To me, a phone is a phone and shouldn't be worth so much that you have to baby it. I seem to always be destroying them one way or another so usually I just go with the cheapest one. Recently I bought an unlocked Samsung Rugby. the thing is solid. it is shockproof, waterproof to 1 metre, and only cost me 60 bucks. I can switch SIM cards which is really nice. I'm never gonna buy a phone from a cell provider again. paying for a phone which is then locked to 1 network is complete and utter bullshit.