I'd like to point out that the CNET Nexus review is a hot mess (using one of their own lines against them). If you notice, two people actually wrote the review, which figures because when I read it, it sounded like either two people wrote it, or someone with a split personality wrote it. "ICS is an awesome, much needed facelift, but then again it's not....the camera quality could be better, but it still is among the best...".
Kent German, one of the reviewers, is one of the biggest Apple cheerleaders on the site. Look up his blogs. When the Hong Kong event was postponed, he wrote a long rant saying how Samsung and Google is hiding something from us, he speculated that the phone had big problems and that Google/Samsung couldn't possibly be respectful enough to postpone the event due to the passing of Steve Jobs. It was a pathetic blog that was just one man's opinion with 0 facts to back it up, but presented in a way where it was a fact piece and not an opinion piece.
CNET will never claim another phone to be better than the latest iPhone, even if it is clearly better. On Android device reviews, they focus a lot of energy and writing on the negative aspects, often blowing up small issues and exaggerating them to the point where they make the phone seem awful, and then just lightly touch on what the phone does right. The result is mostly negative reviews.
I admit, I still go to CNET sometimes, and I do enjoy their Android podcast because the hosts are awesome, albeit they are a bit slower to churn out news and don't always mention the latest. But anything they say should be taken with a grain of salt as their journalistic integrity in the tech world has been compromised over the last few years.
so I'm picky!
