I had this phone since 2005. Never needed to buy a new battery.Pros1/ has a camera, has a voice recorder, has a good alarm clock, has a calendar.2/ survived water damage in 2008. 1st day it was inoperational. By the 3rd day, it was dry, and it worked just like new ! Working well for 3 weeks and counting.3/ calls are loud and clear, both to me and the recepient, given the phone's got 2 bars or more. T-mobile service.Cons1/ resolution of the photos are 0.3 megapixel, I believe.2/ it's a basic, basic phone.interesting factoid. This phone is old enough and outdated enough to be seen on 2008, CNN India, where a villager was storing video footage of an Indian girl, which villagers recognized as structural similarity to a known Indian deity.