[MCRed]

The ONLY reason I've ever seen to hate iOS is ideological.

The stuff you're suffering from is due to the good things about iOS-- it treats the battery well giving better life, and longevity. Apple doesn't hate widgets and bling, the reason they aren't letting you put stuff on the home screen like that is to protect the battery.

In fact the reason for everything "bad" about iOS is to make for a better user experience. You may disagree with Apple's choices but google reviews apps, takes a cut of revenue, etc too. Google has a walled garden approach when it comes to android phones. (But there's a version of linux called "android" that doesn't include google apps that is open source-- which people like to pretend is the same operating system, switching back and forth between them-- pointing to the google apps version when talking about features, but then switching to the other one when talking about freedom.)

If your battery and camera are having issues and you haven't run out your two years, then that should tell you something.

I have an original iPhone-- the one from 2007. It's now 8 years old. Due to being in subzero weather the screen froze at one point and it lost some pixels. Other than that, it STILL WORKS FINE.

[mrdassani]

I get why Apple don't think widgets etc are useful, but I'd still like the choice to decide for myself. Android gives me that and iOS doesn't; that's probably my main issue.

I also completely agree that Google's android is a lot less free than the open source android, its just more accessible than o-s android.

Battery issue is partly due to my charging habits (which I'm fixing), partly due to usage (couldn't get a day out of a factory reset iPhone 5 either), and because i've bullied my phone a bit so wear and tear is probably contributing. As for camera, that's an overheating issue caused by a manufacturing problem with a batch of the copper insulation tape (or something like that) that went into a lot of the M7's, can't entirely blame htc for that, but their QC/QA could do with some work (which i think they realised too with their newer phones).

I wouldn't have asked this question if the Google play edition devices still existed and the nexus 6 was offered in a slightly smaller size.

This is probably the worst time of year to look to buy a new phone, so I'll probably wait till I/O and wwdc to see if something newer and more compelling is launched.

Thanks for offering up your opinion :)

[robin_reala]

Even if a new phone is announced it won’t be out until September so if you need a new phone now just get one of the current ones.