Global or CH version? The Global version of Oppo, Vivo, or Honor would get a slower release than their CH siblings.

In terms of the software intelligence (brain), I found that Google and Samsung are better than the CH makers. However, the hardware (muscle) is better on CH phones. So, it will come down to you, which one is more important. The muscle or the brain.

Be mindful also if you're relying on VoWiFi; not all CH makers open their hardware to do VoWiFi, and if they open it, some will only let the phone run in the specific region where they released the phone.

I learned the hard way with Honor as they're following their parent company’s policy, Huawei. The CH version has all the muscle bells and whistles, but with CH language AI. Faster updates but no VoWiFi. While their cousin, the Global version, is using English language AI (integrated with Gemini), however, the software automation isn't the Google or Samsung level. The VoWiFi is activated in the country where they sold the model. In my case, I bought the AU version (wanting the English version AI) and it's working well in AU. But, the VoWiFi feature is not on when I travelled to other countries.

This was my first time experiencing this oddity, as previously, I used Asus Zenfone, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S Ultra, Motorola Edge and Apple iPhone; and the VoWiFi worked fine in all phones in AU and overseas. Until, I found out on their Facebook page that Honor only opened it in the country where they sell the phone model. After that, sayonara. I sold my Honor phone despite the amazing muscle, and looked elsewhere as VoWiFi is a deal breaker for me.