Re: What mobile phone do you have?
and in my case, HTC has never died on me, have used 3-4 HTC models yet (Nexus One, HTC Desire, HTC One, HTC One M8) and i loved each model. Personally, I have seen more samsung phone’s battery exploding than any other phone. If you head over to reddit.com/r/android then you would be able to find at least 4-5 cases of samsung batteries exploding in last 1-2 years compared to any HTC phone which i have never seen exploded.
Regarding ROMS. I used to be a big fan of rooting a device and using deifferent ROMS. I still do it (right now running a custom rom on M8). But the thing is that I want to buy a phone with a good OUT-OF-THE-BOX experience.
Moreover, I prefer a unibody with no removable battery. With removable battery it is easy to turn off your phone if it get stolen (just remove the battery). With non-removable battery, your phone can’t be turned off (if you have put xposed module to disable power off options while screen is lock, i wish this feature comes out-of-the-box and i don’t have to install xposed framework) so you can always track down your phone if it is lost.
Its a very subjective decision but to be honest, I don’t like samsung because it feels as if i am holding a toy in my hand.