I have the pink one from T-Mobile and love it. I don't save all that many text messages anyway, so no biggee. The softest ringer is good for me, although I can't hear it in my purse.

I send all my pictures to my album on the internet so no biggee there.
I do agree that sometimes it's hard to find where a feature is in the menu. I did just download tetris though and it's fun.