issues apply to almost every newer phone. I've seen all these sort of issues in many phones ranging from simple "calls and SMS" phones to smart phones. I think part of the problem is a growing expectation of new features, faster internet, etc which is leading to less development time and more bugs going unnoticed. It's not just voice quality and ability to hold a connection where many of these phones are proving short with most handsets becoming the jacks of all trades and master of none. Market demand must be entirely driven by the desires for bling and gadgetry over actual ergonomics and usability. Once I could have a cradle in the car, a single click in stopped the phone from sliding around the cabin, charged the phone, and interfaced to the cars audio c/w mute. Simple convenience but the march of technology is holding no regard for ease of use. Now instead of a simple reliable cradle I have the joy of bluetooth, that, connects 7 times out of 10 without a restart of either device technology. A later hanset offered stereo bluetooth that allowed (heaven knows who'd want it) replay of Lo-Fi audio from the phone the trade off being that top line Nokia phone no longer was capable of error free voice communication. The helpful folks at Nokia suggested I lose the universal bluetooth car kit and replace with a different other Nokia bluetooth universal car kit. Another thing you have though for a phone heavily