I will upgrade to get a device covered by a fresh warranty since I don't usually buy the extended warranty and to (keeping fingers crossed) get some battery life improvements and improvement in low light photography. But I definitely am not expecting any truly exciting changes.
The new device will have to perform as well as my current device is doing. My s22 Ultra is working quite well and free of defects and complaints that compelled me to trade past Samsung phones.
With iphones I have usually been driven to upgrade by a desire to have improved connectivity and audio. Whether it's wifi or cellular, I've often struggled with iPhones for some reason. I could not even hold conversations on my iphone 6 plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus!!! The connection and sound for me and my callers was that terrible.
When I got my HTC 10 in 2016 (I think it was that year) it was a revelation that a cell call could sound so crystal clear. That phone had incredible audio capabilities all around. But it had the best call quality I'd ever experienced on a phone up to that point.
I've loved iOS for ages, but I've also been frustrated with Apple's hardware shortcomings for ages. Apple cheaps out on features, for practical and necessary economic reasons, I'm sure. But it's frustrating for the consumer.
Speaking of sound on a phone, my Samsung S7 Edge was the first phone I had that gave me incredible sounding stereo audio for home videos. When I listen to videos made of the children at a school event years ago on that phone, I can feel like I'm standing right there in that scene again. It took Apple an inexcusably long time to add stereo recording to the iphone.
Even now, anytime I use one of my Bluetooth speakers, the sound quality is noticeably better when I use my Android phones vs my iPhones.
