It was a great phone otherwise but eventually the core patch started boot looping which a reflow fixed for a few weeks before it finally completely died. Ended up getting a OnePlus 6 and it's been fine but I wish I had the 5x as a travel / backup phone. Still rocking my old Galaxy Nexus for that purpose with a custom rom. [0]

[0] https://zeelogkang.blogspot.com/2017/05/lineageos-141-unoffi...

I must have got lucky because mine still works fine and I use it daily.

Same, still one of my favorite phones.