Time to get a new phone...any rec's?

Well I've used this crappy old Sprint HTC EVO 3D phone for a long time now and my previous phone account got shut down - anyone here know what phone is currently "the phone" to get?

Considering I'll be stuck with the damn thing for a couple of years at least, I'd like to make a relatively informed decision ;)

P.S. No Apple please

I have the Samsung Galaxy s5 and am loving it!

Why no Apple? You don't want the phone with the best graphics, best apps and best ecosystem out there?

Seems ridiculous just because you want to be a fanboy. I switched from android to iPhone. I won't say I will never switch back but android would have to do some big changes for me to consider it at this point.

A quick edit to point out why I switched.

-needing multiple apps to make one thing sort of function properly. Completely ridiculous.

-jail breaking is basically a requirement. All new phones have skinned android versions that are so grossly bloated with useless shit.

-jailbreaking. What an absolute pain in the ass this was. First I research and find the firmware I want. Then I modify said firmware to actually operate on my device. Install it, find out something isn't working right. Start all over.

-providers never release updates. What do they care. You have the phone, they're launching the latest and greatest thing in a few months. You're old news now, too bad.

Honestly the list really goes on and on and on. But those were some of the big reasons.

I have years of experience with Apple software - and that experience was really bad. Pretty much all of Apple's stuff is overpriced junk - I'm not sure why their phones would be an exception. Has nothing to do with fanboyism honestly, I've just learned to avoid Apple products since a young age. Every person I see who has one seemed to be extremely limited by them. I'm not technologically retarded, I don't need Apple. Droid isn't the greatest thing in the world, but at least it's not Apple.

Hell - Apple stores themselves are freaking awful. Second you step in you get assaulted by smelly hipsters and "You're a genius" advertsing. That doesn't bother you? Bothers me. It's enough to prevent me from going to them on my own volition. Or maybe I don't want to support Apple's extreme exploitation of Asian workers? I don't need multiple apps to make one function to work on my dated Android HTC 3D Evo. I don't find jailbreaking hard to do, in the least, and I don't really know if I even care to jailbreak my new phone. I'm not going to be doing anything crazy. Just want something to reliably text my girlfriend, stream music to, and a new screen to watch porn on before I go to sleep.

I've had my eye on this phone for a very long time...

Which makes me wonder if it's a little late to be grabbing it? Is there going to be a new Samsung Galaxy soon?

@KHAndAnime: Fair enough. Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion:) it is worth mentioning new Microsoft stores are literally carbon copies of Apple stores. Everything down to the way employees are dressed, their name tags. Literally a palette swap of an Apple Store. Haha.

I did update my post with reasons why I switched off android.

@KHAndAnime: I havent heard anything about a new S model besides the Galaxy Alpha which is basically a smaller and yet worse revision of the s5. The only problem with you getting one right now is that chances are the s6 will come out next year. But I am very satisfied with how well the s5 handles my needs so I am set til the s7 model

LG G3.

@KHAndAnime: Moved

how about the new Moto X you can customize the look of the phone like the back panel the color of the face of the phone and buttons.It's specs can be found here

https://www.motorola.com/us/motomaker?pid=FLEXR2#moto-x+1-story-specs

Z3 or Z3 compact, its awesome.

I second this. There's nothing else in its price range as good, though it's a shame the style swap backs won't be coming out. There's also the new Nexus which could be interesting, and maybe comparable.

Hi, hijacking quickly - if I were choosing betwen Galaxy S5, Xperia Z3 and LG G3, what differentiates them the most? Choosing myself at the moment. :P

EDIT: The Z3 seems pretty amazing between the audio, camera and battery life so leaning towards that at the moment...

I phone 6 launched..Have a try...