I've had my D868UV for about a week now and so far I love it! No issues whatsoever with any of the previously mentioned issues I read about in this discussion thread.
I'm running firmware 2.29. My radio is a v1.10 (GPS hardware). Longevity from the 3100mAh battery is
awesome, I've gone three days plus between charges. And that's using it to talk 10 minutes a day on the local repeaters (GPS off, as it's not needed).
I purchased mine from Premier01.com
D868UV-Spec which is for the v1.10 GPS version and included a nice dual-band 14" whip antenna (Nagoya brand).
What sold me on this radio versus the competition (MD-2017 was a close 2nd) is the product support, 3100 mAh battery and extra antenna, and that it can hold all of the current DMR users in the database. It will scan DMR and Analog channels in a scanlist, and even has a 'Promiscuous' mode that is basically a setting to pass unencrypted voice with any color code, any talkgroup and either slot. Dual receive, UHF/UHF, VHF/UHF, etc. In the VFO, you can select analog or DMR, the color code, Time Slot and TalkGroup. Then save it in a memory right from the VFO. No more having to hook it up to a PC, edit a codeplug, and reprogram the radio just to add a repeater. All FPP!
I even have a custom startup image on the nice color screen.
Pretty slick little radio!
-Chris