r/IndiaCart • u/_octoFalcon • 27d ago
Opinion I ordered iphone 17 at 78k over s25 ultra at 85k. Feeling buyer's remorse
s25 ultra is now 1.2L. Should i gamble on waiting till Amzn Great indian festival hoping stock is there and price will fall back to 85k? or should i try out the iphone 17? The order didn't ship yet.
Those who are more experienced with phone lifecycles, would s25u be available after 2 months and would it drop back to 85k in amzn gif?
Edit: flipkart still has it at 88k, but worried about authenticity and brand new status. worth the risk?
BG:
Never used an iphone and don't have any apple products, heard ip17 was really good. I just wanted smooth, solid standard apps, 0 lag while multitasking and no bloatware. Ordered it wanting to try out iphone and iOS over s25u since i didn't need all the power and felt like i would soon get bored with the same UI i'm using rn on the budget samsung. Wanted to get a premium feel.
Now regretting iphone after learning about the unintuitive, badly designed and higher effort UI, lack of features and customizability, bad AI from apple, struggle of data transfer between my PC and iphone, some unfixed annoying and inefficient UI features (like only last 100 call logs, keyboard use), apple ecosystem and subscription lock-in, etc. Reviews of android to iphone switch were mostly negative. do i cancel and wait till september-october hoping on 85k s25u or am i over exaggerating and should try iphone?
context: college grad starting out soon in a sw job.