Let me start by saying I was not one to text before with the standard phones. But when i saw this phone I thought well I'll give it a try. To be honest I was not expecting much because I always thought texting was pointless on a phone. I thought how hard is it to use your phone as a phone. You know actually talk to someone. But, after I used this phone to text my wife a couple times I am sold. This is a great phone to text with. Yes the buttons are small, but I have not had any problems typing with it. I like how it is a flip phone. That way when I am actually talking on this phone the mouth piece is closer to my mouth. The only thing so far that I do not like is some applications only work when phoned is opened one way. Other then that i would recommend anyone who is on the fence about texting. Get this phone and you will be texting faster then you thought you could.