No major problems here. Best phone I've had! The volume issue isn't huge for me, although I am using volume+ to slightly increase the volume. My reception where I live has been outstanding. While traveling over the Christmas holiday, I had issues in an area where my Droid X and Bionic would get good reception. But, it was nothing too bad and certainly not a deal breaker. My GNEx has also been better at dealing with the 4G to 3G and 3G to 4G switch than my Bionic was. The battery easily gets me through a day of typical use. If I'm playing "Jelly Defense", I know to carry an extra!