08-16-2013, 09:38 AM
Jake Wrote:This new "Moto X" looks intriguing, although the specs are lesser than my work S3. I'm also intrigued by the HTC One, although that's got a skin over top of Android.
If I get an Android phone next, I don't want any TouchWiz or Sense or whatever. Just straight-up Android. On good hardware that isn't flimsy. With good battery life. So basically, not an S3. I don't know why people like this stupid thing. It's too big, physically, and the battery life sucks. The back casing is micro-thin and so is the screen. It feels like a toy compared to my iPhone.
So. Think I'll be able to find the mythical Android phone when the time comes? Or should I just keep drinking the Kool-Aid since it's been good to me since 2007?
HTC One is probably the phone for you. Solid aluminum build, not as big as an S4, and sense is a light skin. When I had an HTC phone, I thought it was actually better and more polished than stock android.
And frankly after having 2 nexus devices that get the newest updates right away, Im quite unimpressed with "stock" android. Google's releases are never as polished as they should be, there is always something major like bluetooth thats broken/buggy, and battery life seems to get slightly worse with every release.
If youre commited to stock android, your only real options are the Nexus line or paying full monty for a Google Play Edition phone. Nexus 4 is a great phone, glass construction like the iphone, great screen, ive been using one since december. Nexus 5 should be announced in october.