Yea lor that's why I'm looking at cheaper option like oneplus12,honor 200 but need see review first
I think cannot go wrong with any of the options cos the software isn't as bad as 5 years back. For android phone, is more of learning the different gestures/shortcuts/customisation from different brands. Like for OP12, can set animation speed to very fast without going to developer settings.
The only feature i want for OP12 is auto dim at night cos the screen at lowest brightness is still super bright. Too bad also no snapdragon sound+lossless tho it supports but LDAC and LHDC is good too
Gaming wise - S24U is a overclocked SDGen3 while OP12 doesn't overclock it. Also must take note if is SD gen 3 with a "s" or not. The "s" is not as powerful but very capable
No sales now too so if not in a rush can just wait for next sales. Don't think prices are dropping that much yet. For xiaomi phone, it drops alot more cos way too many model and series
Most impt is whether you wan a curved screen cos good screen protector hard to find and usually is uv glued for a tempered glass one, which one of the post here say very hard to remove