I'd recommend the Play edition HTC one, which I've been using for 4 months, since it was released. Updates seem to be only a week or so behind Nexus phones. Eve

I'd recommend the Play edition HTC one, which I've been using for 4 months, since it was released. Updates seem to be only a week or so behind Nexus phones. Everything else seems pretty similar to the 5, except that the case is metal, the speakers are loud, and the camera is probably better. The loud speakers are the biggest difference to me - this is the loudest smartphone I've ever owned, and I was coming from the barely-there Galaxy Nexus. I really wish they'd put some more effort into the speakers and camera on the Nexus phones, though the Verge review implies that the meh Nexus 5 camera is mostly software.