I love this phone, for a mobile device, but not for a phone.
This thing is a great web browser, movie viewer, game station and just about anything OTHER than being a phone. This phone has the worst radio I've ever seen in any phone I've owned on Verizon in the past 7 years. I've done side-by-side comparisons to my old Thunderbolt using my girlfriends TB and my god the difference in signal is astounding.
Galaxy Nexus - 0 - 1 bars, almost always 0
Thunderbolt - 1-3 bars, almost always 2, and is 3 more often than 1
Galaxy Nexus - -120dbm 99asu at 0 bars, -110dbm 2asu at 1 bar
Thunderbolt - -94dbm 4asu at 1 bar, -85dbm -2asu at 2 bars, -80dbm 3asu at 3 bars
Galaxy Nexus - 0.87mbps down 0.51mbps up
Thunderbolt - 2.97mbps down 0.58mbps up
Both phones were connected to 3G CDMA EVDO Only and were held the same way in the same place at the exact same time. For my bandwidth tests I used
Speakeasy Speed Test connecting to a NY server, I live in NJ.
Basically this phone (the GN) is a major disappointment in regards to signal and for being a Google phone, it sure doesn't feel like it from the updates point of view.