Need a new phone soon...trying to decide whether to switch to iPhone...

My Nexus 5 is slowly falling apart.

*My headphone jack is almost FUBARed - I can wiggle it back and forth and significantly alter the sound quality.

* My power button became stuck one day after it fell off my lap- it took using the "flick trick" to get it going and I had to install Gravity Screen. The button has been fine for a bit but I know it'll happen again.

*My GPS has gotten worse since the power button/drop incident.

*Nexus 5 battery life + reception issues- notoriously weak when new, the battery is just awful now.

The buildings that I work in are like Faraday cages - even next to a window I have next to no service (light gray signal bars) and once within the building structure it switches to none.

This lack of reception combined with the battery = massive drain even with wifi on unless I switch to airplane mode then turn on wifi.

It also doesn't always play nice with our wifi in some areas - connecting then rapidly disconnecting, draining the battery. This is our fault and hopefully it'll be rectified once we replace the AP's in the area affected but none of my iPhone toting coworkers have this issue.

*16 GB is killing me smalls! I'm constantly running out of space. I listen to podcasts and this just kills the storage.

*Gets sluggish sometimes - prob due partially to the storage being full.

My options, from available now to future:

Nexus 6P - snapdragon 810 too dated, Battery life = meh, wasn't impressed with build quality issues, fingerprint reader is on the back, I have not played with this in person.

iPhone 6s+ - I checked this out (as much as I could, it was bolted down at a Wal-Mart) on like, Monday.

The screen size is perfect, 3D touch was awesome and I'd actually use it often. Has a headphone jack. Finger print reader is on the front so I can unlock while it's on my car mount. Battery life is great, because big iPhone. Bending issue resolved unlike 6P.

I do worry if I'll get annoyed by iOS's limitations though....I have a iPad at work that has taken me some time to get used to Apple's quirks esp around file management and "sharing to apps"

Samsung GS7 Edge: I'm worried that it'll take forever to update. Pass.

The next Nexus: if rumors are correct, it's HTC so build quality will be excellent. Value? Well yeah it's a Nexus!

That damn fingerprint reader though. Yes, I shouldn't use my phone while driving but when I need into it while it's on the mount, it'd be way easier to just touch the sensor then to do my power button + PIN dance I do now.

iPhone 7+/Pro - updated look is appealing, if colors are true then that's sick. High resale value like every Apple product.

No headphone jack. This is a potential deal breaker - my car is ancient so I use a cassette adapter. I listen to podcasts and music while working and do plug the phone in to charge at the same time.

Bottom line - I need to charge and listen at the same time, at minimum while in the car.

Will be more expensive than equivalent 6S+ but that's part of playing the game.

Same concerns about the software fighting me (I do a lot more on my phone than what I do on my work iPad) unlike Android which works with me.

Right now I'm pretty much in a holding pattern until fall. It sucks esp due to my borked headphone jack but I'd be so regretful if I bought now.

This is a vent mainly as I know you guys are as into phones as I am, lol.

 

Seems like a nice Phone

My Samsung S7 Edge is getting 3 day battery life, and now ATT just updated with the monthly Android Security update and finally added Wifi Calling, so I got that going for me now

 

ALL phones will eventually suffer from a lack of updates.

With iPhones, you don't want to update more a than few times due to the hardware not being able to keep with with the new software. Same thing with Nexus phones.

With OEM phones (HTC, Samsung, LG, etc.) they tend to be a bit slow with their updates, though in my experience they still provide updates many years down the road. For example, my Galaxy S5 received the Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) update even though it's a 2.5 year-old phone. A bit slow, but the updates will come.

My point being that you should't expect most phones to get more than two year's worth of updates, though the reason for this varies. Either they won't get the update, they can't get it, or you shouldn't apply the update even if it's available.

 

Google is pressuring cellular providers that offer Android phones push at least 1 security update a month, and usually some additional features and bug fixes come in then as well. I have had several monthly updates without a gap since I got my Samsung S7 Edge.

Report: Google pressuring OEMs and carriers to speed up Android updates, security patches
http://9to5google.com/2016/05/25/android-security-os-updates/

Will Google's naughty list really improve Android updates?
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/26/11782704/google-android-oem-update-ranking

Google Steps Up Pressure on Partners Tardy in Updating Android
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ressure-on-partners-tardy-in-updating-android

Just yesterday I checked for updates and found a 6.0.1 Update 1GB+ for my Galaxy Tab A, which was a nice surprise.

Samsung has stepped up their game when it comes to updates, and ATT as well.

 

Well I'm sure no OEM wants to be known as the laggard that never updates their phones. I personally don't expect more than two year's worth of updates, since that's about how long I keep my phones. If I get more than that, great.

Timely updates are, of course, another matter entirely. But I think the push for more timely updates may be why we're seeing more streamlined Android skins (especially from Samsung). If you want to be able to push out updates monthly, you need to have a fairly lightweight and efficiently-coded skin. So I'm really liking this push from Google, as the newer and lighter Android skins seem to be a (very welcomed) unintended consequence.

 

HTC pushes out updates faster than any other OEM, especially if you go S-OFF and get on the US unlocked or WWE track. HTC is the only company that has firmware that is compatible across SKUs, every other OEM intentionally breaks compatibility. HTC is your best bet outside of Nexus to stay up to date. Pair that with Type-C charging (finally no more broke micro USB cable teeth!) and the 3.5mm headphone jack with its incredible DAC, 32GB internal storage with microSD expansion and adoptable storage supported out of the box and it doesn't get much better than the HTC 10.