Unless you're one of those people who has to have a cell phone in their ear 24/7, the Nokia Shorty with Virgin Mobile's Minute-to-Minute, Pay-as-You-Go plan should work for you as well as it does for me. I only make and receive an occasional call, and I don't need a handheld video game/internet browser/digital camera. The battery life is impressive and the loudspeaker function works exceptionally well. I didn't care for the ringtones that came preloaded, but there are plenty that can be downloaded off Virgin Mobile's website.