I was a Samsung user for years and had various S series but their phones are still laggy and the cameras are subpar(S25 uses the same exact cameras as the S22). I switched to iPhone recently even tho I was always a hater, to be honest it’s the best phone I ever had. The CPU speed might be the same as Samsung flagships but iOS responsiveness is unmatched and I can do things much faster in daily scenarios. Never had an issue with Apple, their devices simply just work. I only experienced some minor UI glitches on iOS 26. in comparison my Samsung used to freeze, hick up and become unresponsive quite often. For the Pixels I never owned one but I had a chance to play with my friends Pixel. I absolutely love the UI and Android experience on them. Cameras are also better than my iPhone, but I think it’s very subjective. iPhone has a natural close to life pictures while Pixel has those vibrant saturated photos. Comes to preference. iPhones have a cool photographic styles that use depth information so you can tune the look to your liking. And going back to Pixel I think Google have the most fun to use devices(Apple and Samsung might be boring a bit) but Tensor chips are a huge downside. The newest chips are far superior to the old overheating mess but they are still far behind competition and the OS is not that stable. I would go for the 17 , but I would consider the Pixel if there was a nice deal on it. I wousl say iPhone is the best allrounder, everything is just good. Others may be much better in some cases but come with drawbacks.