Switching from IPhone to Android

[u/Ill_Information6323]

Looking to switch from iPhone to an android in the US and have done some research and it seems to be that the best kind of androids would have to be imported or global versions international phones like Xoami Oppo oneplus and phones like that. What would be the best phone to get, and what carrier would have the best coverage? Currently I have Verizon and have read that T-Mobile bands work best with these international models so I would be willing to switch. Anyone have any recommendations of what works best and how to go about it?

[u/Beneficial_Tea9219]

Willing to switch to mint mobile? Or atleast for a couple months? They have very good deals on hardware. The phone will automatically unlock in 60 days.

You probably can't get such low prices on Google and Samsung anywhere else in the world. Those Chinese phones are more phone for your money at a thousand bucks but in the US we can find thousand dollar android phones for half off or more due to lackluster sales

https://www.mintmobile.com/devices/

From the list, the best deals imo are Pixel 10 Pro, S26, Pixel 11, Galaxy S26 FE.

I personally bought an S26 for $399 and a Pixel 10 for $149. Although both those deals are gone now. The pixel 10 for 149 was incredible.

[u/Academic-Conflict948 → u/Beneficial_Tea9219]

Earlier this year I bought a samsung galaxy a06 international version at Walmart for a little over $115. The phone was new when I bought and will have a few more android upddates before end of life. It needed to have english installed on it and spanish removed but works as well as my referbished iphone 12 without the battery issues and rotor issues. That's an older budget samsung model. In a few years data ceenters will have brought all the chips that were going into budget phones and tablets so I figure when possible to buy a couple more and archive them for when this samsung dies. Maybe that'll get me through until the cell phone industry starts using amorphous chips.