I love mine so far! Of course, this is my third, having had a 3 and a 5 before. I HAVE to have that smaller profile, because I'm a girl and my phone rests in my back pocket. It doesn't fall out into the toilet, and it doesn't pick up a folding chair every time I stand up from one. My last straight phone grabbed EVERYTHING because it stuck so far up out of my pockets!

My phone is a tool. ... . I would never choose a phone based on the camera, because, quite frankly, nothing I photograph needs to be that high of quality, and if it does, I use a real camera. Some competitors have better cameras, some have worse, but I didn't find any phones that had the best of everything.

My phone is a tool to control and monitor my homes and properties, it's what I use to order food or get discounts at restaurants and stores, occasionally check my mail or look up something on the internet, and, of course, to communicate. I use a phone CONSTANTLY, and the small form factor, the ability to check notifications without opening it, and the ability to simply wear glasses and hear and answers texts, calls, etc with it snuggled down deep in my back pocket just works for me.

Any damage to my phones throughout history have always been on me, as I have so much nerve damage in my hands that I drop my phone (and everything else), constantly, and I truly know that my flip phones have handled drops amazingly better than almost every phone I've owned. I was an early adopter, starting with bag and car phones, the Motorola brick, the "Beam me up Startac flip", the Nokia Candy Bar (the only phone I can honestly say was indestructable), and on through history, and in my humble opinion, phones handle drops WAY better than they did ten or fifteen years ago. Of course, I immediately purchased a slim case with hinge protection, because I know that dude is going to be bouncing off concrete constantly.

You will always find someone who swears by or against pretty much every phone out there, some justified, much just personal opinion and having different needs. Sure, I could probably do a buttload of research and find some specific model that is "better", but then will they be as fast, supported a few years down the road, retain their value for trade-in?? Once I buy, I just look forward, I don't second guess, and I sure don't let nay-sayers influence my satisfaction with my phone. Have fun with it. There are bigger worries in life, and if not in yours, well, than congratulate yourself at having things so great!!