I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone. I bought this for my little brother and it was awful. First, the charge doesn't even last 24 hours, even with no use. With texting, or limited phone calls you'd be lucky for it to stay charged for a few hours. I bought this for my brother would have something to call my parents and I in emergency situations, and it already failed him twice because it had lost its charge since unplugging it in the morning (I pay for the minutes so I know he barely uses it). I would bet that 30-45 minutes of talking would run down the battery completely because it seems to go dead while sitting closed in such a short amount of time. When the battery goes dead, you can't just plug it in and turn it on like every other phone I've owned, you have to wait a good 15-20 minutes so it can charge enough to be unplugged and turned on and then replugged into the wall to finish the charging process. Also, when the phone shuts off and you turn it back on, you cannot receive texts for about 30 minutes while it 'searches' for missed messages. Also, this phone is HORRIBLE for texting, there is a 2 second lag every time you hit a key thus making it very frustrating to navigate the menus, let alone type anything. Along with the lag, the phone's menus are awkward compared to other phones I've used, and the phone cannot seem to even handle connecting to "My Account" to add money/minutes/texts. Another thing I've noticed is that the alarm clock feature on the phone sucks, it's default setting doesn't even have a sound, no snooze, and the phone only rings for about 5 seconds before the alarm shuts off, and doesn't sound again.I've had a lot of experience with cell phones, and this is the WORST one I've ever used. I've always gotten the free phones with my cell phone plans, and even had one of those huge ancient Nokia TracPhones about 8 or 9 years ago and that was better than this.If you're going to buy a phone I'd recommend the LG Flare, it's only slightly more money miles better than this one. However, Virgin Mobile isn't the greatest service provider, they're customer service is horrible, and a month after I got the phone for my brother they raised their prices on texts and minutes.