I've been reading on testers blogs that the new Nexus has a TERRIBLE camera. HORRIBLE lag on screen animations such as landscape to regular. Poor build quality that feels pretty cheap to the hand as it's all plastic. Non gorilla glass plus much much more.Yea theres ICS but it will probably never become fully working like it would probably be if it had a unlocked bootloader. Kernels make a difference.
You may be picking the better phone to root. At least I (we) picked one with better specs and one that has better build quality. And I don't even want to hear about your pretty true HD display. Talk to me about it when your car keys crack the thing in your pocket.
To be honest. ICS isn't all that great anyways.
Another honest opinion from a RAZR user. I had my OG Droid since day 1. I was proud to have a fully unlocked phone to root and such. Then I got the RAZR. I see no reason what so ever to root. It's BLAZING fast. "Blur" works well and actually looks good for once. I'm happy to stay stock this time.
Another thing that bugs me.. We are Android. Take all your negative bashing towards a nice phone and aim it at Apple or something. Bias as that may sound as I trashed the Nexus. I'm just throwing counter points to your otherwise moot argument.