Just picked it up last Friday and I am very, very impressed with what Samsung/Verizon were able to put together. I agonized about the decision of what phone to buy. I came from a DROID Bionic and it has been like night and day, even with the solid update on the Bionic to 4.0.4. I haven't really played with the s-pen much yet, and have to say the two most impressive things about the phone so far are the battery life and the large display (obviously). You can fit a lot content on the screen and typing is much more comfortable. Plus Ingress looks great! I'm a very happy new GN2 owner!