-Wanted to try iOS after years of android.

-my parent both had iPhones and don’t use any message app other than imessage, so the ecosystem helped.

-ecosystem: we already had an iPad, a Mac and an iMac

-great cameras on budget phone

-budget iPhone intrigued me (still using my 2020 SE)

-many popular friends had iPhones

-felt premium

-HUGE performance (what made me even consider iPhones in the first place)

-HUGE software support (2nd biggest reason) meant I would comfortably keep my phone for 5+ years

-smoothness: always heard that iPhones are just smooth interested me

-app availability: most apps come before on iOS and are better optimized

-chip efficiency meant I didn’t even look at the battery size

These are just some things I considered when choosing between android and iOS. The android decide at the time had a higher refresh rate, OLED screen, huge battery and 3 cameras but yet I choose the iPhone.

To this day I’m still thinking about the android experience but seeing Samsung’s phones lately, I’m pretty sure I made the right decision.

Yup but also the case material. For me (and apple marketing professionals probably) :

SS+Milanese+analog= squared classic watch

SS+Sport loop+loads of complications= premium sport watch

AL+milanese+analog= sportive guy (or girl) which also dresses formal

AL+sport loop+complications= purely sportive Watch

That’s how apple probably meant it to push us to spend more on the SS since (imho) it looks better in every occasion.

The problem to me isn’t that much the price but rather the impossibility to swap the battery.

You will probably need to enable developer mode (a few clicks and a restart) and then confirm something like 30 times in order to install an app. You won’t be able to do it by default, that would be just stupid.