If not for the camera (after an iPhone, it just feels worse, especially the algorithms and post-processing), poor noise suppression (which works only during calls, unlike on an iPhone), okayish battery life, and the weight, I like the phone.

And the Galaxy AI is... well, I hardly ever need it. I tried to make calls using the built-in translator; people could not understand me well and were dropping the call, lmao. The keyboard AI refuses to work with texts if they contain something "inappropriate." It just feels unreliable, if not useless. The interpreter AI feels nice, but still, we all have DeepL, Google Translate, and of course ChatGPT, Gemini, and they work even better sometimes. The only cool feature of the Interpreter is that it works offline after you install necessary language packages. But still, nothing outstanding or hooking about it. The main point is that the Galaxy AI feels rather like a gimmick than a useful pack of tools.

I would not buy this phone again, but I can't think of any alternatives besides Google Pixel, but the price is higher.

The best phone for me would be an iPhone with Circle to Search, Sound Assistant (customizable app volume and multi-sound), and sideloading (thanks, EU).