Initially upon signing up with T-Mobile, I shelled out good money to get one of the first *affordable* camera phones on the market -- the Samsung V205. I had to send this phone back literally 5 times, before upgrading to the E715 (again, paying a lot of money, and renewing my contract in order to save a couple of hundred bucks). At first, I was dazzled by this phone; I thought it was great. I've had it for about 6 months now, and it's crapping out in the exact same fashion as the V205, leaving me to believe that perhaps the problem is not with the phone models, but with Samsung themselves. The problems are as follows:* the screen blanks out, and the phone shuts itself off, even with a full battery quite randomly. For instance, I opened the phone to check my organizer, snapped it shut, and the phone just shut off. This has occurred 9 times already in the past 2 days. Additionally, after this happens, it will not turn on again, or get to the little welcoming screen and just shut off. This was the problem that caused my hatred of the V205, as there is really no fixing this.* you can't save your photos on the SIM card, thereby costing you all of your irreplaceable pictures when you inevitably have to get yet ANOTHER new phone.* the variety of ringtones, or lack thereof, make it somewhat of a marketing scheme to pay for niftier ones.* The flap covering the headset input is difficult to move out of the way. To talk on the phone in the car, you need to be expecting a call, as you will miss the call by the time you get the flap to stay out of the way so you can plug in your handsfree.* You can't keep the phone on the clip and speak into it. Both the Samsungs I've had, you have to detach the clip to open the phone. Very annoying if you have a tendency of leaving things places.* it will tell you that it detects over 5 bars of service, yet say searching for a while, and NOT give you any service* takes a while for the phone to rev up and for you to use it after you get it onGood points are present, also, though:* the reject call button is great* photo caller ID -- brilliant* in class, you can make the phone stop vibrating without even opening the phone, by pressing the side button.* sleek design with nice colors.* picture quality better than some phones* stores a LOT a lot of pix* offers you a lot of options in terms of customization, like icons, fun groups for specific ringtones, different sounds for the keypad, if you activate the folder it makes noises when you open or close the phone* voice recorder is pretty clear, sound quality not bad* rings loudly, though doesn't vibrate and ring at the same time like Nokias do* antenna-less, but its reception is actually not as good as some cheaper phones.I hope this was helpful to you guys out there. Good luck!