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Pixel and Nothing: my favorite Android smartphones.

I've been using the Pixel 7a for over a year now, and it has been one of the best user experiences I've had so had with a smartphone so far. The only smartphone that come close, is the Nothing Phone 1 , so much so that when the time comes to replace my Pixel 7a, it will come to what Pixel and Nothing have on offering on the mid-range at the time.

While I'd like to have to latest, and greatest, flagship smartphone out there, with the experience I had with both the Pixel 7a, and the Nothing Phone 1, I've come to reilase that a good mid-range smartphone gives mee all what I need. Not only that, the user experience is just as good.

Besides, with Nothing offering at least 3 Android upgrades, and Google offering 7 on Pixels, the devices become all that better for me. Knowing that my smartphone will receive at least 3 years of OS upgrades is something that gives a lot more value for me. Specially since I know now that 3 years is the minimum amount of time I want to be able to use my smartphone before considering upgrading the hardware.

I've been using Android since 4.4 Kit Kat, and since then Android has become my go to mobile OS. And since Android 12 I've been able to use each yearly realize. The biggest user facing change has been with Android 15, and I really like it.

The way Android work, keeps me for even considering to making the jump to the iPhone. Not that the iPhone is bad, but Android gives me both the hardware, and software, that makes my user experience the one I want. Not to mention that Android devices are the ones that fit better to my lifestyle.

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