[Windows Phone 8 General] bruce142:
Just some clarification (I respect your views by the way, I really do),

My device wasn't bricked (bricked is if you failed to flash a device successfully and the phone doesn't boot anymore), it wasn't faulty or bugged, it functioned normal for until a couple of months ago. Saying a device is bricked/bugged/faulty instead of putting the blame on the OS, is contradictory to the term "lagdroid" or "bugdroid" WP users like to use.

By bloat I mean files you can't delete from installers and unknown file types downloaded to IE, on Android you get meaningless apps in return, you can uninstall (you can also install a light rom with no bloat at all). And the Nexus 5 has 12.86 GB of 16 GB free from the start, a lot more then I got from my Ativ S (somewhere around 11.98 GB), from a system which uses less image resources.

About the flashlight app, yeah I know (although this was merely a app which collected data to enhance advertisements and not to commit fraud as the "KPN" ripoff app does), but this you can expect from an open-source system as Android, not from a closed-source/bolted down system as WP, it's the only argument to keep a OS closed-source/locked. Android has different security system, you need to approve the capabilities before you install, in the latest versions of Android you enable privacy mode, you can install a anti-virus app on Android and if your Android phone is rooted you can install ad-away and a firewall. If you use common sense and you scan the apk's you deploy you can't get a virus on Android (I never had one on my ZTE Skate).

About the android on WP thing it was a joke (notice the emoticon :p), but the answers always are the same and never help anyone. People could just say no and don't start a "which OS is better" war over it. Rumors are rumors, yeah, but it can be really annoying if the only thing you do with those rumors are giving people false hope and prevent people from making the switch back to Android under false pretenses that the future of WP is all bright and colorful with the scent of roses frolicking through the valley of Microsoft.

The battery thing, I wouldn't mind little drain (all smartphones don't manage to equal their specified battery times). But draining when the phone is plugged in? No, this is unacceptable. The phone even turns off when its plugged in and below 3%, it always shuts down around 3-4%, imagine if you're being kidnapped and you have little battery left, android goes to 1% and does boot on 1% while WP shuts down around 3-4% and can't be booted anymore, android would be a lifesaver and WP would be useless in this kind of situation.

I get only one day with heavy usage, two days with medium usage, I have disabled all background tasks I don't need, keep brightness on auto, keep only WiFi on (Data, bluetooth and location are always off) and WiFi goes to standby when the screen is off. I do have a weather app with lockscreen support installed, shortcuts to WiFi, Location, Screen Rotation, Data and Bluetooth with the status in the icons (green = on, gray = off) and a couple of live tiles (Xbox Music+Video, Xbox Games, AppDeals, myFreeApp, Store Deals, Weather app with forecast and TimeMe which updates each minute, I imagine this is a huge battery drainer) on my home screen.