[Motorola Droid RAZR] createer:
Let me start by saying I have had a lot of Android devices (both personal and for development). The galaxy nexus is far and away the best phone I have ever used. There are really three main reasons.

1) Stock Android. This feature is often not appreciated as much as it should be. I think its a near must if you don't want to root and custom rom your phone (I run cyanogen on some of my devices but don't like using it as a daily driver for various reasons I won't get into hear. The first benefit of stock Android is better security. Almost all Android security flaws arise from OEM and carrier additions there are lots of good articles and some university studies on this that I would recommend to all Android users. Then there is the whole issue of carrier IQ being pre installed and non removable (unless you use a custom rom) on many Android phones. No modifications to Android are on Nexus devices including carrier IQ. Stock Android also means no crapware which aside from reducing clutter and improving security causes a measurable performance increase given the same hardware (I don't know what some people are talking about in this thread when they say they experienced poor battery life on the Galaxy Nexus it has lasted a whole day for me with moderate usage. Longer than any other phone I have had including Evo 3D. The last benefit of stock android is speedy updates. It's easy to overlook now but when Android 4.1 comes out with some great new features it will sting a bit having to wait months for it.

2) NFC. I take issue with this being presented as a minor thing. Android beam is very powerful and useful even now and as more developers integrate it into there apps it will only become more useful. I know several galaxy nexus owners and being able to beam them a market app, map, website, etc. Rather than hitting menu-> share-> messages -> send then waiting a few seconds for the link to be received then the recipient sliding down notification bar -> tapping message> tapping link is a big time saver and especially makes sharing with users who aren't very tech savvy much easier. NFC will also be able to be used for purchases via Google wallet and other services in the near future and I for one will use this. NFC will grow in general over the coming months and certainly by the end of 2012 as more phones implement it. I think it is a necessity for the Android phone of tomorrow. The Galaxy Nexus also has a barometer but I do think this is a small feature.

3) Beautiful massive display. The display is amazing especially when watching HD video with the buttons hidden. Objectivity you can fit a lot more on the Galaxy Nexus display than the Droid razr display (this is especially nice on web pages and pdfs not optimized for mobile displays as almost all of them can easily be viewed without zooming in at all. I guess this one is subjective but I think the display looks far better than the Droid razr or any other phone out now for that matter. Just watch an HD video in full screen with the buttons hidden. It looks amazing.

While I'm sure some of you genuinely like the razr more I think some of you need to acknowledge that you didn't want to wait and have a bit of bias because of that. I personally don't have a contract with any provider. (I use T-Mobile monthly 4g at the moment) so I bought the Nexus right away.