This is the barest minimal phone needed for the sort of communication we expect today. It is best used for voice and SMS (texting) only. It does have a good ...More

This is the barest minimal phone needed for the sort of communication we expect today. It is best used for voice and SMS (texting) only. It does have a good fit and finish when in new condition. It needs charging daily if you use it moderately. I wouldn't roam the Web with it. It's so slow! I purchased two of these from the same Ebay dealer within a week. The phones looked good but one never would connect with Ting, which is a T-Mobile partner. That same phone also refused to connect with T-Mobile. Two techs at a T-Mobile office tried and failed to make it work. I kept the one that worked with Ting but it is distinctly inferior in speed and handling to my old geezer phone - an old ATT Samsung with a mechanical keyboard. I can still buy duplicates of that old Samsung phone for around $10-20 and it works better than this model. I wouldn't waste time using it for Web access either. But there's still plenty of money to be saved NOT using a phone for internet. If you can use a phone that can make voice calls and do texting, this is not the best selection but it's not the worst. It costs way more than the alternative Samsung SGH-A187. I no longer use ATT for my phone company but if you do, it's a good alternative to this phone.