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Originally Posted by rdjack21
Verizon is the best but it gets that way by being pretty anal about what goes on there network.
What most people don't get though is that Apple only releases a new phone/OS every year but they keep the details of what goes into that release very quite. They build in time for the networks to test the phones before they announce the release and if they do run into issues they push the release out but don't tell you why.
Google on the other hand are very open about what is going on and they release the code when they are through with it, but before the networks are done. In the case of the Nexus on Verizon there were a few issues that they had that have been fixed so it is ready to go.
Verizon is known as the best for the masses for a reason because there network just works. To make that happen they test the crap out of every thing and there tests cover everything. But this means that for the person that just has the have the Very latest weather it is tested or not are not going to be happy. Personally while I would like to have Jelly Bean ASAP on my Nexus I want it to just work with out hassle and that means waiting for Verizon to finish testing and for Google to fix what they find wrong. This process has taken about 2-3 months which is not to bad.
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That's the reason you should buy the phone not from a phone carrier but from the manufacturer itself. Unfortunately most manufacturers don't want to face the wrath of the operators by doing so, and the end result is the customer is screwed. At least with the Nexus phones you can buy directly from Google and you can show the middle finger to the operators.