Need a new phone soon...trying to decide whether to switch to iPhone...

My Nexus 5 is slowly falling apart.

*My headphone jack is almost FUBARed - I can wiggle it back and forth and significantly alter the sound quality.

* My power button became stuck one day after it fell off my lap- it took using the "flick trick" to get it going and I had to install Gravity Screen. The button has been fine for a bit but I know it'll happen again.

*My GPS has gotten worse since the power button/drop incident.

*Nexus 5 battery life + reception issues- notoriously weak when new, the battery is just awful now.

The buildings that I work in are like Faraday cages - even next to a window I have next to no service (light gray signal bars) and once within the building structure it switches to none.

This lack of reception combined with the battery = massive drain even with wifi on unless I switch to airplane mode then turn on wifi.

It also doesn't always play nice with our wifi in some areas - connecting then rapidly disconnecting, draining the battery. This is our fault and hopefully it'll be rectified once we replace the AP's in the area affected but none of my iPhone toting coworkers have this issue.

*16 GB is killing me smalls! I'm constantly running out of space. I listen to podcasts and this just kills the storage.

*Gets sluggish sometimes - prob due partially to the storage being full.

My options, from available now to future:

Nexus 6P - snapdragon 810 too dated, Battery life = meh, wasn't impressed with build quality issues, fingerprint reader is on the back, I have not played with this in person.

iPhone 6s+ - I checked this out (as much as I could, it was bolted down at a Wal-Mart) on like, Monday.

The screen size is perfect, 3D touch was awesome and I'd actually use it often. Has a headphone jack. Finger print reader is on the front so I can unlock while it's on my car mount. Battery life is great, because big iPhone. Bending issue resolved unlike 6P.

I do worry if I'll get annoyed by iOS's limitations though....I have a iPad at work that has taken me some time to get used to Apple's quirks esp around file management and "sharing to apps"

Samsung GS7 Edge: I'm worried that it'll take forever to update. Pass.

The next Nexus: if rumors are correct, it's HTC so build quality will be excellent. Value? Well yeah it's a Nexus!

That damn fingerprint reader though. Yes, I shouldn't use my phone while driving but when I need into it while it's on the mount, it'd be way easier to just touch the sensor then to do my power button + PIN dance I do now.

iPhone 7+/Pro - updated look is appealing, if colors are true then that's sick. High resale value like every Apple product.

No headphone jack. This is a potential deal breaker - my car is ancient so I use a cassette adapter. I listen to podcasts and music while working and do plug the phone in to charge at the same time.

Bottom line - I need to charge and listen at the same time, at minimum while in the car.

Will be more expensive than equivalent 6S+ but that's part of playing the game.

Same concerns about the software fighting me (I do a lot more on my phone than what I do on my work iPad) unlike Android which works with me.

Right now I'm pretty much in a holding pattern until fall. It sucks esp due to my borked headphone jack but I'd be so regretful if I bought now.

This is a vent mainly as I know you guys are as into phones as I am, lol.

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Need a new phone soon...trying to decide whether to switch to iPhone...