I can relate. My son just lost his phone yesterday. I fell out of his pocket while riding his bike to friends house. Backed tracked... nothing. He as been looking at a new phone for a couple weeks (was having problems with his battery). He wants a droid... motorola makes it. He's 16 now. I'm not paying 200.00 for a phone. We are able to get 5 new phones on our plan. This phone is not one of them. My son doesn't like his choices. I say oh well. Beggers can't be choosy! I don't believe in just handing money over and letting them have their way when it suits them. When my son asked us to get him a droid he also wanted us to pay an extra 30.00 a month for all the extras the phone can do. I said to him ARE YOU CRAZY! you want it.... get a job! :twisted: