Apparently you didn't try the N97.
S60V5 as 3 seperate manufacturers flagship phones.
Samsung, Nokia, Sony
All tragically flawed.

I would say that your experience is definitley not typical of the majority of users.

Out of curiousity during that hour of testing did you enable the dev and testing libraries?

Software feels a little unfinished or rough around the edges. This I agree with but since the phone has been on the market for approximatley 3 weeks depending on your region I am not worried or surpised. I think it is evident that their is a very strong developer community for this platform.