I bought this phone because like everyone else I thought it looked really nice. I purchased this phone along with my father who purchased an extremely cheap base model verizon phone. My father's reception is 10 times better than my reception ever is. My phone is constantly cutting in and out and it's gotten to the point where if I'm in the car I avoid talking for very long because I know my phone will be cutting out soon.It's possible it's just my particular phone that went bad, but I have a friend who owns the same phone and she has similar issues.I would say if you really like the looks maybe take a gamble, but I'm regretting not getting the cheap phone with my father.