First and foremost, I have hated everything htc has ever done, period! I thought they were all about quantity not quality, dual cameras but both horrible quality, first company with hd recording and it looked horrible, software that was so laggy I couldn't believe it, do I stayed away and was OK with my Droid x and waited for the bionic, it came around and looked like it would become obsolete fast, it did so I waited, then came the big 3 now on verizon, razr seemed like a better droid x and I was sick of moto so I decided I wanted the. Nexus because I hated htc so much, so the reviews and comparisons came out and the news that the nexus didn't have an sd card slot and last year's camera and I was so disappointed, by the way nexus fanboys be honest and real, the nexus camera doesn't compare to the rezound or iphones camera, anybody who isn't wanting to believe its better can see that, everybody was saying it was using a new and improved sensor and now its out that it isn't, it's just a 5mp that has zero shutter lag because of its software, the rezound backlit illuminated sensor and 28mm wide angle lense are the real new and better technology and pictures and video are amazing! Plus if I'm not mistaken its the first htc phone to encode in mp4 and not 3gp like it's other phones so there are no horrible looking artifacts on the videos, second everyone's main feature for the nexus is ics, but that won't be exclusive for much longer then what? It doesn't have any superior hardware, maybe the processor but it won't be very noticeable anyway, I'm not a nexus hater I just wish people would stop being fake with what the nexus actually is, a dev phone, a Damn good one, but still a dev phone, yes the screen is. Vibrant but still doesn't even beat the iphones ppi, so again beautiful but not ground breaking, I really wanted the phone but it just isn't what was hyped about so many months ago at least not now, and I don't know where people got that you have to wait to take pictures because it takes pictures fast, it's. Not zero shutter lag but it's the closest to it you can get, so it's. Not. A problem and the interface is easier to get to places and change settings on the fly, I'm not a fanboy because I hate all htc products, but this phone is amazing and exactly what I was waiting for, now the only flaws I can think of are maybe battery life but it's. Not bad really, tbh its for sure better than my Droid x, and so it isn't bad at all if I look at it that way, and I. Haven't had any problems with my rezound, I feel a lot of people just had bad luck because mine is flawless, I can't believe I'm saying this but htc corrected everything I hated about their phones, oh but before I forget the whole beats audio thing is a gimmick to me, I'm a music engineer so to me it makes things louder but kind of ruins things, I use poweramp anyway so it doesn't matter to me I was just putting that out there, and bloatware OK I give you that but it doesn't matter to me, again once it gets ics most likely removable bloatware, but yes get the rezound, ics is the only thing the nexus has on it but good things come to those who wait and once it gets ics it will clearly be the better phone on verizon, oh one more unbiased thing is that yes the nexus does look better but not by that much so again not a big deal, goodbye friends