The Nokia 6010 is what I chose for my Cingular (AT&T) prepaid service in 2005. I used it for about three months and then let it sit for 8 months. I already had a different phone under another company's contract plan. My 6010 had no problems holding a charge after being off of the charger for 8 months. I liked the reliability of the 6010 so much that I let my contract plan go. I don't use a cell phone much, so I like the $1/day of usage plus $0.10/minute prepaid plan that is good for one year with $100 prepayment. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my unused balance didn't vanish when I renewed at the end of the year. The per minute charge doesn't apply on weekends to calls with other customers of the company. The lack of roaming means that all calls are local, charged at the same dollar a day of usage plus ten cents per minute against the remaining balance. I think not paying extra for roaming is great. The clarity is absolutely excellent even while I'm traveling along the highway, and the call is to someone on the other side of the country. The only problem I've encountered is not with the phone but with Cingular/ATT. I've found their people in several of their stores to be totally clueless. It was as if they had been hired one minute before I walked in. They didn't know how to transfer my old number, how to activate a prepaid card, what the features of their plans were, and probably a few other things I've forgotten. They also didn't care how long they kept me waiting while they made personal calls and chatted amongst themselves. If you find a Cingular/ATT store like that, do what I had to do, find another company store where the people know their stuff and take customer service seriously. The know-nothings told me I could check my remaining balance by calling a number they gave me. Not true, that only works with their contract plans. Fortunately, a several months ago Cingular/ATT started sending the remaining balance to the phone's display after most calls.