Take a good long minute and consider your options.
the quarter two verizon phones will be hitting the shelves soon, if some havent already (havent checked up on it in a while). If you upgrade now, are you going to regret waiting to see what is coming to Verizon a couple months from now?
Have you checked in with all of the negatives of the GNex? Granted, many of the negatives that are discussed in here are isolated incidents, but how are you going to react if you happen to be one of those unlucky few? But also keep in mind that no phone is perfect, so as yourself if you are going to be happy with a phone that:
positives:
- Is GREAT, like second to NONE great, when it comes to development and custom ROMS, and being able to completely tailor the phone to YOU (That is if you are bold enough to go as far as rooting and modding the phone)
- IS vanilla android, which means a non-skinned, fast, most up-to-date OS.
- Is almost surely going to be supported for updates far longer than most other phones (just take a look at how long the nexus one was supported)
- is (add more positives you may think of yourself here, like huge screen, soft key buttons, etc.)
negatives:
- most people have poor battery life. I consider mine average.
- Less than stellar radios. Not terribad, but if seeing 2, 1, 0 bars frequently is going to intimidate you, you may want to reconsider.
- drops data (not nearly as frequent in the unofficial 4.0.4 update, but if you arent going to unlock/root that is something to consider for now.)
I may sound like I'm trying to dissuade you from trying the GNex, but that's not the case at all. I love my phone to death and there is literally nothing out on the market and nothing that has been officially announced yet that has even made me bat an eye in interest. You wanted neutral advice and hopefully I have given that to you.
I have heard that other than not having ICS yet the rezound is a terrific phone.
when I went for my upgrade my choices were between the rezound and the gnex. My final decision to buy the nexus was because of vanilla ICS and the 4.65 in screen. But if i were in your shoes and I had bought the rezound instead of the gnex and I had another upgrade on the way, I would probably scope out the summer phones before making a final decision on the gnex. That way if i saw something come out that I liked better Id go with that, and if not the GNex should have a new OTA by then (maybe?).
But ultimately, the choice is yours.