I just traded my 12PM for a 15PM - the £395 trade in offered by Apple was too good to miss and the battery was basically done. Honestly, apart from the faster refresh rate (which I stopped noticing after a day or so), the experience is very similar. One thing though: iOS 17 definitely came with a performance hit - apps were a bit slower etc.

I’m currently using a Samsung s22 ultra but don’t have the money to go buy one out right so could trade it for one or keep my s22 ultra or get a pixel 7 Pro

Depends on the price.

12 Pro is the oldest I would go. LiDAR, decent night mode, Dolby vision video, 5G. 11 pro is missing all those things.

My wife got my 12 pro max and it works perfectly fine, good speeds, no load times between fast app switching / menu / camera whatever. I wouldn’t see why not 👍🏼