I read all the review before I decided to buy this phone. But unfortunately I ended up with bad experience with it. Here is my story. I got this phone last year with 1 year contract with Verizon, but now my battery is close to not functioning unless I charge it very often. It definitely decrease dramatically from when I first got it. Another annoying thing about this version is it's very weak. My spouse has same provider with same manufacturer but newer version (LG V6000) will have signal while mine is beeping out of range. I also agree with some earlier review about not able to see the screen under the sun. I don't think it was that big of a deal, but it is. You will have to take off your sunglass whenever there is sun.Below are my complains as well, but I guess it's more of a preference:Vibrate mode only when the ring tone is on loudest or silent. Would be nice to be able to have vibrate when the ring tone is regular.I consider myself as a very basic phone user. I only need a phone that works when I need to make a call, I don't really care much about any gadget that much. But I am very dissappointed at this phone.