I've had this phone for about a month now and I must say I like it quite well.The Good:The main reason i bought this phone was for the camera. For a phone, it is an amazing camera. This is the best resolution on a phone in the US right now (there are also some Nokia's with 3.2, but twice the price). The auto focus is very good especially when i want a picture of something really close. Another plus is that verizon decided to include some pretty cool picture editing programs in here. There are the basics: sepia, black and white, and also around 13 others. You can decorate the photos with little clip art and stuff, and probably my favorite part is that you can copy a piece out of a photo and put it on another picture. This is useful for laughs like putting someone's head on someone else's body. Also, whenever you take a picture you will get a big 'wow' effect (or whatever it's called) from the people around you (because the screen swivels). It has an included multimedia player and an mp3 player (has to be unlocked in the secret menu :/ ). One thing i really like is the ability to start and play songs with the phone closed, but it does take a while to load. This is a vcast phone, like most of verizon's new phones, but i found i really haven't used the vcast that much (due to price). The sound on this phone is very good and it has 2 speakers on either side for good stereo sound, and the ringtones are loud enough to be heard fine. Of course it includes picture, text, and video messages (though the picture and video have to be downsized to be sent). The phone itself is very sturdy in my opinion and i have even dropped it a few times (it lands like a rock) and there are no scratches on it. I also do like how everything has a cover over it, which protects from dust (major problem for me before). Everything else has the basic verizon interface (not too big of a fan) and functions just fine.Cons:Most of the cons here are nothing to do with the phone, but rather verizon. I switched to verizon because they supposedly have the best network and service, but i found that sprint had much better reception. Like i said above it does include vcast, but i rarely use it becaues the rediculous 1.99 charge for a 64kpbs song. What i typically do is download the song off allofmp3 and then tranfer it to the memory card (no need for the music essentials kit, other than the headphones, becaues i have a SD card slot on my computer). But a good idea is to just get the memory card because if you get the 'kit' (with usb cable) then you can only access music, while the memory card allows access of pictures, sounds, music, and videos. One thing i really don't like is the headphone slot. Samsung has included their 10-pin (i think it's called) slot, but it comes with an adapter to 2.5mm headphones. I can't really find any good 2.5mm headphones, so right now i'm buying an adapter from samsung to 3.5mm (regular) off ebay for like $5. The cover for the headphone slot is a really cool sliding one, though it took me about 5 minutes to figure it out (nearly broke it). The camera is very nice, but the autofocus takes a bit too long (can be turned off). The multimedia is also kind of slow and about 1 in 30 causes the phone to restart when i try to play music (pretty annoying). Text messaging and picture messaging are great, but apparently on certain versions of the firmware, you can't add a word to the text dictionary, which can be annoying. There may seem like alot of cons, but these are the only things wrong with the phone (mostly petty things), and they can be gotten over in about a week.Overall:Even though i listed a lot of cons, i would highly recommend this phone. Especially for the price now on amazon ($350 in the verizon store). The camera is great, and the music features (though laggy) are also very nice.