This is a great phone. I have had it for a few months now, in the UK that is. They had some problems with the earpiece in the first batch but that should be fixed now.

Highly recommended!

Sure, because navigating my phone with a 3D cube sounds soooo easy.

It gives me a headache just thinking about how to use a "spinning 3D cube" as interface to my phone. The best dumbphone UI comes from Sony Ericsson, simply because it is very easy to use and not a gimmick like this LG phone appears to be,

What the heck are you talking about? I love my X1, just as several of my co-workers do too.

I call prior art.

This patent is ridicious, lake many other from Apple.

Shameless copy of the iPhone, nothing new.

Sony Ericsson + Android = OMG

I couldn't care less about the other new members, but FINALLY Sony Ericsson will join. This will be awesome.

Apple can't fix the 3G reception problem with a software upgrade. The problem is in the hardware.

Apple uses a 3G chip set from Infineon, and this is Infineon's first (or possibly second depending on how yo count) generation of 3G chip sets. Meanwhile Nokia and Ericsson for example are on their 5th or 6th generation.

Usually the big differences between chip set generation are size and power consumption, so of course Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones will have better 3G service. Heck, Nokia and Ericsson are even two of the inventors of 3G (together with Qualcomm and Motorola)!

It's also very different to design an antenna for 3G compared to 2G or WiFi. It may be that Apple made some mistakes there too, but that's pure speculation.

Appearently, the best phones are made by HTC, Samsung and Sony Ericsson:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_samsung_and_sony_ericsson_snatch_eisa_awards-news-570.php

I can agree on the W980 at least, it's awesome.

I'm still hoping for the Xperia X1. Sony coolness with Microsoft technology.