Gun_Put
Wanting to try something new, when what we have is good, can often go the wrong way.
When wife tell me OK to get a new phone, I probably will go back to Samsung with all the bloat that is obvious, where the bloat and possibly spying is more well hidden in the Phone 2.
95% of the bloat in Samsung can be blocked/removed, but with all the permissions given to the system in Phone 2 it is less easy to see what can be removed and what could brick the phone.
Hardware and built is fine so maybe just root the thing and see what is possible to get out of it.
Not that I believe that my wish will be given, but would make me like the company more:
Inform users what we can safely remove permissions to without bricking the phone. No reason at all, why so many things need to be permitted to control the hardware in the phone in order for it to function.