iPhone or Android in 2022?

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I was getting the upgrade itch and thinking about 14 too, which beta version was it? Still 3, still waiting on 4?

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All I know is that I have the Samsung beta program, my information is that Samsung released it August 1, UI 6 android 14. I havenā€™t had any issues worth complaining about.

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I currently have an iPhone 13, a Pixel 6 and a Windows laptop. I briefly had Phonak Marvels when they first came out, but they had too many connectivity issues, so I switched to Oticon Opn with a ConnectClip. The Opns and the android phone I had at the time didnā€™t support ASHA, so my connectivity was MFi with the iPhone and the ConnectClip with the laptop. This worked pretty well, although at this stage, I think MFi gave an edge to iPhones for anyone with hearing aids. (I know there are people that like the BTC approach of Phonak, but Iā€™m not one of them.)

Now I have Oticon Real HAs, which support MFi and ASHA, along with the ConnectClip, so I use all three. I find MFi to be somewhat more polished due to the built-in support, but aside from that, the audio quality of MFi, ASHA and the ConnectClip are basically the same. At this point, I think either iPhone/MFi or Andriod/ASHA are close enough that it no longer matters as much which you use.

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I agree. Since I upgraded to the latest version of myPhonak and also had my KS9s (Marvels) reprogrammed, I am getting great connectivity and clarity on my Pixel 4a.

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IMO, it depends on the phone, the OS level, and the app.

The Jabra app was terminally annoying on my Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, which was not listed as ā€˜compatibleā€™ by ReSound. I bought an iphone SE(2022) which worked almost flawlessly with the app or just the MFi connection. On IOS 16.6, the app on my phone keeps losing its connection. Itā€™s still better than the S20 5G, but I think I might just use MFi and give up the features of the ReSound app that are sometimes very useful until ReSound gets their app fixed.