Any thoughts/reactions from the vocal group here regarding the new phone announcements in the past 24+ hours?
I had said that once Apple announced their new phone I'd consider it and also the competition. I'm currently leaning towards yesterday's announcement for the (Samsung)
Google Galaxy Nexus phone which will be the first to showcase ICS (or Android 4.0). It's not perfect in every regard, but it has a lot that I would like. I really like the specs on the display and also from what I've read, it's a very smooth-operating phone.
The newly announced Motorola RAZR has some nice features, but it's already behind in not having ICS. There is
claim that sometime in early 2012 there will be an upgrade, but given the impression I've read about Motorola and updates, I won't hold my breath. I also don't like that Motorola has locked the bootloader. There is no user-changeable battery, which I know you could argue that I'm coming from an iPhone, so what gives...well, moving away from an iPhone, I would expect a user-changeable battery...especially for a battery-draining LTE device. I do like their gps-fence alert management interface. I find that to be a really nice feature. I also like that the phone is waterproof to help guard against accidental damage.
The last contender I was considering would be the Samsung Galaxy S II, but the TouchWiz interface is something I'm not interested in. I'd rather a native Android phone without rooting or having to load my own distro on it. Who knows how long it will be before this phone has an ICS upgrade. I expect sooner than Motorola simple because Samsung was privileged to the updates and info for the Galaxy Nexus.