OK, so I said earlier that the important things to me are battery life, phone reception, data reception and the display. I went to Verizon today to play with the RAZR, Rezound and Gnex. THe GNex's display was not so much better than the other two that I couldn't get past it. I did notice that the RAZR and Rezound (both within a few ft. of the Gnex) got a better signal, and I am hearing in here that the phone does not sound great and is not that loud. Battery life has yet to be determined. So, after weeks and weeks of great excitement, it is looking like 3 of the 4 things that are most important to me (and seem to be very basic items) are not very good on the Gnex. How in the world does Verizon/Google/Samsung release what should be a flagship 4G phone with such a poor radio? How does a phone of such caliber have such a poor speaker? I wanted sooooooooooooooo badly to walk in, try all three phones and be like "F' yeah, Gnex kicks butt!! All that anticipation and excitement was warranted!!" To me any smartphone should start with doing the basics well, then accentuate that with some additional awesomeness like ICS and panoramic camera and face recognition and all that stuff. Reception and speaker quality should be baseline items. I really don't want to pee on anyone's parade, but does anyone feel remotely similar?