Verizon recently updated the software on this phone to prevent it from playing MP3's. Files now have to be converted to WMP and be loaded using the Verizon "music kit" to be played. I find this very inconvenient and make the one really key feature of this phone virtually useless. Nice work Verizon.I have also found that the reception on this phone is not nearly as good as on the LG 8100. The Samsung will show 0 or 1 bar of service in spots where the LG shows 3 or 4 and there is a noticiable difference in the voice quality. It could just be the individual phone that Amazon shipped me since others have not reported this problem.On the plus side the camera is really quite good. Certainly an improvement over the LG 8100. The color is slightly better, there are more metering options, and the camcorder will record for an unlimited amount of time (instead of just 15 seconds.) It still won't replace a normal digital camera, (shutter lag is absolutely awful) but in a pinch it will capture an image that you can make a 4" x 6" print from.I just wish that it had better reception.---update---Amazon sent out a second A950 and it has much better voice quality then the first one that I tried. Sounds exactly the same as my LG8100.The music player on the A950 is so cumbersome to use that it really ruins the phone for me. The LG8100 is much better in this regard - much easier to select which song to play and because of ht eequalizer, it sounds much better through the built in speakers.Of the two phones I greatly prefer the LG8100 even though the A950 has a much better camera. It works just as well as a "phone", it has better messaging capabilities and a much better music player.