I am rather enjoying my N9, and I came from an N900 that got stuck into a boot loop because the emmc was broken. Yes patience is a virtue with this device, but I love the enthusiasm and willpower of the N9 community(Some Nokia people still helping) in regard to making this device succeed and give it better functionality. It is a testament that we have the power to choose instead of pandering to the masses, There needs to be more colors of crayons in the box. It does everything I need it to do on a daily basis, and thanks to Vlad I can look at my standby screen anytime and see the weather I am not a compulsive phone buyer, which is why i keep my phones for a few years. This one will continue to get new apps, new updates, new features, and will grow through the years into a better device which keeps the interest in check. In the states there are new cell phone commercials every week. New tablets come out every freaking month. They want you to continue to spend your money to keep "up to date" with the newest gadget that has more features that are useless than worthwhile. But most people think they want and need it otherwise they will feel left out of the masses. I got the N9 because its one of a kind and it is not a bad piece of hardware either. There is never a best device out there because one or the other will always have something the other one doesn't. There will always be a compromise. I prefer to take the N9 and make it something that suits my daily life and get the use out of it I desire. Sorry for the long, long sentiment and I hope it was somewhat on the nose of the topic at hand