I recently switched over to my mom’s cell phone plan (hey now, I’m a college student! :p) and I chose the LG VX8550/Chocolate. Upon playing around with it on the subway, I was very impressed with it. Texting is very comfortable, as well as navigating through the menus. The speaker phone is loud and clear, which is nice. Speaker phone is incredibly helpful when I need to talk to someone on the phone but need my hands free! Overall I think it’s a wonderful fun, and would definitely suggest it to a friend. I’ll post here if/when I have problems with it!