I gave in. I got it this morning and went to a Halloween parade today and got a bunch of pictures and videos. They look awesome. In most cases it focused almost instantly and I was able to move it back and forth at a decent speed without any blur or anything. I can't wait to upload them, I'll post a few on here when I do. I also like how I don't have to worry about hitting the volume buttons when trying to unlock the phone like on my S3. The two were parallel on each side. On the N3 it's a little bit higher up and makes all the difference. The screen also looks great outside.
It fits really nicely in my hand. Honestly, it's so comfortable. Hopefully I won't have to deal with too many "WOW UR PHOWN IS SO B1G!!" folks, but now that everything is getting bigger or smaller, I'm sure it's just a matter of time till it's accepted as a norm! Probably going to have it in my hand for the rest of the night though...