I have had this phone for at least 2 years now. It has been through lots of abuse and still looks and sounds great. It has survived several rounds with a 2 year-old and a 4 year-old. The sound quality of the external speaker is the best I've ever heard on a cell phone. I have stored a bunch of music videos and tv episodes on it in mp4 format. I've put several mp3's on the phone. It has an airplane mode so you have all your media available to you on flights. It works fine with linux, just plug it in and the memory stick and the phone's internal memory are seen and mounted as separate devices. Anytime I think about getting something new, I compare it with all the features this phone has and I can't justify buying anything different. Texting is easy and fast. I can record video with sound, and I have used the *very* bright light on the camera as a flashlight on numerous occasions. I have used a number of other phones, and this phone manages to be more sturdy and more usable than any phone I've ever seen. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone who's on the market.