The boredom hit me recently and I went through the galaxy s4 x 4, HTC one x 3, and the Xperia Zl. I kept buying and selling because none of the android phones were "complete" there was always a compromise. After switching phones 9 times in 3 weeks I went back to the iPhone 5.
Here's why:
- email look, performance and rendering is the best on the iPhone 5.
- speakers, aside from the HTC One is really great on the iPhone
- battery life from my usage is tied between the s4 and the iPhone 5 with the slight edge to the s4 but to charge the phone is another story. S4 = 2:15 hours charge time, HTC = 4 hours charge time, the iPhone is 1 hour. And this is from dead to full.
- lightning port vs micro USB, a bit of contraversy here but sticking the lightning cable in regardless if its upside down or right side up is just so convenient especially at 2am in the dark
- GPS lock time iPhone 5, with the HTC having a hard time locking in at times
- call quality is flawless in the iPhone 5 from both ends with the Xperia Zl coming really close
- camera is the best on the iPhone, doesn't have all the gimicky software features it just works.
- chrome, android browser is no where near as good as safari, yeah it doesn't play flash but I've never had any challenges with loading pages, watching videos on safari. It just renders pages so well and is so much smoother than any android browser.
- apps although the same on each platform apps opens faster, is smoother and works better on iOS.
- password bug, on android when I have a password enabled, after I make a call even if it lasts 10 secs I need to reenter my password to unlock the device on the iPhone it needs it only if I reach the inactivity period I set it for
- home button, s4 had it but the iPhones home button is so convenient to use and I actually missed it when I had the HTC one and the Zl
- one handed use, all android phones were slim and compact despite their bigger sizes but the iPhone 5 is clearly easier to use
- service and warranty nothing beats the apple store for warranty, trouble shooting and service. Having dealt with Samsung and HTC before for warranty they're not close at all to Apple
- the last thing was the iPhone 5 keyboard, there's no comparison and I tried a lot of android keyboards. Nothing came close.