Thinking about buying this phone again after 4 months with the one plus one

Is the gaming still laggy on the device... I had it with 5.1 installed I think and it was laggy when I played games mortal kombat x or modern combat 5... It plays fine on my one plus one but people have been telling at my job that with the recent updates the phone is 10x times better than it was in April... Is this true? And has the enforced encryption finally been removed... Amazon is selling the unlocked 32gb for 350 no contract....

Thinking of flashing Cyanogen but have a lingering questions

Currently I'm using Android evolution. It's a popular rom, no complaints. I installed it after I was unable to get my phone to boot normally so... other than performance improvements, it's not a major upgrade over my stock install.

However, more and more I've been thinking of trying out the cyanogen operating system. One thing is getting at me though. The Android evolution ROM was over a gigabyte in size when installed.

Looking at the latest cyanogen release for the m7, it's about 260mb. What gives? Is it simply a case that it lacks applications and I'll have to install them all one by one?

Thinking of buying the M9

Hello,
I currently have an iPhone 6 and have my upgrade coming on Monday. I've been looking to move to android because of the iPhones bad battery life and lack of customisation.
I've looked at the HTC one M9 in shops and I really like the UI and the feel of the phone, however I am concerned about the "heating issue" and the "terrible battery life" I've read about in reviews.
I'd like to know a bit about your experiences with the M9 and what you're doing when it heats up and how hot it gets?
Thanks in advance!:)