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I'm counting down the days when I can turn in this cell phone for an evenier crappier one.

My biggest gripes of this phone:

1.) Reception. It sucks. Of course since the cell phone company has a tower on their building, it's always great when I take it in. But I got seriously pissed off when another person with the same cell phone company had coverage and mine kept going in and out. The new tower hiding in the palm tree isn't doing a lick of good.

2.) Battery. I usually doll out the extra money to buy a bigger battery. I didn't this time. I usually have a charger handy, so it hasn't been a big problem. But it hangs out forever on the last bar of strength. Then will cry when I get a call. Then go back to one bar when the call is over with. It's done this for 2 days, but usually can squeak by one day before it'll completely die from lack of power.

3.) System. It's slower than my 386 runnning Windows 3.1

My biggest complement of this phone:

It's semi-indestructable. I lost a flip phone screen due to a couple phone drops and useage. I chose something that wasn't a flip phone. I've dropped it a few times, but you couldn't tell by looking at it. The only obvious thing is the antenna top just broke off last weekend.