Now before anybody starts about S24 having being a great phone and amazing performance, …
I own the exynos chip version ( I live in the EU ) and the heating issues and battery draw is disqusting. I have had it for a little over a year and the battery will go from 78% at 1pm when starting afternoon shift to 24% at 10pm after finishing my shift.
It used to last 2-3 days with my usage, nowdays it can’t go over half a day with me not touching it ( I have syncthing running and tasker to disable/enable syncthing depending on conditions. And home assistant to look up automations that I have configured to use the least amount of sensors as possible ).
All I need in a phone is good battery life ( atleast a day with syncthing/tasker and home assistant running in the background ), smaller sized screen with an oled/amoled display ( I tend to read manga and webtoons on my phone ) and possibly a snapdragon chip for occasional pc game emulation ( indie games ) using fex/gamenative.
EDIT: The main problem I have with the phone isn’t the battery life, it’s the overheating issues that made the battery life to degrade rapidly that I have the issue with.
The only phones I recommend are Pixels. If you care about privacy, they’re the only ones that run GrapheneOS. If you don’t, features like Hold For Me and Call Screen are invaluable.
The 9a is known for incredible battery life.
They also get 7 years of updates, so you can get an older model for very little money and keep it for a long time.
They also are the only devices supporting the new desktop mode, if that catches your fancy.
If you’re into mobile gaming, uhhh, I don’t know what to tell you because I couldn’t care less.