I would have had the 8 by now - except that I (so far - that may change in the future when I have no choice) don't buy phones that don't have replaceable batteries. So I'm still running the Note 3 (it really does most of what I need) and I ordered an LG G5 as a "newer" phone, since it's about the same as the V20, and they're the last 2 LGs with replaceable batteries. (The Note 3 is over 4 years old, in use every day, and on its second battery. I'd have had to pay through the nose if I couldn't have just popped the back off and stuck in a new $9 battery.)
That and no SD cards really bother me, but it seems to be the way the industry is going. If Google removes external card support from Android, I'm stuck (and I won't buy anything made by Apple - long story).