In all honesty, I would not find it acceptable to have to regularly reflash a phone. We're talking Windows95 level reliability here. As much as I love what the N9 was about, the great design, and the innovative UI, it has been neglected and was never really developed to completion —*a chronic issue when it comes to Nokia and software.

I've been using an iPhone since the first 3G, then moving to a 4. Then the N9 for a while as my main device, then grudgingly back to the iPhone. I have never had to reflash it, and it still works great and is incredibly solid in operation. The difference to the N9 is night and day. It's not because I haven't tried, and I still really, really miss the Swipe UI. I was using the N9 as my US phone just the other week, but Nokia Drive is now bugging like crazy, the battery randomly gets sucked empty, Maps has always been very sluggish, things slow down after a while etc.

I wish it wasn't so. I wish a PR1.4 would come out that would fix things as I honestly really like the device. But I don't think I could go back to the N9 as my main device anymore.