I didn't realize my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra — hair flip — would elicit so much envy from my fellow travel companion. He proudly owns an iPhone 15 Pro, finding every chance he can get to tell me why his iOS device is better than my "Android trash."

However, when life got real — I'm talkin' using our devices in the wild, whether it's on a plane or in a foreign country — the iPhone 15 Pro struggled to keep up with my, er, "Android trash." As it turned out, it was the most convenient device for the most inconvenient hurdles of travel.