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I'm still on my Nexus 5. There hasn't been any phone worth upgrading to, that I'm aware of. If I knew that the Pixel would be so over the top expensive I have upgraded to the 5X at the time it was released but I was hoping that skipping a release would be worth it. I wouldn't mind a Pixel though, I'm just not going to pay $1000+ (AUD) for a phone.

For me the Nexus 5 was the last phone that had a great form factor, good enough features and was sold at a reasonable price.

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You dodged a bullet with the 5x though with LG's notorious bootloop issue. I bought two, one from amazon for myself and one from google store for my wife. Both of them bootlooped, mine after 12 months and my wife's after 20 months. LG took in my phone for repair and returned it back as is claiming "water damaged" (although I didn't remember getting it wet). Google was gracious enough sending a replacement for my wife's 5x, 8 months after the warranty expired.

I'll be damned if I buy another LG product again in my life.

I had a bit of boot loop, sometimes it would restart itself for no apparent reason. There was an issue with the on/off button. I took the whole phone apart and cleaned it out with a big brush. It was full of pocket lint, dust, etc. Even removed the on/off button (which is a fiddly little thing). It had a bunch of gunk on it (probably from my hands, you know, the stuff you'll find on your mouse after a while). Cleaned it out and put it back together. No issues since.

I was a long-time Nexus 5 user and upgraded to the Essential PH-1 last year and can't say I regret the decision. The 5 is still my favorite all-time phone given context, but the PH-1 is a pretty significant step up and has one of the prettiest form factors I've experienced. Some owners have experienced teething issues with the device, but it's been super smooth for me and I've been impressed with the speed of the updates (as you'd expect being an Andy Rubin company).

That's actually a great suggestion. I was looking at this last year but completely forgot about it.

I had the Nexus 5 until last month. Was nearly a perfect phone. Unfortunately the battery couldn't make it through a day (even with light usage), and you can't find a good replacement; replacement batteries are either OEM forgeries or cheap generics with questionable quality control. I ended up with the Essential Phone, which has worked out very well and seemed like a good value at $425. I can't justify to myself paying $600+ for a premium phone.

EDIT: It's just a coincidence another poster mentioned the Essential phone. We aren't spammers! But for me the Essential phone, after it dropped in price to around $400, feels like a successor to the Nexus line: a good-valued uncluttered phone, with decent specs.

For what is worth the 5 is better than the 5X in almost every dimension (I regretted switching). (And the 5 has a chance of still working after 5 years, you're lucky if a 5X is not dead from bootloop after 2).

I loved my 5. Wish it had full Fi support or I wouldn't have upgraded.

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