I managed to purge myself of Apple as of a couple of years back by getting an s24 ultra.

Main things that stand out over apple:

- Much higher resolution camera w/ pretty incredible zoom. Though overall picture quality is a far closer comparison.

- S-pen, mostly used for its remote capability, shame they dropped that for the s25...

- Samsung Dex. I use my phone as my laptop daily, I've also used it as a dumb terminal for remote gaming while travelling which works exceptionally well

- Access to alternative browsers, ad blocking, alternate stores, side loading apps etc

While Google is no angel Apple actively works against open systems and control of your own devices, I'm glad to be out of that ecosystem.