Apple is vanilla. It’s easy to use, if you use it the way Apple intends you to use it. But that’s about the most going for it.
I’d argue against your vanilla point, as if you actually used an Apple product, they’re very opinionated in their design of things
See; iPhone 7 headphone jack.
Yes.
Also, Google’s Pixel 2 has no headphone jack anymore.
I have a Moto Z Play. Before that, I had a Motorola Droid Turbo; and before that a Droid RAZR M. Motorola seems to use fairly stock Android, and I find that I like stock (which means Samsung’s TouchWiz UX skin bugs me). I do have a custom home screen app installed, though.
Z Play is somewhat midrange on specs, but the battery life is hands down amazing. My Droid Turbo had a 3900mAh battery, which at the time was the largest stock battery for a phone, but the 2K display ate battery so quickly you couldn’t really tell.