Not so much when you look at them as a progression: GS II -> HTC One M7 -> HTC One M9 -> GS8 HP Touchpad -> Nexus 7 If I had been able to unlock the bootload

Not so much when you look at them as a progression: GS II -> HTC One M7 -> HTC One M9 -> GS8 HP Touchpad -> Nexus 7 If I had been able to unlock the bootloader on either of my HTC devices, I'd probably still be using them with a custom ROM of some kind. But that's Verizon for you...