I'm currently off contract with Verizon using a HTC Trophy the past few months. I like the Windows Phone, easy to navigate around and have been biding my time about an update waiting to see when WP8 comes out. Verizon's lack of support for windows though have gotten me thinking about Android. I've been reading up on the GS3 and really like the looks of the phone to the point I'm seriously thinking of switching to android to give it a try and see first hand if I'd like it.
Which leads me though to asking you current android users if you can give a a little comparison on the GS3 and the Nexus. I read about the Nexus running "vanilla" brand ICS and thus not using the IU skins that Samsung, HTC and others put on the phones. The Nexus running "stock" ICS sounds attractive to me coming from WP7. I use my phone a lot for work with my work Outlook mail, calendar and contacts set up on it. I utilize Skydrive to access files from my work PC on OneNote using the installed Office on WP7 which has OneNote. I use the camera on it a lot to photograph things in the shop to email to equipment service people, vendors and my projects at work. I use it of course for phone calls, texting, and some web surfing to look at news on a handful of apps I have. I'm not big into apps at all or playing games on it. I got a couple on there I mess with once in awhile if I'm waiting killing some time for some reason. I also like listening to my music that I have on it. I get my music through iTunes on my Macbook and sync the Trophy to it with Windows 7 Connector for Mac.
What I'm reading about the GS3 and all the "bloatware" software, apps and widgets on it I'm not liking. I'm really not into having a lot of that stuff on my phone for what I use my phone for. All that said, the Nexus is sounding like maybe to be the better choice for me even though it's not the latest and greatest hardware device like the GS3.
Just looking for some opinions to help me sway one way or another. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.