Well i'm sure people disagree with me across the board, but yeah TouchWiz is UGLY. Ugh, have you ever used a SG3? It's slightly more acceptable on that device because of the smaller screen, but with the Note 2 it looks so... cartoony? Bloated? Idk how exactly to describe it but yeah...
On top of that, I recently bought a Nexus 7 & WOW major upgrade!!!! I realized that AMOLED screens are far inferior to IPS (on a related note... look up ink spots on AMOLED screens, it's a hugely pervasive problem that people just seem to stomach because of the ubiquity of the devices with this type of screen. My note 2 had this ugly vertical line going down the screen EW!!! only visible in extremely dark environments with dark grey [not pure black] backgrounds, which sucks since I tend to use my phone before I go to sleep at 0% brightness...). While we'retalking about screens, the IPS of the Nexus 4 is just superior, with the PPI, and the truer-to-life colors than AMOLED. Ugh, I can't believe I've lived with AMOLED all this time!!!
Also, I've been really engrossed in "going Google" for a while, and with the Nexus 7 that I bought I really see the possibility of it. Music, Docs (Drive), pictures (Instant Upload) available ANYWHERE (granted you have a connection) is just amazing! That's why I don't see why so many people are bugging about the lack of an SD card slot on the Nexus 4. I mean, you can stream all of your music from Google Play, and have all your photos uploaded to Instant Upload and immediately delete them from your device. And furthermore, T-Mobile offers unlimited data, and I live in Los Angeles so WHY NOT?? Speeds are on par with Verizon (which I was on until I switched to T-Mo for the Note II). Why pay more for non-unlimited data? Ugh!
Did I just get sidetracked? lol! Basically the Note II is like a "just why?" device for me... It's so big that using it outdoors day to day can prove a bit unpractical because of the need for both hands etc. The Note II is just too big for me, and Google integration is ALRIGHT on it, but I would rather have a pure Google experience... :-0
ANYWAY just got off the phone with a Google representative and he said that the Nexi will be shipping out "pretty soon." I asked him when I should expect the device at the earliest, and he said earliest we can expect them to be Thursday; he counted today as part of the 3-5 day shipping window. He said latest will be Monday. So we may have our shiny Google devices VERY SOON!!!!
As soon as I gave him my info he seemed to be exasperated at me calling in, as he said "So what device did you buy... Nexus 4... Nexus 10... What was it..." lol!