Would love to hear from someone about this, too. MyDD currently has a Tracfone with double the minutes and we load it with $100 every year and she is good to go. Texts are 3 per minute and she texts more than talks. She wants a "cooler" phone, though. Tracfone doesn't offer much in terms of the phone itself. I went ahead and picked up a new Tracfone at Meijer yesterday for $6 that has a camera. It's a small upgrade from her current phone and at a nice small price! She really wants a phone with a keyboard for texting though. I noticed Boost has some nice phones.