Never even thought about these phones but my daughter needed a phone and I didn't want to add another line on my AT&T account, went into a Cricket Store, and for $99 this is actually a really nice phone. Updated to 6.0.1, nice screen, can see it fine outdoors, good sounding speakers, and here is the biggest kicker, I'm getting a much better signal with this phone inside on Cricket then my AT&T S6 and other kids S7. This phone is getting me to think about an Idol 4S for an every day carry phone for work.