; QWERTY keyboard has excellent backlighting of keys in dark places; QWERTY shortcut feature lets you simply touch a letter on the keyboard to jump to that letter in your contact list; loud ring volume and listening volume, if set high; the camera takes good, clear pictures

PROS about the phone: nice selection of ringtones and alert sounds; clear screen; good battery life; the slideout keyboard is smooth and does not catch or the keyboard (which is a good thing); convenient Speaker On touchscreen button on numbers keypad; easy-to-use settings functions; QWERTY keyboard has excellent backlighting of keys in dark places; QWERTY shortcut feature lets you simply touch a letter on the keyboard to jump to that letter in your contact list; loud ring volume and listening volume, if set high; the camera takes good, clear pictures

If you have a kid and you surprise them with this phone, I guarantee they will be as happy as if they got a iphone