My ex and his "girlfriend" told my son they'd get him a cell phone. Of course it was a smart phone. He's a contractor so it took about 1 day for him to drop his phone and crack the front, then about a month later on the site it slid into the water and that was that for that phone. They had no problem in buying him an expensive phone (even tough it was free in the beginning) but wouldn't spend the 10 on the warranty so he ended up with no phone. All would have been prevented if first of all he'd gotten a good case and they hadn't been so cheap to a warranty. I have the otter box and I just created a cell phone case on my embroidery machine that is also a coin purse. So I have both,one is for protection like BellaBoo said and the other for looks. These phones are too expensive and you have to wait 2yrs to replace them unless you have some money.