I agree that making us wait has an advantage for VZW. I have read were people have opted for the Razr or Rezound because, they can't wait anymore. That certainly can't hurt VZW. I was even tempted by the Razr and, it's announcement was the final tipping point that made me return my Bionic.
After seeing the GN that's all I want now.
In years past, I would have been one of those people who would've said, fine, Google and Samsung, don't have their act together, and I would have purchased the Razr. But, at this point, there are a couple of things which made me decide not to do that. First and foremost, the Razr, will not have the most current version of Android on it. After dealing with the headache that Motorola and Verizon created with the upgrade for the Xoom, I can't say that I'm interested in playing their game of well, we will be rolling out the ICS update within six weeks of its release. These are the same people that claimed we would receive our 4G LTE upgrade within a couple of months of the release of the Xoom. Clearly that didn't happen. In fact they missed every deadline they set for that upgrade.
As for HTC, they never put in a battery that is large enough to handle the needs of their phones. If you look at the specs for their phones and the equivalent specs of their competitors phones, they are almost always, if not always equipped with smaller batteries.
Having the delay in the release of the Nexus might also be a blessing since we will be able to see some of the comments, problems, and positives about these competing phones.
Finally, I'm excited to purchase a phone that is straight Google Android and hasn't been filled with the bloat that either Verizon, or the phone manufacturer fancies adding in.