[General Questions and Answers] mashinator:
Smartphone recommendation for a user who doesn't need too many apps(!)

Hey all,

I've browsed the xda forums many times and have found most solutions, without needing to ask anything myself, already posted somewhere here.

This time, however, this is a more personal request, a recommendation if you will.

So, I've had an iPhone 4 32GB Jailbroken and Software Unlocked for a little over 2 years. I'm now in the field for a new smartphone and was hoping some kind, experienced fellow would be able to provide some much needed advice on my next purchase.

Some factors to help you help me decide:

- I want to keep this phone for about two years

- I would like an excellent camera as I would use this as a point and shoot (right now I like the Lumia 920's low light and OIS and the iPhone 5's sharpness, other phones don't seem to have redeeming qualities in their cameras. But, I really like the new camera feature in Android 4.2 :)) (I'm upgrading from an iPhone 4, so I'm hoping to get a real shock from the improvement in quality over a 5MP camera! Also, camera enthusiasts stay calm! I know I shouldn't be using a smartphone cam as my main camera, but, I can't afford the Canon T3i, with my budget enough for only a smartphone, just yet!)

- I would like to use this phone to watch videos and read books like watching anime/lectures and reading manga/comics/books/lecture notes.

- This means a good screen (currently impressed by what HTC's SLCD2 has to offer and the Galaxy Note 2's behemoth size. I think I prefer the range of screens that lie in the 4.5-5" range. I would be reading subtitles, so good pixel density is a must. Also, I don't think I can go back from a high ppi display, so, the higher the better.)

- This also means, I think, that the performance needs to be good. (I think the S4 dual and quad cores are best for this, but, Exynos, Tegra and Apple chips are still probably good, I'm not too sure since my judgement is base off of the judgement of other people.)

- And, this means that it must have large storage . (I'm used to 32 gigs, usually filled by recorded video and photos and separately loaded videos and audio files from my iPhone 4. I don't really need too many apps besides gmail, video and audio players and recorders, pdf readers, Viber, etc. I don't play too much games and I don't utilize social networks (woot!) so don't need those apps either.)

- I would like the battery life to be the same or better than my 2 year old iPhone 4. I don' t use 3G/edge/LTE, so there is no battery drain there, though I do use wifi. If the phone can last a day, I'm satisfied.

- Though not too major a point, I like good design. When the iPhone 4 came out, I was enamored by it's design, and I love the HTC and Lumia designs too. Samsung's plastic doesn't really attract me though....

So, I wouldn't be an intelligent individual if I hadn't done some digging myself. I really like the Lumia 920 (great camera, screen tech, design), HTC One X(+)/DNA (great screen, design), Samsung Galaxy S3/Note 2 (microSD and screen size for the Note 2 and battery life for the Note 2), and the Nexus 4 (Android 4.2). All of them win in some categories and lose in others; there doesn't seem to be a phone that does it all, based on my secondary experience of course. I was hoping someone with firsthand experience using smartphones could recommend a device for my use!

I humbly await your replies!