i work at verizon so i get to play around with phones a lot. Probably the absolutely best phone for the money right now would be the lg 9900. not only is it basically a PDA, its slim, its brand new, you don't have to have data service for it, it has a 2.0 megapixel camera, great for texting, etc...All for149.99.

Really it all depends on how you're going to be using it. If you listen to a lot of music, the chocolate is nice in dark, white, red, or green. If you dont really listen a WHOLE lot of music, there's the 9900, 9800, 8600, 8300 by LG, a990 or a930 by samsung, Razr or Krazr by motorola.

My recommendation: come to Thomaston, I'll sell you the 9900