Everything has its pros and cons. The V710 reception far outweighs the crappy camara any day!Pros-reception, reception, reception-many little features that make it tick-cool style-it's a camara phoneCons-it requires a cell phone carrier to work-the camara takes terrible pictures-hard to find a case that doesn't interfer with opening and closing the phone (as with all flip phones)I really like the Motorola V710 phone. I have had Verizon Wireless service for a few years now (word of advice, run if you haven't gotten stuck in with a contract) and this phone works the best on their network. I have a cronic problem of dropping calls around my house and this is the only phone that can hang on to the calls. In the past few weeks I have tried the LG VX7000, which dropped calls faster than a brick, and the Kyrocera (or however you spell it) which also drops way to many calls. I have been very happy with the V710, the camara sucks, as I am sure you have heard, but if you want a great camara, get a camara. The phone has some really niffty features on it and I am really starting to warm up to the menu, which can be just plain wierd if you are not use to it. Another thing that gives the Motorola a learning curve is the layout of the keys, but it can be a "what the heck is that" phone. All in all, I choose the Motorola because of the reception but I am finding all kinds of other features I didn't know I couldn't live without. The Motorola is an increadibly clear phone with great reception, but won't bring you the kitchen sink. The LG VX7000 is a phone that has increadibly crappy reception but does everything else with flying colors. But hey, the thing is a phone, not a butler.