[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PoorNexi:
Galaxy Nexus Disadvantages compared to iPhone 4s :

1. If I keep the Nexus I have to sell my iPhone and deal with Craigslist trolls

In order to not lose money I'd have to sell my iPhone on Craigslist for $450 which of course means you have to deal with a-hole hagglers who always try to lower the price your asking for :mad:

2. Slower to recharge

I recharged the two side by side when both were dead to see the difference. Overall the iPhone charged about 40% faster than the Galaxy Nexus. When the iPhone was at 20% the Nexus was at 11%, when the iPhone was at 50% the Galaxy Nexus was at 29%, and when the iPhone was fully charged the Nexus was at 63%. Not a huge deal but sometimes when I forget to charge at night its nice to be able to plug in my iPhone into the car charger and get a good amount of juice before I get to school. With the Galaxy Nexus if I forget to charge at night I am pretty much stressed the whole day about trying not to use my phone since charging it takes awhile longer.

3. Not as smooth an OS

Ice cream sandwich is a great OS, but compared to iOS smoothness there is just a tiny bit of lag when opening apps, finger scrolling, and switching from portrait to landscape. iOS is buttery smooth where Ice cream sanwich is smooth.

4. Not as in demand by people on Craigslist when you try to sell a year when you bought it to upgrade

As I said before, Craigslist trolls are a piece of work to deal with.

With the iPhone there are always a ton of people looking for it so it's easier to sell on Craigslist. Galaxy Nexus isn't as in demand so on Craigslist so your at the mercy of the hagglers since it's not like you will have people banging on your door for a phone that doesn't get any attention by the national media.

5. iPhone has a better camera overall

The Galaxy Nexus has a good camera (and takes better shots in the dark) but the iPhone 4s has a great camera and the best in the business atm.

6. Not as good of battery life

This goes hand in hand with the slow recharging problem. The screen takes up anywhere from 70-80% of the power being used by the phone so a 4.6 inch screen is going to use more power than a 3.5 inch screen. The iPhone has one of the best battery life of any smartphone out there while the Nexus I struggled to make it through a full day on a charge (I'm a HEAVY user)

7. Not as bright of a screen as the iPhone

While the colors and contrast are off the charts for the AMOLED screen, the brightness pales in comparison to the iPhone. The Galaxy Nexus is by no means hard to read but overall is much more dim when comparing the two side by side.

8. Amoled screen burn in

This is a biggie for me :(

A huge drawback of the AMOLED technology is the fact that over time you get certain things that are always there literally burnt into your screen so you always see them there, even if you are in full screen mode with another app. It might not happen in the first month, or even 6 months, but eventually the burn in will be there. The iPhone doesn't have to deal with this issue since it has an LCD screen and while it's not as colorful I don't have to deal with burn in on it.

9. Skype and other apps don't work nearly as well

You can tell that certain applications were built for the iPhone, then slapped together for Android later on. An example of this is Skype, it works perfect on the iPhone but on Android it doesn't work nearly as well. When I sign in on the iPhone it automatically puts me on my last status (invisible so others can't see me) and I can select someone from my address book to call via Skype. With the Android version I sign in and it automatically puts me as visible so others who I don't want to deal with atm start calling/messaging me PLUS when I try to select a person out of my contacts it says "number not valid" so I have to go back in and retype the whole number by hand.

Other apps are like this such as Navigon, Netflix (I'll get to that one in just a bit), Speedtest app, etc. Another prime example is apps by Square Enix (Final Fantasy III, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, etc) and these apps aren't even on Android yet.

Basically the iPhone gets first dibs at the good applications, then Android gets the leftovers pieced together later on :(

10. Harder to handle size

While the iPhone has a smaller screen size, that also makes it easier to handle and you are able to use your thumb to reach every part of the screen one handed. With the Galaxy Nexus you are limited to which areas of the screen you can use one handed and it's harder to hold.

11. No physical home button

Alot of people like the buttonless approach of the Galaxy Nexus but I'm not a huge fan. I like how on the iPhone you can both wake the phone up and start voice commands through siri with the simple press of the home button.

12. Voice commands not as good as Siri

Siri is a bit more intuitive than the simple voice commands of Android.

13. Galaxy Nexus browser controls suck compared to Atomic browser

Atomic browser on the iPhone makes use of semi-transparent keys you can put on the screen that don't take up any space but allow you much greater flexibility than the slide in fullscreen gestures of the Galaxy Nexus. I tried to use ICS Browser + and started getting pissed off since i would try to finger scroll I would forget that the sides of the device activate the pop up controls and I would end up closing out the page I was looking at, going to bookmarks, or some other random thing I didn't want :mad:

I also didn't like the fact that when I'm using my phone one handed and browsing the web, I want my voice search button to be on the bottom of the screen with the keyboard. Since ICS doesn't have a search button anymore you have to pull up the URL which functions as both a URL bar and search bar. The only problem is the fact that the URL bar doesn't have a voice input button on it (it has a .com button instead) :mad: The iPhone has atomic browser which has a search function and thus keeps the voice input button on the bottom with the keyboard.

With the iPhone and Atomic browser I feel I have complete control over my fullscreen browsing experience.

14. Galaxy Nexus reception not as good as the iPhone

While I like how the Galaxy Nexus has the ability to switch off 3G and stick to the Edge network on Att, overall it got worse reception than the iPhone did while on calls and speedtest speeds.

15. Netflix not HD on Galaxy Nexus like it is on the iPhone

Not sure why this is but the Netflix application doesn't stream in HD the way the iPhone version does, it's not terrible but it's definitely not as great a view experience as when you hook your iPhone up to your bigscreen tv.

16. No stores you can take your phone to for warranty replacement

In case anything goes wrong with the iPhone you simply make an appointment that very day to be seen at the apple store, they verify the problem, and you get a brand new apple certified replacement. With Samsung you have to call them up to order warranty service, to which you send your phone to them for repair and are out of a phone for the 1-2 weeks it takes for them to repair and get it back to you.