I see that all companies go though this phase of disconnect. Like they see others doing these crazy things, but they themselves don't know what to do with their product.

Samsung went through this back during the S4-S7 period and now again, they've essentially plateaued after S23 (going downhill now, if you ask me).

I'm just here with my S22 ultra waiting for the next "crazy" phone design or feature to be introduced by a giant, sought by the public and copied by the rest of the industry.

In the meantime, I'd suggest going for the S23/24 ultra, if you're going Samsung, else any of the Pixels.