If you don't need the Direct-Connect from Nextel stay clear of this phone. It has hard to learn menues, tiny screen, poor backlight and battery life in standby. Menues are almost impossible to remember, one has to go through very intricate menu system just to add a name and number, 11 character name support only. Most first last name entries do not fit. The display screen is very small, aproximately 1.1&quot; by 1.1&quot;. With the phone open the screen is almost impossible to see at night or bright sunlight by someone with 20/20 vision. I could only imagine how hard it must be to see by people with not so perfect vision. Battery life is something to be desired. I dies very fast on standby. I haven't had a chance to test the battery life during use. I am very thankful that my employer furnished this phone, if I got it by myself I would have been very dissapointed. I would recommend the Samsung S105 from T-Mobile instead of the i90c if you don't need the Dirrect-Connect option from Nextel.