I guess that's one of the reasons it's so much easier for me to make my choice. I have completely ignored smartphones for years. I just wasn't all that interested. Finally after the constant hen pecking of my wife and some friends I decided to go ahead and pick up one. But because I have no smartphone history I also have no luggage so to speak. I am looking at every phone with fresh eyes and no bias. Ok well except for the iphone. I'm not big on apple as a company but the strange thing is I was originally going to get the new iphone.(and trust me it was my dirty little secret...I felt so ashamed.) They did such a good job with promotion even me, an apple hater was still going to get THAT phone. The only thing that stopped me was the release of the 4S. When that info came out and they even said they were using the exact same case, the spell was broken. Now you want to talk about new phones that look the same..lol. This caused me to actually have to do some research and really look into the new phones. So I basically searched for the best phone for me, with no old personal horror story or rumors from others to influence me. Since I had been ignoring smartphones for so long all the designs look new to me so I get to enjoy most of them. I think I may still go take a look at the Razr like you said since I normally like to make an informed decision.(except for that brief lapse with the iphone) Oddly enough the last cell phone I owned was the Motorola Razr.
Also I was just wondering, am I the only one that doesn't like the look of the G-Nex? I mean I'm not taking a shot at the phone, it's not ugly, but it looks so plain and sterile to me. When I look at the Vigor I feel emotion, when I look at the Razr I feel emotion(just not the positive kind), when I look at the G-Nex I feel nothing at all. It almost looks like someone tried to design a politically correct smartphone. "Lets have it look good but not too good. Lets have it look edgy but not too edgy, Lets have it look simple...etc, etc, etc. I don't know...maybe it is just me. We all have a feeling we get off these new smartphones for one reason or another, but I can honestly say the feelings that I judge these phones by are for the actual phone and nothing that came before it, or that anyone told me about it before. Although experience can help give you a huge amount of insight into these matters. Sorry for the long post I guess I got caught up..lol.
) and I must admit, the Razr feels quite substantial. I was shocked that it's a little bigger (wider and taller) than the Thunderbolt but it definitely feels good. I'm leaning more towards it now that Google has bought Motorola. Maybe that means the Razr will get ICS even faster. Considering how much heavier the Thunderbolt feels, and that the Rezound is supposed to be even heavier, I'm leaning more and more towards the Razr with each passing day.
