Look at the S22+ and see what you think of that size. My Pixel 2 only seems small when I don’t compare it to my iPhones. Then I realize it’s a bit taller and slightly wider than my smallest iPhones, which are truly tiny. The Pixel 2 had considerable blank space around the display. Newer phones are all display. It means you’re getting a lot more phone in a package close to what you’re used to.
I’m glad you’ve been using your Pixel 2 all this time. I’ve had all sorts of expensive flagships from Apple and Samsung and Pixel and even so, I only fully retired my Pixel 2 last year. It was a phone I truly loved.
And I’m still tempted to revive it from time to time. The display was flawed, I mean there was a pink blotch on it. And yet still I loved that phone and had so many fun times with it. It helped it used to have Google Playgrounds on it that let me put fun Star Wars and Pokémon moving characters into photos and videos. The kids I babysat loved that. Even the teens thought it was great fun. Of course Google abandoned that.
Google Assistant ran beautifully on it. There was just such an ease with that phone.
I hope you love whatever Samsung phone you choose, if that’s what you do end up going for. There is a lot available in One UI. I honestly haven’t ever dived into the full capability of One UI, and now Good Lock, probably because I’ve been splitting so much of my time and attention with iOS.
This is the year I finally take a deeper dive into One UI. Sadly, apparently all iPhones give me migraines and other visual impairments. I struggle with my latest Pixel 6 Pro, too.
I seem able to use my S22 Ultra fine. And I hope that will hold true with the s23 Ultra. I’d like to move in more on my Samsung and let my iPhone be more of a peripheral device. Until this year, it was more the opposite for me.