need help deciding on new phone

OK, I currently have a rooted Droid X (the original one) but it is dying on me quickly. My new every two with Verizon is available to me now but I was holding out for the galaxy s3. Unfortunately verizon came out and said after Apr 22nd i will have to pay an extra $60 to upgrade phones. So, with my current phone starting to fail me, and the fact that I'd rather not pay an extra $60, I need to decide between getting a razor Max, or g nexus now, or hope that the s3 gets released in the very near future. I love the battery life of the Max, but have a Motorola now, and would like something different. So that kinda leaves me with the g nexus. I have heard that it has pretty quiet speakers though, bad call quality, and bad battery life. Can a root help with this? I'm open to all suggestions just not sure if I should try and wait it out, or go after a phone now, that I'm not sure I'd be fully happy with. Thanks in advance!