V3x look good but my friend got one when they came out and apparently the bugs havent been fixed. He got it replaced twice in one week, the second time he just went back to Nokia. Some providers wont sell it any more and others that do (ie telstra) are almost giving it away on a low $20 a month plan with no phone repayments just to get rid of them. I would recommend anything by Nokia. I have an N90 at the moment (great phone!! but around the $1000 mark) Before that I had an N70 which Im now selling, it was a good phone too, 3G, 2mp camera with 20x zoom, etc. Theres heaps of Nokias around the $500 mark