It's not just you. The phone makers have spent too much time on nonsense. Apple pretty much had a perfect device with the iPhone4. If they had spent some time making a better shatter proof case and improving things that matter the 5/6/7 wouldn't suck as much.

I keep seeing samsungs infinity screen on TV...seems like it will be fun trying to figure out how to hold it without activating something accidentally.

The pixel looks exactly like what it is...an iPhone6 knockoff. The iPhone6/7 design is horrible but since the competition never has an idea of their own they copy it.

The best phone i have seen in years is the free windows phone you get at cricket and probably boost mobile. It's thin...the case and screen are nice and its battery life as as good as my iPhone6 (which isnt saying much). The OS is a little annoying at first but its no worse than the constant bugs with iOS. Half the time i need to type something the keyboard doesn't appear.