Thanks for that, bruh. You hit on the key problem with Android that is so frustrating with me (1st 2 statements in bold), with the biggest contributor / offender being Verizon. Verizon was the last (as usual) to roll out an update to Kit Kat when I had my Note 3. That update bricked/destroyed that phone, leading me to the Sony Xperia....GOAT Android phone on all counts, man...battery (1+days), 95% Android pure, built-in wireless charging, call quality, dual speakers, waterproof, decent camera..but no simultaneous voice/data. Verizon promised us an update to Lollipop which would give us VoLTE...instead they discontinued the phone and abandoned it. All of the Sony phones on other carriers went to Lollipop but not this one. That was the last straw...went to iPhone. We need Google reset and set up direct updates to devices, bypassing carriers! And like you said, we need the the Nexus line to be on par with the iPhone!