I'm coming up to contract renewal on 23rd feb and I'm trying to decide what to do phone wise. I could go the sim only route, but my partners phone is a bit of a dick, so she will get my current S7 Edge and I will take the hit on a new device (frankly I'm paying for the device regardless of if I give her the S7 or not). I was initially thinking of sticking with an Android device, but I have had way more issues and annoyances with my 4 years of Android than I did with 4 years of iOS devices previous to that. My main complaints being updates broke on my Nexus 9, resulting in having to manually force updates on via PC to get the damn thing updating properly again. Music on Android has also proven pretty shocking, I have the album metadata for some songs re-written by Android so they appear as a different album and cover art seems to be hit and miss if it actually copies across. The lifespan for updates on Android devices also seems pretty poor compared to how long Apple devices get them for. My Android Wear watch won't be getting Wear 2 software for example despite not being that old. With Apple, I can't change the default app to do certain actions as I am aware and the default mail app with Gmail is a bit shit. But I have coped with that before without getting too wound up. However iTunes does actually sync stuff properly and with Dropbox on any device, photo backup isn't a worry either. So in my head I had narrowed my options down to a Pixel 2 XL before I had become so disillusioned with Android or going back to Apple with either an 8 Plus or an X. I played with all 3 at the weekend, and the Pixel 2 phones actually kind of disappointed me. The screens didn't get near to Apple's or Samsung's and felt a bit meh. Plus the Android aspect. The 8 Plus and X felt really snappy and a much nicer build quality than the Pixel 2. I do feel I prefer fingerprint readers on the front, so 8 Plus hits that. The X is just FaceID as they couldn't get TouchID on the screen working, has anyone had much chance to try out FaceID and can give some feedback on it? I also know at least for the 8 Plus, I can get a waterproof case to use on my bike and still be able to charge it. The Galaxy S series has proven a hit or miss on that front. My final option is the S9 series will be launched at MWC around the 28th February, so I can wait and see what that brings. However that is likely to be fingerprint on the back. Plus I will have the frustration of music on Android and no guarantee I can get a waterproof case to use on the bike with charging. So what would people go for and for what reasons out of the following: iPhone 8 Plus iPhone X Samsung Galaxy S9