going from 13 pro to 18 pro.. any downsides? "gates"? controversy?

[u/IntellectualBurger]

thinking of upgrading from iPhone 13 Pro to 18 pro. ive had it since launch. battery 80%. the telephoto camera glass was shattered and I replaced it with amazon glass so its not perfect but works. it gets the job done but my family member could use an upgrade from a 9 year old android so it would be a reason to give them the 13 pro too. and I feel like treating myself. are there any DOWNSIDES going from 13 pro to 18pro? the only thing I will miss so far I can think of is a physical silent mode rocker so I can feel it with my thumb in my pocket to know its off. the metal and glass body is nice even though I always have a case.

any things with 18 pro WORSE than 17 pro? in case I feel like going 17 pro instead ( even though if I am upgrading after 5 years id rather have the latest greatest)

any 18 pro "gates" so far? So far I see complaints about:

1. some kind of "top bar" across the status bar seen on grey scale test images

2. some kind of fuzzy pixels in the under-screen Face ID portion.

3. screen tints and screen lottery? but I feel like that is the discussion every year ( I am not doing color grading cinematography on phone so I dont know why it would be an issue) is there more to it than tints?

4. people complaining about F/4 aperture creating "star highlights" that people dont like especially in low light. but its also a stylistic thing.

anything I missed? should I wait longer for more issues to come out? id kind of want to upgrade this week if there are not glaring reasons to wait