His name is David Fayram and he is a senior software engineer at CrowdFlower. He just waltzed into Best Buy, asked for the phone, and bought it from a store employee who sold it to him “by accident.” It’s also said that some other folks have had some luck getting their hands on the Galaxy Nexus ahead of schedule from Verizon stores too.

Fayram reports that this is a “cutting edge phone, without the ostenation and outrageous materials of the Droid Razr.” Sadly, it is loaded with some Verizon bloatware, including My Verizon Mobile and Verizon Migration Assistant. It’s still the “pure” Google experience, I suppose, but bloatware brands the phone beyond that Verizon stamp on the back. To be fair, Canadians can already get the Galaxy Nexus from Bell and Virgin.

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RCS Limited is one of the world’s largest international traders of consumer electronics, including cellular phones. Recently they have seen demand for Google’s Nexus One climb steadily since 2010 started. Just last month demand for the Nexus One was 16% higher than that of the iPhone, according to RCS, and they don’t expect a slow down anytime soon.

“According to the trading data from RCS’ global network, Nexus One is expected to continue to increase its market share in the Smartphone market moving into Q2,” said Rami Feller, President of RCS. “In our opinion, the main factors that lead to the increased demand for Nexus One are the lower unit price compared to other Smarthphones, Google’s unlocked business model and the easy interface with other Google web-based applications.”

Most recently, an Apple internal memo was leaked showing a lift on the requirement of having an AT&T contract before purchasing an iPhone, but that still is nowhere near what Google has done by offering a completely unlocked device.

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