After reading the garbage wireless vet posted, I decided that he's a troll and I'm going to tell you my opinion on it. Some of you know why I was able to use it, but I can't go any further than that.
Appearance
First thing I want to clarify is the phone does NOT feel cheap at all. I work with phones everyday and to me the charge and fascinate felt cheap, this does not. As soon as you hold it, you'll will notice right away that it feels well built. Another thing I noticed is that the screen seems to have a anti fingerprint coating. Unlike other phones, for some reason this phone doesn't show a lot of prints like others do. I'm not sure why, but I wonder if that's why Samsung went a different direction this time around. Also, if you tap the screen with an object it feels stronger than if you would do it on other devices. Lastly, the extended battery does NOT bulk up the phone. It's works like the X and droid 3.
Software
The phone boots up faster than any phone I've used, this was noticeable right away. The face unlock feature is as good as advertised and really works well on angles which I was happy to see. One thing I really want to discuss is how much better ICS looks compared to previous OS from google. I've always said how clean and smooth Apples IOS was and for first time google has not only matched IOS, but I think it is just plain better looking and smoother now. ICS is down right amazing and I see why Eric S feels they have apple beat. There's a lot to get into, so just ask questions and I'll answer them that way.
Battery
With leaving GPS(stand alone) on, Bluetooth on, brightness at 60%, sync all on and doing the usual web browsing, FB, rdio, about 35-40 txt and about 2 hours worth of talk time I was about to go from 9am till 9pm and still have about 30% of juice left. Also did some video recording and picture taking as well.
Camera
Yes folks, there is ZERO lag and that means speed wise, the nexus can stand toe to toe with the iPhone 4s in that department. Picture quality wise is good, but not amazing. Definitely better than Motorola's camera and I would say better than any Verizon phone to date, but still behind the iPhone.
Comparison
Now, I've been using the rezound and bionic for the last month and for those who are debating which one to get, I can say WITHOUT A DOUBT that not only is the screen better than the RAZR, the software is better than sense and the slimness, feel and overall look on the nexus makes all these devices a distant memory.
Closing statement
The Galaxy Nexus show's huge progression and shows us that google isn't ok with standing still like apple and that they are not only ahead in innovation and risk taking, but they have a winning OS. This is the first COMPLETE phone and really shows that they are listening. I came from an iPhone 2 years ago and once I got a droid I realized what google was doing and knew that with patience and some bumps along the way that the iPhone will disappear. Unfortunately, there's to many people that are ok with mediocrity and even though I feel google has apple beat on every way with ICS and the nexus, too many people will overlook it.
This is the phone we've all been waiting for. This is google at their BEST.
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