For whatever it's worth: I got a Motorola Droid RAZR M a few months back, explicitly because it's not gigantic and I don't like gigantic phones. It gets 24+ h

For whatever it's worth: I got a Motorola Droid RAZR M a few months back, explicitly because it's not gigantic and I don't like gigantic phones. It gets 24+ hours of battery life, even though I play Ingress a few hours a day (though I don't do much else that's heavily battery draining). It is not gigantic. It is presently on Android 4.1, and while it's not the entirely pure Android experience you'd get with a Nexus, it's not that far off. The screen isn't anywhere near as pretty as an iPhone's, and the build quality is probably inferior (but, honestly, plenty high for me). I'm pretty happy with it.