Rating  - Owned for 2 years
Good phone, decent service (VirginMobileUSA is not the best prepaid, but gets the job done).
Consider other services: Tracfone, Net10, Sprint Prepaid, etc.
Current Plan: $6.99/month + taxes + $.10/minute (apprx. $21/month for 150 minutes)
(Have switched to Net10, which offers a flat $.10/minute with no monthly charge).
PROS:
+Camera function is decent (but below industry average)
+Easy software functionality (easy to receive/read text messages, access voicemail,
+Withstands abuse
+Large buttons, medium-large screen
+Good network coverage (believe VM uses the Sprint network)
+No problems with dropped calls (good sound quality)
+VM now allows for earning bonus minutes by watching commercials online (1min watching=$.10)
CONS:
-My main problem: Snapper is a relatively heavy phone; thick/fat.
-Seemed top of the line @ time of purchase (2 years ago), but now outdated.
-Battery life is decent, but can wear down quickly while talking
-No MP3 or Bluetooth functionality.
-Extra ringtones priced at roughly @2.50 + .10/day internet charge (XL Access)
-Customer service is lacking. Remember to read fine print when switching among VM's prepaid plans (I got charged roughly $100 from switching around when I didn't read the Terms & Conditions. Called Customer Service, refused @ first, but supervisor OKed the credit to my bill.
**Would not recommend for casual use, businessman, or college student.
**Would recommend for trendy teenager (13-17)
Rating  - Good phone, lotsa features, Pre-paid is for me.
This phone has lots of features, including a camera.
But i can't say i am all that impressed with the
camera picture clarity.
But the fact that you can get all these features with a pre-paid plan, is what did it for me. I don't usually have many occasions when i am away from a land line,
and the pre paid plan makes it easy to afford a cell phone for my limited use. I only use it for calls a couopkle of times a week, asnd that jakes it way more affordable than other plans, while still allowing me to make and recieve emergency calls, tell someone i;'m outside in the car, or play a game when i'm waiting, or there is a blackout.
Rating  - THIS IS A GREAT PHONE!!!!!!
I just got this phone today and I love it! The only problem I have is that it doesn't have a "Beep-Beep" But I don't care because I already have another phone with that. The camera on it is great! And the phone is a great price.....I love everything about this phone! Buy this phone!
Rating - Very nice phone, but there are a few faults
Pluses
* Speaker is on the outside so alerts can be easily heard.
* Message alert sounds are loud and long, not just a tiny beep like on the Kyocera Switch_Back.
* Pictures taken take up the whole background as wallpaper.
* Sub-LCD has clock displayed for easy time lookup.
Minuses
* No way to disable signal fade tone.
* Phone will terminate rather than pause games/apps running if you close it.
* Cannot assign separate ringer sounds for text messages. Phone will only use default ringer for text message alerts if that option is chosen.
* No automatic controls for camera flash. Flash is so poor, it's best to just disable it and take pictures with ample background lighting.
Overall, a good phone but if the four minuses were fixed (especially the apps closing one), this would be one hell of a phone.
Rating - Good phone plan. Bad, unstoppable phone beeping.
5 stars for the phone plan. 0 stars for the unstoppable beeping.
The good news: I really love the phone plan from Virgin Mobile that comes with this phone. I use my phone very little -- it is for quick "I'll be home at 7:00" type messages and for emergencies. You must spend at least 20 dollars every three months to keep up the plan, but that's easy since I signed up to have the phone "topped up" automatically. With my phone usage, I'm only spending about 7 dollars per month to use the phone -- I'm thrilled about this part of the phone. Also, I seem to get pretty good coverage and the reception is fine.
The bad: I take a class in a concrete building so that the phone cannot get a signal while I am in the classroom. So, even though I have the ringer turned completely off, the phone starts beeping to tell me that it cannot get a signal. To make it worse, it plays a little tune as you turn it off. I've been tempted to smash the bejesus out of this thing on several occasions just to shut it up. Why in the world would the designers of this phone make it beep (and I've checked the manual and there doesn't seem to be a way to turn off this annoyance) just because the thing doesn't get a signal? Would DEFINITELY choose a different phone with the same plan if I had a choice.
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