I love my phone, and I'm glad I jumped for it when I got it. I've had virtually no issues since day 1. That aside though, the one reason I had even the slightest pause on it, was because I had a Fascinate back in the day (pre-TB for me). And I remember how long it took to get updates. So when the nexus came out, I said that it looked like a great phone, but...it's a Samsung, and they typically have a slow history of updating. I was persuaded, on here, actually, to go ahead because hey, it's a google phone, updates will come a lot faster since it's coming almost straight from the tap. And..when was the first time they announced it? shortly after launch, I think? even with a month leeway, now we're back to 2 months at least, since it was announced that it was in the works.
Again, I love my phone, I have no issues. And I understand it's a new version of Android, so it'll have more issues to straighten out. But really, at this point, I'm easily ready to not care any more about it being a "pure google" phone, since it obviously isn't meaning much in the update world for 99% of us. And as with EVERY case like this, what I wouldn't give for a message from Google saying "bear with us, we know it's taking a while, but we're having issues with X and Y".