This is a serious problem for me... Might be a deal breaker :/
I took one of our Epic Touch's to VZW, downloaded a podcast at home b4 leaving (ET is WiFi only for us as Sprint is horrible in our area, canceled trial, they let us keep the phones - love the ET, wish Verizon offered a GS2 model!)...
Anyway, took the ET to VZW and on the GNex downloaded the same podcast (via the browser, an mp3 file) , compared the two and the GNex was super low compared to the Epic Touch (which is just "ok" enough to me , next to my Orig Droid , the only phone i've found with a decent level of volume is the Epic Touch, Bionic, Rezound at BBuy seemed really low month ago but at VZW tonight the Rezound was quite loud)....
anyway, the Gnex , while i don't have to have a super loud speaker - it's way too low, watching YouTube vids, listening to podcasts - you'd have to be right up to it and in a very quiet area.
The speaker combined with the poor camera (compared to the Epic Touch) - can't see being stuck with the low volume and camera (video perf was not to good either taking sample videos in the store, took pics and vids with the Epic Touch for a comparison)....
Camera, speaker - can't see 2 years with that even if the price was $99 for the phone (the real price is the $$$$ you pay for service and giving up TWO years of decent pictures / vids and ability to listen to Android Central across the room, he-he).
What's not funny? No GS2 on VZW, the RAZR is ok as is Rezound but i really love the larger screen on the Epic Touch - no such phone on VZW but the Gnex which to me doesn't hold up to the ET.
So maybe will have to activate the ET and deal with super slow Sprint speeds in this area - that's not gonna work either.
Really bites.
Why couldn't Samsung / Google have at least a decent speaker and the same or better camera as the GS2 ? Or VZW offer a GS2?