Originally Posted by
onilika
In my opinion, I would say both nexus 5 and HTC M8 are great phones, and I've been thinking on them for a while. But since I'm so used to iPhone, I keep preffering my 5S. I'm not a fan of samsung. Of course they have some 'machines' there, I prefer a good quality of a phone ( materials ), and Samsung is not my thing.
If I were you and, since you have an iPhone 4s, which I also had one and then upgraded to iPhone 5s, I would go for a OnePlus One, because it's good quality, and there is a great ration between specs/price. Of course Moto X would be my second choice! It's really gorgeous and wouldn't think twice buying it!
But I would.. Stay also with the iPhone. Would be two completely different phones, 2 different languages, 2 different SO's.
From apple last keynote, I got interested on learning the new language, since I like its SO and I always had the curiosity to do an app for these mobile devices! I only need to gather the money for a macbook so I could use the XCode6 haha
Oh we'll, you'll figure what smartphone fits you better. That was merely my opinion.
Best of luck, congratulations with the University of Toronto acceptance, and hope to hear from you soon!
~onilika