My apology if my comparison to the Nexus bothers you. But, you are out of line questioning me or anyone else for their choices in how they spend money in this forum.
For me personally the Xoom has been a major let down. Beginning with the inexcusable delays upgrading our devices to 4G LTE, to seeing the release of the Xyborg only weeks after the delayed upgrade of the Xoom.
The only thing I was addressing was the apparent lack of use you were reporting (for your Xoom) as your phone could stream movies better.
While I also stream movies from time to time, that is hardly what I'd consider an important consideration for any device (tablet/phone/etc.), let alone the most important.
Yes, even though it has flaws and delays, the Xoom has worked out great for me, simply because I have lots of things I can and do use it for.
Your post made it seem as though your only (or, at least primary) use for your Xoom had been video streaming.
But, I know that for my purposes, a spreadsheet, a document, a powerpoint, or even just an email is going to be much easier to read/work with on the larger tablet format than on ANY phone. Same for viewing web sites, and a host of other uses for which functional screen size is important.
Sure, a computer can do serve those same functions, but my Xoom is so much more portable than my laptop, yet so much more useful than my phone (Droid X). Even back with just 3.0 and 3G, it proved to be superior for many basic day-to-day functions due to it's portability with so severely compromised screen size.
I often see post (not just yours) in which owners complain about the little nuisances with Xooms (can't write to SD in apps, doesn't stream video as well as a phone(, and I'm left wondering why these people ever wanted to by a tablet in the first place. My motivation was the work I could get done with it.
And, when i do chose to watch a movie on it, my Xoom's screen is far superior to even the biggest phone's. I'm less concerned about the quality of the data streaming than about not having to hold the device 3 inches from my face to watch something.