This is my first cell phone in about 5 years, so I really have nothing to compare it with. Overall, it's a good phone: voice is clear and loud, camera is decent. My only complaint is that it cannot respond correctly to voice dialing commands, which makes it harder to place a call. I'm hoping that the new Type-S comes out before my 30-day trial expires so I can trade this in for the newer model. Maybe that one will be able to get the voice recognition commands correctly.