I'll continue buying used Pixels for my next phone as long as I'm able to use Graphene or similar on it. Perhaps that use-case is keeping it more popular than their android competitors.

I wonder what Samsung's figures would look like if they hadn't tried to follow Apple so closely in the last few years? They aren't really seen as leaders or innovators in any area now. Flip and book foldables have been picked up, and in some cases done much better, by many other brands. The TriFold seems to have been a short-lived experiment that has since been abandoned due to a lack of profitability. Samsung rushed out the S25 Edge to beat Apple to market, but it was massively overshadowed by the iPhone Air. Galaxy AI was also ahead of the pack when it released but it was mostly limited to gimmicks and I"m not sure it did much for their sales. iPhones now have Apple Intelligence, and Google clearly has a significant advantage going forward considering its Ai development is in-house with Gemini. All other notable brands have their own suite of AI features.

But then again, maybe Samsung would be performing even worse if it was genuinely trying to be different. Maybe it's impossible to beat Apple and the leftovers strategy is actually the best option available.

The only way I'd switch to an iPhone is if Canada puts in place the same third-party store/ sideloading requirements as the EU.

What are you taking about, they're leaders and innovators in trying to cram Bixby down your throat and turning an open OS into a closed off ecosystem.

Make Bixby great again!

cost and an account I can maintain without one of the companys devices is what it would take for me.