can withstand those 7 years of refresh in a better way

But that's just my opinion, what do you guys think?