It's better in a couple areas and worse in a couple others, but none of the scores are set to any sort of extreme -- in other words, the Verizon GS III doesn't stand out of the crowd for better or worse.
In fact, we'd wager that most folks out there willing to shell out a few Gs on this will prefer the subdued look over the garish -- not that we don't adore the Envy 133's flashy exterior or anything.
Merrill's individual investors business, the Private Client Services division, won't hold back its stock price when investment banking firms like Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) and other institutional broker-dealers snapback amid a pickup in capital markets and merger and acquisition activity.