Anker's Soundcore are making some hard hitting budget wireless buds. I recently lost my buds 2pro case so I picked up a the soundcore a40 on prime day. I was pleasantly surprised that the a40's ANC is better, the fit was more comfortable and battery life last quite a bit longer. My friend also said my mic was much clearer since it cancels out the background noise so much better than the buds2pro.
Nah, don't do it. Pixels are overrated and unreliable to say the least. I sold my Pixel 7 within 4 months because I couldn't stand the hardware and software issues- and before I sold it, I found myself using my 3 year-old S10e way more
The Pixel 7 is literally one of the worst phone I've ever used. Very much like you said: HORRIBLE battery life AND front camera. Volcanic hot SOC and non-working biometric and buggy software made the battery even worse than it already was out of box.
I also purchased the S23U like you because it was so off-putting using that shitty Pixel - and it's an infinitely better phone, in every aspects.
I have the s23 and s23u and had a Pixel 7. Avoid the Pixel, it's worse than the Galaxy in every aspects- only the still-camera performance is better. My biggest gripes with the Pixel 7 were the non-working biometric, terrible front camera, phone heats up terribly and unreliable software that reduces performance randomly.
Just keep using whatever phone you have or get used iphone imo. I have the s23s only because of the Google Fi deals a few months ago.