Nexus 5 or Moto X?

[cos]

I'm going to replace my Galaxy Nexus, and keep the T-Mobile service I currently have. Given that, do you have an opinion on whether the Moto X or Nexus 5 is better, and why?

Reviews mostly seem to have a hard time choosing one over the other. What I care about:
* Battery life. Reviews are also confused about that, some say the Moto X has longer battery life and some say the Nexus 5.
* Being able to use the unlocked phone internationally (I won't get a locked phone).

* Good, non-jittery GPS that's good enough for navigation/Waze (this is one place the Galaxy Nexus fails very badly)
* Non-laggy app performance
* Easy to read display mainly for maps - but as long as it's not worse than the Galaxy Nexus, I'll like the display.

What I don't care about:
* Rooting. I don't plan to do that.
* Streaming music. I mainly use my iPad to carry music & podcasts around, for the car or for flights. No phone battery is good enough for this use, IMO; iPads last forever.

Edit: Thanks ckd, pir, lizkayl, sariel_t, for bits of helpful info. I ended up choosing Moto X. My main reasons were longer battery life and a smaller more comfortable to hold phone, though I've heard that I'll also really like the "active notifications", and that the camera is much faster.

Comments

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I can't answer your question, but I love my Galaxy Note 3 (I have T-Mobile too). It's ginormous and somewhat difficult to operate one handed, but otherwise great. Big beautiful screen. Battery usually lasts 2 days, though I still charge it every day because why not. GPS and wifi work well, and no laggy apps that I've noticed. Still no KitKat but I'm not sure what I'm missing by not having that yet.

[cos]

> It's ginormous and somewhat difficult to operate one handed

I have an iPad for that :)

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Does your iPad fit in your pocket?

[rhysara.livejournal.com]

Hey Doug, how have you found T-mobile service to be? I don't suppose you've been to NH with that phone have you? (I am considering switching)

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any other provider so I don't know how it compares, but I don't have any complaints (especially since they added 4G in the T). I haven't tried it in New Hampshire though.