I have been a Motorola user for years, we have had many different models. We've never had any problems with any of them. Walmart and Sam's Club sell phones and usually have better deal than the Verizon stores. At Walmart or Sam's you buy the phone at a discount because you are buying the phone and signing a contract. If you do that you only pay the sales tax on the discount price of the phone. We got our phones for 99 cents. If you go to a Verizon type phone store and buy the same phone and contact, they charge you sales tax on the original retail value of the phone which could be several hundred dollars. We found that out a few years ago and will never buy a phone from a Verizon type store.