LG VX5300

Advantages: reasonable price, good basic features
Disadvantages: no games

This phone is fairly simple, but it's done a good job for me. I've had it for almost two years, and it's held up almost the entire time. Recently, a part of it chipped off, but it's gotten a lot of use, so that's probably partly my own fault. I would say that it's a pretty good quality phone overall. It takes pictures, and you can even do special effects with the pictures, like black and white or sepia tone pictures. The pictures sometimes come out ...
...if picture quality is really important to you. One thing I don't like about the phone is that it doesn't have any games, so that would be another thing to keep in mind. It does have internet capabilities and bluetooth though. I've never used the internet on mine however, so I can't really say anything about its quality. If you're looking for something really fancy, then this may not be the phone for you, but if you just want a good quality, basic ... Read review

Advantages: Good features, battery lasts
Disadvantages: Not stylish or fancy

I have had this phone for about a year now, and it does all I need it to do. It was actually a free phone replacement from one of those deals when your contract runs out. For me, it was an improvement over my old phone because my old phone did not have some of the features that this phone has. I like that this phone is able to take pictures, text message, go online, and download and use applications such as the VZ navigator. The calls are very clear. ...
...It can do bluetooth, although I have not tried this feature. It is not for someone looking for a fancy phone. It isn't a very thin, sleek phone. It doesn't flip to one of the full alphabet keyboards like some of the newer models do, but it gets the job done. For me, the price was definitely right with this phone. I have had no problems. ... Read review