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Bull-fucking-shit. The only thing it says about the other candidates is that Linus considered her a better choice than the others, that's all. Anything else is you projecting things.

I've decided!  I'll invest in a K30 Pro.  Very keen to tinker around with a brand new OS experience.  Thanks for all your helps guys.

Just another note, check out the Airdroid app if you want to be able to use your phone from your computer, or transfer any files. It will make the transition from iPhone easier. Those other apps I mentioned are great too.

K30 pro (or poco F2) looks really promising in terms of value (hardware/price). Just keep in mind that Xiaomi has been in bad daylight recently (link shown below). Even though basically any phone company is involved in tracking data one way or another. It's worth reading into it and seeing how it evolves.
I believe Xiaomi already replied to the "accusations" and claiming some of them were false, but I haven't gone to deep into it.
 
I myself am looking for a new device aswell and i'm atm considering the OP8 coming from the oneplus 2 myself. My current oneplus 2 cost ~300euro in 2015ish and lasted me 5 years, so i'm really, really satisfied with this brand. It's just that they've become a flagship nowadays, rather than a flagship killer they used to be and thus increased in price. Oneplus also gives 3 years of updates instead of 2 and their OxygenOS is better than stock android. (perhaps a bit biased since i'm a OP user) but a lot of phone reviewers think the same. I just wish OP8 wasn't that big (16cm+) is just.. so large.
 

So obviously your experience will likely vary, but this is what I consider the main differences between Android and iPhone. Android offers a lot more freedom, but that comes at the cost of having far less polished stock apps. The only three stock apps I still regularly use are Google Maps, Gallery (only for pictures, not videos), and Gmail. I've replaced just about everything else. I don't even use the stock dialer app, as I consider exDialer to be a lot better for contacts. I use Next SMS for sending messages, ES File Explorer for file management, SwiftKey for my keyboard, etc. There's pretty much always something far better out there, but that also means your out of the box experience probably won't be the best.
 
If you want speed and good battery life, a Oneplus phone might be good for you. I got a OnePlus 6 when they were brand new and it's only just starting to show some wear. It's possible that it's fine though. I might be spending way more time on it because of the quarantine. Personally, I'm not going back to Samsung phones. They lock down too many features, but I'm the kind of person who loves to tinker with a phone.

If you happen to have a mac (or are able to purchase an old mac mini for around $70) you can set up an AirMessage server so you can still use IMessage on android. But the implementation is not perfect

The pop up camera wont break on its own. If it falls while taking a selfie or smth it will retract a little faster than normal.

Do you like "smoothness" when scrolling? Because that's how you get it.
It's VERY noticeable to have more than 60 Hz, and 60 Hz alone seems like a Bottleneck considering the immense performance, modern Flaggships have today.
I mean, it doesn't matter how much the Performance of the SoCs will rise in the next 10 years. Even if it rises by 2000%. As long the Screen has 60 hz, it will look less smooth than any other 90 Hz screen, that runs at 90 fps.
 
Do you "need" 90 Hz? Nah of course you don't.
But it does look really great.
 
If possible, go into a store and test 90 Hz.
 
But tbh, if you spend 500 bucks (aka, Oneplus 7T price~ kinda), i wouldn't buy anything anymore that has only 60 Hz screens - since i like the smoothness.

Im getting 9h SOT on my android phone(4000mah)...
If you like ios, i would suggest the iPhone 11, but it's like $77 more.
BUT on the android side of things, the OnePlus 7 Pro looks like a pretty good deal, considering it has a 90Hz screen and sd855. However, if you aren't keen on high refresh rate screens, the Xiaomi K30 Pro is faster due to the sd865 chip and is also cheaper.

No, not like that. There is some bloatware that you will have to uninstall. Now miui 12 is starting to roll out, which seems pretty promising. Also they have a huge community base. If xiaomi stops supporting the device after 2-3 years, you will still have a lot of very stable custom roms to choose from.

you get endless customization on android. if you use magisk or root, then you get even more options, heck you can change the operating system entirely too. On android you can do almost anything you want. 
 
Edit: I would recommend samsung s10 or oneplus 7t