You can see a ton of these reviews online but I dont think they sum up what I consider for a phone and my thoughts on them.
TL;DR version: What phone do you have and what do you like of the new phones?My current phone is a Galaxy S3 and it has served me well but has quirks that I don't like about it. Now the phone is getting slower the more I use it, and the battery life is getting worse, so its about time to upgrade.Ok, HERES THE THING about galaxy phones. They are from samsung, and they have terrible software. All of it is bloatware. And to top that off, they have problems with using an SD card, and I've read comments online saying that the S5 is no different.The Galaxy S5 typically only has 16GB of space. Half of which is used up already when buying the phone. So you get 8GB of storage for all of the apps, downloads, and cache you need. 8!!! Awful. I love the sd card idea, but it has so many problems trying to connect and read it and transfer, that im fed up with even trying. I figure going with another phone is a good idea to compare this problem.I think that many people want to use their phones for their music. If you use an online service, it should be fine because it doesnt take much space on the phone. However, it will still skip once in a while and need to load. I also like to have a lot of mixes and "unreleased" music on my library (which is in itunes), so while I use Google Music app, it has issues organizing the playlists.So here lies the problem. You cant easily sync your library of music with android phones. I don't understand it. It seems like its just not a big deal for these companies for some reason. I guess if you like music enough, you might as well go with iphone. They even have a 64gb option if you like to carry your songs with you!Galaxy S5 i think has a really cool feature of being water resistant. Really nice. But with all the little glitches it has, I think I want to switch to the HTC one, which has a lot of cool features with the camera (including taking better pictures in the dark).What I'll probably end up doing is getting an iPad for productivity and music for my car ride, and an HTC one for my phone. Because google has a lot of nice features that I like with android. I actually considered an iPhone, but I just think I can be more productive with andoid phone. But I have to say, the iPad will be quite a handy device and more worth it with their upgraded iOS.So does anyone also feel this way, or do you just not care? lol
ParanoidAndroid and PACMan are pretty good, too.
I used to have iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S4, here's what I think about these phones:
- iPhone 4S have a clean interface but some development for it is quite hard if you don't have a Mac and customization is too limited. Adding musics and other stuffs requires iTunes on an individual computer. Otherwise it's easy to use.
- Samsung's software (TouchWiz) is bad (m'kay?) from my point of view. All of these fancy system UI and bloatware that you can't get rid of actually slow the device. Unless you root it and install CM11 or stock Android.
Right now I have LG Nexus 5 and I loved it! Pure Android experience and excellent performance! And it's easy to fix just in case you break any component.If I were you I recommend you getting Nexus 5 (if you're not using any CDMA networks since it's already unlocked). I do not own any HTC One (M7 or M8) devices but I have used them before, it's actually pretty good as well. However, HTC One phones are extremely hard to repair (I fixed several of them and it's hardcore) if you break its screen or replacement on any hardware components (battery is buried deep between the screen and the motherboard).