The Motorola V551, in my opinion wasnt designed to be a telephone, but a toy. I am 16 years old and people consider the components like the video camera and what not to be 'teenager', but i still havent found use for all of them! And i have owned the phone for 6 months now.My favorite things on the phone are the less-smooth feel for better grasp, the speakerphone option because people i talk to cant tell the difference and i can be across the room from the phone and be heard, the camera because its handier than carrying around a digital one everywhere, the bulky size which i think helps me to locate it in my purse, the ability to jpeg pictures as wallpaper, and the calendar is very useful.The less than favorable things are the side button that changes the ring mode, (What genious thought of that?) the weak and ironically lifeless battery life, the fact that when i try to use a button to take me to oh say, MEdia Mall, it takes way more time than it should. You can compare the connection speed of the V551 to another phone as dial-up to broadband internet. When it gets a signal for data it causes audio equipment to make obnoxiously loud beeps and buzzes. I can actually tell ahead of time when i am getting a call or a text message just by being near a sterio, and am able to answer the phone by the first ring (but i guess thats not such a bad thing.)In the address book you cant narrow your search you just have to go by the first letter and additional numbers for the same person get saved as a whole other contact. Oddly my signal is so weak in my house i get more dropped calls there than anywhere else, in the country. Also, some features like AOL Instant Messanger, and bluetooth dont work at all for me. I will be getting a replacement soon because i can say first hand water damage is a terrible thing to experience, and hopefully i just had a dud of a phone, so i am keeping my hopes high for Motorola's sake.So if you are someone who travels alot, has patience and gets lucky and gets a fully functioning phone, this is for you. IF NOT, SPRING FOR THE MOTOROLA RAZR V3!!!