I hope there's a good phone coming this year so I can finally upgrade from my SGS3.
Haven't seen anything worth it for a very long time. I see some sort of big negative point for almost every phone:
- SGS4: the software experience was basically the same as my SGS3, so why buy it? I'd like something better and faster than TouchWiz. Besides, most people said it had terrible lag. I also didn't want another Samsung plastic phone.
- HTC M7: negative points were the camera and battery (2300 vs 2100 on my SGS3. So little improvement).
- Moto X: only recently available in Europe. Too late. Might just wait for X2. Also no considerable improvement in hardware compared to my SGS3: still 720P AMOLED display (and I want IPS), bad camera and battery just 2200 vs 2100 on the SGS3. A joke, although I love it has stock Android.
- G2: the best one I've seen so far, but has overheating issues. When playing with it for 30 minutes doing LIGHT stuff I got a warning and the brightness went down automatically. The overheating issue is well known in XDA.
- Sony Z and Z1: had terrible displays and are too big. Z2 is too big too but perfect in everything else. I don't want a huge phone, so Note 3 was also out of the equation.
- SGS5: I wanted at least 3GB RAM, considering the Note 3 has it and how badly optimised TouchWiz is. I don't want another Galaxy phone. Knox is also a problem. Hate the USB port cover due to the water resistant deal (also hate it on the Z2, and it's the reason I don't want a water resistant phone).
- M8: bad camera and too big.
- Nexus 5: bought it but returned it. Had bad battery life, microphone problems and very weak vibration motor.
So hard to find a good well balanced phone... I don't know how you guys do it
The thing is I don't change phones that often, and I don't want too. I want to keep next phone for many years. I would keep my SGS3 if it weren't for insufficient battery life and occasional lag due to TouchWiz.
