This was my first cell phone in a few years, my first was the bulky bag phones. I now own a sony ericsson z500a and have had good luck so far despite the horrible reviews. As for this phone, I liked the design and ease of use much better than my new one. I even dropped it in the toilet and after a week of dry out worked fine. The only thing I realize now is that the signal strenght wasn't that great. My wife and I both had these phones and now she has a nokia 6010 and both of our new phones have better signal strength and clearer call reception than the lg did. But I absolutely loved how the lg 1300 phone was set up more than either of our new ones