I think I'm going to upgrade to the s8 or s9 next month, this s5 is starting to act funky and I can't trust it to last to much longer. I swear they program the phones to mess up between 2 and 3 years! We are about 45 mins north of scottsdale, its a gorgeous area, i was actually there today lol.. It is really hot in the summers tho, I have been to Qatar and I would honestly say it is probably pretty comparable. The problem is everything in this area of the desert is cement and roads, so it holds the heat all night long, it never really cools down in the middle of summer. Everywhere is air conditioned so its really not to terrible except when your getting in your hot car! lol