I don't know about alot of the phones. We have verizon and have them for almost 7 or 8 years now. Ours of course is a contract phone. I don't have texting. We have been pleased with it. Although we have alot of family that has verizon and they way if we talk mobile to mobile it does't cost anything either. Sometimes I feel like I would like to change but that is only when I see a cooler phone that verizon doesn't have.