For me I cannot say I would stay away from HTC phones. Even though I'm using a SGS3 right now, I still think very highly of HTC. I have had three HTC phones, and liked all of them. I would love to see what HTC could do with another Nexus device. You do realize that CDMA Nexus phones will take a little longer on the updates than the GSM versions? Look how long it took the Nexus S on Sprint to get ICS. So having a Nexus device does not guaranty you will have the next update as soon as it is released. You still have to wait on carrier if you are on a CDMA network. That being said, I think I am going to go with a Nexus device next time also.