Phone choices for Feb-March 2012 on Verizon, what would you choose and why?

[DF Smod]

Honestly google support (or not) would not matter to me either way. It is still vanilla android, just like the Droid 1 was. You can root it and ROM it just as easy with or without Google. Even if it isnt "officially" supported, it is the closest you will get to such a phone on Verizon in the foreseeable future.

Yup, if it was true this statement sums up the final outcome

 

[Techsniffer]

Here is my line of thinking, if they are already willing to give up support after just a few months on their flagship ICS phone that leads me to believe that there is something wrong with something somewhere. Do I think that the phone would never again be updated? Of course not, but such a strong action so soon after release is a cause of concern and I think anyone would be justified to throw up a red flag and take a good long look before making the leap.