Codeigniter VS other MVC

I am working on MVC for about 2 years. For me this is coolest MVC framework. I like it due to its simplicity yet vastness. I am wondered in my country, other MVC frameworks like Laravel is considered superior over CodeIgniter. Why is this so, is this consideration true or something complexity of minds?  

Thanks

Frameworks are a tool and each tool supports a specific problem to solve, Laravel is made up of Symfony components.
It is bolted and uses up a lot of resources and memory.

Frameworks are tools so pick the tool for the right job.

Personally I prefer CodeIgniter over all the other frameworks for it's simplicity, speed and easy to learn.

What did you Try? What did you Get? What did you Expect?

Joined CodeIgniter Community 2009.  ( Skype: insitfx )

Hi InsiteFX. Thank you for replying me. I agree with you CodeIgniter is simple, fast and easy to learn. What my approach is that can we use CodeIgniter in place of Laravel as CodeIgniter provides all the functions and capabilities required to create any kind of web application? Thanks!