[Verizon LG G2] TheUnladenSwallow:
Can upgrade and will upgrade. Before I had the g2 I had a nexus 7 (and briefly a nook before that) which was great, it had stability 2nd to none, got android updates straight from google ASAP and had custom ROMs out the wazoo. When it came time for me to get a smartphone (I was rockin a flip phone from 7 years ago) I didn't feel comfortable dishing out 350 for a nexus 5 AND having to switch carriers, especially considering the sub par battery and the sub par camera. I got the g2 wich great battery life and a great camera for only 50 on Verizon. I love all the devs and the community and it's been a great experience, but we all know the g2 (the vs980) has had its share of development growing pains (thanks to xdabbeb, jackpot and everyone else who makes all this possible :). We've had bootloader issues, screen issues, recovery issues, radio issues etc. And most aosp ROMs still aren't "stable". Not to mention as of posting this only jackpot's is using the latest kernel source (not implying anyone else needs it, just pointing out that's how long it took for us to #1 get the source and #2 for someone to get it working in a ROM). We just don't see development of the scale and stability as happens on nexus devices. In the end though, the main reason I'm upgrading is b/c my family has 3 upgrades sitting in our account and I'm about to RMA my g2 for the 4th time. All 4 times for audio issues. 3 times for dead headphone jack, once for dead speaker. I listen to many, many hours of music a day through both headphones and speakers (not very loud on either though, I get the headphone jacks crapping out from use but the speaker, really?) so this is a major issue for me. At this rate I'd be at my 10th RMA by the end of my contract.

Now as for why I'm buying a nexus 6. I hold by that 5.2 inches is the PERFECT screen size for a phone. I have hands about 8 and a quarter inches long and I can easily reach all parts of the screen one handed. I tried a note 3 and iphone 6 plus the other day to get an idea, and yeah I'll have to move a tiny bit to get from the nav buttons to the status bar on the nexus 6. Here's the thing though, the nexus 6 isn't a phone, it's a phablet. And I think in the end that may be better for me than a phone. Back when I used the nexus 7 daily I rolled with it in my front pocket. You read that right. I kept it in my front pocket and even though I had to use 2 hands for a lot of tasks, I didn't have to for all of them. Once I got my phone though, I stopped using my tablet. I realized I will never actively use more than 1 mobile device. This makes the nexus 6 perfect as with the massive screen and great battery, it really is the best of both worlds. Not to mention those specs, they're all killer! Plus the issue with the moto x's camera was the app itself, the actual camera is fine, so even that shouldn't be bad. Plus front facing dual stereo speakers. And android L. And official PA support (when they get to it). And it's on verizon and will only cost me like 200. The list goes on, it's just great.

I am bidding farewell to the g2 soon now, but I will miss you all :) hope to see some of you on the nexus 6 side of things. Farewell and good luck with future development, remember, android L is coming here too.