[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
So, like many of you, I purchased the Galaxy Nexus on launch day. I stood in line for 20 minutes and couldn't have been more excited to take the beauty home. The screen and ICS are incredible, and no phone in production comes close to mirroring the way the software works on that phone (including iOS devices). I cannot express my love for pureblood ICS any more than I do...it literally has been the perfect phone for me (in terms of software). But I also have to use it as a mobile device.

The data connectivity on the Nexus is *horrific*. This was the first Samsung CDMA device I've ever owned and, despite hearing the horror stories of the poor radio reception, I jumped in without regard because of the Nexus name. Sadness soon filled my heart as the places I normally tend to travel to became borderline deadspots of wireless reception, killing my heart as well as my data connectivity. Despite having perfectly clear voice communication and always being able to receive text messages instantly, the data connection would bottom out somewhat frequently. I work about a quarter-mile from the lake and, while at work, I have no data connectivity at all. Other members of my team using Rezounds or RAZRs have 2-3 bars of 4G or drop to 5 bars of 3G...while I have no bars in sight!

After exchanging the phone multiple times, getting new SIM cards, hard-resetting the device multiple times, and trying out all of the other "This will fix it" attempts through Verizon customer service...I was authorized to get a new device. The only problem? They could only "Warranty" the phone, which meant I could only pick a phone I had owned previously. As I'm a new Verizon customer, that equated to either the Rezound (which I "rented" for a week prior to the Nexus launch) and the Nexus (which, again, I'd exchanged multiple times). Then I was offered another option: Early Upgrade.

The customer service rep authorized me to do an "Early Upgrade". Being only 6 months into my contract, I was more than happy to pay $200 to get a new RAZR Maxx (the only phone I wanted -- despite the lack of high screen resolution, it gets phenomenal battery and and incredible reception) and start over my contract, especially because I can now sell my Nexus to recoup the cost.

Long story short: I'm now a happy customer. Sitting in the same place that my Nexus always sat on my desk, the RAZR gets 2-3 bars of 4G (average speedtest: 8-10Mbps) while the Nexus had no data connection at all. On top of it, my Nexus had to be plugged in during the day (arguably because of the bad reception, but even with good reception it wouldn't end the day with more than 15% battery if I didn't charge it mid-day), while the RAZR Maxx can be unplugged all day and used more than average...while still ending at 60-65%. This 3300mAh battery is mind-blowing.

So, despite my heavy dislike of Motorola's "Motoblur", and their upgrade policy...I'm more happy with a Motorola device than the Nexus. Simply put: It works for the things I need it better than the Nexus did. I had grown accustomed to not having a data connection in a majority of the places I frequent, and now I'm excited to realize that I once again do!

(This isn't meant to dissuade anyone from the Nexus or to poke fun at the phone...I still loved my Nexus, it just didn't work the way I needed it to. I just wanted to express myself!)