No, you are not alone. I recently got a LG G3 with Lollipop. This is my first new Android phone in 2.5 years and I think it's going to be the last. It can't even compete performance wise with my older Lumia 920 in day to day tasks. Can't say the hardware is bad on the phone, but the software is underwhelming (typical Android laginess that makes it annoying to use)...
My Nexus 4 runs like a champ with Lollipop and my hardware is inferior to yours.
Lollipop has its issues(memory leak) but what you describe sounds like LG did a crappy job brining you lollipop
Battery life is stupendous compared to the Nexus 4 (even when it was brand new), or any iPhone prior to the 6 (which I lack first hand experience), even before the battery saver triggers. That's considering a pretty heavy usage (lost in a foreign country and using the GPS a lot) under the sun, so brightness to the max.
Cheap, the touchscreen is ok, gorilla glass, cell reception is good. Crappy camera without a front camera or flash though.
The bundled 'Here' apps are great and saved my bacon several times over due to the easy and accurate offline maps.
Removable battery, sim, the back is plastic so it survived several falls.
Basically, if you want a phone to (gasp!) make phone calls, which also has good navigation capabilities (specially offline) and to use 'mainstream' stuff such as whatsappp or facebook, then you don't really need much else.
Or if you want a backup phone that WILL have battery left when your iPhone dies. You can even carry spares, which is something you don't see often nowadays. If I ever go on a camping trip, that's the phone I'm taking.
I can't comment on the relative battery life, but it's pretty easy to pack up any phone/tablet for camping by getting an external battery pack with a USB outlet on it.
Love my 928. Still runs as smoothly as the day I got it (1.5 years ago). Haven't had an android device that has competed performance-wise for the same duration. Having used the big three platforms for several years now (and still developing for all of them), Windows Phone is still my favorite, by far.
Nope. I always recommend Windows phones for my not-so-technical friends, especially for entry level prices, because they offer much better out of the box experience than stock Android IMHO. Of course, if friend in question had enough skills to install CM, that's another talk..
They're nice phones :) Though the lower cost ones are missing a few sensors that make app dev a little unpredictable. Correct if I'm wrong, but you cant use apps on the 520 that require a compass right?
My HTC 8X is getting pretty long in the tooth but I still like it. I'm still a fan of WP and trying to decide if my next phone will be the HTC M8 Windows variant or the Lumia 1520.
As a fellow owner of the 8X, it's still a pretty awesome smartphone. The antenna sometimes is a little glitchy on 4G, but it's still comparable for me to more modern phones.
I am really awaiting another well-designed Windows Phone device to upgrade to.
Seriously, my Lumia 520 is the best cheap phone I've ever bought.