First of all it is a good phone but I will tell what is lacks. It could have a few more features that can make it the best in the market. First no voice dial most new phones have it the phone. I had a panasonic in 2001 which had it. The external display can show a few more details than it does. It doesnot display the missed calls for more than 30 secs. One doesnt realise that they have missed call unless they open the phone. This is annoying. The manual is abysmally inadequate. It doesnt tell how to take self potraits or use the IR port. It doesnot tell how to delete wall papers or ringtones uploaded. Well I guess people like me who like to do things wihtout reading the manual can have a field day with this phone. Also it has a lot of ringtones, but i guess samsung has the impression that every body wants musical ringtones, and there are no ringtones in built which dont use its 40 polyphonic chord ringer except for the silly tmobile jingle. The pictures taken by the phone in low light have a reddish tinge to them.The display is very vibrant and is very bright. The sound quality is also very good. It has a great antenna (internal) I have crystal clear calls even in my basement where most of my other phones have lost the signal. The phone also has a very loud ringer which has an adjustable volume. The camera is great, the best I have seen on any phone. It has almost 9 megs of memory on but it is not shared among ringtones, the photos and the messages. I wish it had a memory card slot so that I could take a few more pictures at max resolution.Well if you want a fancy looking phone with loads of features i would recommend the Sony Ericsson T610. That phone leaves the sgh-e715 eating its dust. Also it is as heavy as this one and it has a lot of desirable features and it is cheaper than this one. But in spite of the all the things I do not like about the phone I will not return this phone because of the manual. It really allows me to play with the phone to discover new things. I really wanted to give it 3.5 * but amazon doesnt let me do that.