I got my first ever phone that wasn't low end $150ish or less ... a Pixel 9. I have had cheap crappy Samsung phones and a couple Motorola ones that were not bad and that one Chinese brand now banned in America...Huawei. all were low end
That Chinese spy phone was honestly the best one overall, but it had one annoying glitch like every other phone I ever had. Every one has at least one thing that was a pain in my butthole.
So I finally decided F it because my last 2 Samsungs were honestly garbage. The wifi would need to be toggled on and off and occasionally the mobile service too...
Listening to music or a podcast it would just randomly stop. Since I got the new phone none of these issues ever happen.
I'm spent $500 on this phone. It was totally worth it. The Pixel works faster, everything is very responsive and the layout is very basic. All the issues from my other phones are now gone.
It's designed to be easy to use for everyone of all ages. Settings are labeled in the most easy to understand way. It's weird though how I had to pay more for a phone to be more simple ...
But it has better hardware parts making it snappy and fast. All those low end phones I ever owned have pre-installed crappy apps nobody wants and a layout that's not always intuitive.
It's funny you have to pay more to get the straight forward phone that actually works right never disconnecting from wifi/mobile and is easy to use. So easy it feels like there has to be a catch lol.
I hooked up my crappy Samsung a15 to this Pixel and it transferred almost everything in less than ten minutes. I mean even the wifi password to our house. First for me lol
Last day of the month tomorrow. Sum 5 or below no hits...I got 410,300,400