Nokia 5500 worth the keypad trouble?

Hi, I was wondering is it worth the risk of investing in a Nokia 5500 considering the keypad issues that are surfacing, one which I've seen myself with a co-workers model. What happens if/when the keypad starts peeling off after the warranty runs out, what then? I want to know has Nokia taken corrective measures to solve this problem for good. So I go ahead and buy one soon? If not then I'll have to settle for an E50...

Ksuuk -- I've read the same thing that Nokia has changed its keypad. I wish Nokia would come out and say this to reassure their customers. But instead, Nokia is not publicly acknowledging this problem.
In fact, I cannot even get responses about peeling 5500 keypads on some Symbian forums, nor do I see any warning articles written by them. Only forum posters are talking about it -- that is, only the real consumers who are spending real, full-price money on their phones.
Really, this is not good customer relations. Yes, a peeling keypad on a phone marketed to be rugged is embarrassing. But it's not as if it's an incident of child labor or poisoning. Nokia as a corporation would be more admirable if they could admit this problem publicly and assure us that it's fixed. Not saying anything says a lot also, but it won't do the company any good.

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