i have to say i was totally amazed with this phone earlier today. my mom told me that it had been washed and dried and was broken. i let it dry out for a day and tried it, but it didn't work so i decided i'd take some of my anger out on it. i took it outside and threw it at trees and the fence a few times and then spent about 10 minutes launching it to the bottom of our yard with a water baloon slingshot mounted on our deck. when i finally brought it inside. i plugged it into the charger to see if the little light on the outside would turn on, and it did, starting to charge. i left it there for a while and then unplugged it and tried to turn it on. surprisingy, it worked. even though the top half of the phone is lose( the screen), the external caller id is filled with water, and on some calls it sounds choppy, it works!!! if you're on a budget i definitely recommend this phone.