Samsung U700 issues

Hi,

I am considering to get the Samsung U700 but during looking for some
reviews I stumbled over several rather negative issues, like peeling
chrome, unintuitive handling and other issues.

Personally I find the phone is very stylish and so having the chrome
peeling off would be unacceptable, unfortunately even Samsung's support
confirmed the issue but at the same time mentioned only the first models
were affected, in later versions it should be fixed. Can someone confirm
this? How is your experience with the chrome?

Also some aspects of using the phone were often criticised, like too
sensitive buttons, the keylocking, hanging off and others. What would
you say about those issues?

I would really like to hear your general opinion about the U700. Would
you rather recommend it or not?

Thanks!

Daniel