If you are not into touch screens,pda styles phones, then this is the phone for you. Its not perfect but its as basic and durable as you can get.pros:1) Durable, its can be dropped (even in water),chewed on (by a baby)thrown around and you dont have to worry. Its like a timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking/making/recieving calls.2)Built in fashlight. No more worries about getting batteries for your flashlight, just use this. It may not be good for long range, but if you're looking for something in your closet, need to look for something under your bed or need to do some minor plumbing under the sink, this will do.3)lcd clock. Unlike many phones today. you dont need to open the phone to see the time, its always on, unless you are in teh dark then you will have to open the phone for backlight.4)Speaker phone, although its not that loud it works fine in a quiet room.5)Built in flash for taking pictures. Yes, this is also a camera/video phone.Cons1) Weird that this phone was military test, but sometimes the battery pops out when you drop it. I read reviews that this happens alot, so just be careful.2) Earpiece and speaker phone volumes are low. Maybe because the phone is water resistance so they had to protect these parts. Blue tooth works much better.3) Why is the speaker on the speakerphone on the other side of phone. You talk on 1 side but the sound comes back on the otehr side. Hmmmm, hold it side ways then?