So far I've had the best luck with Motorola phones. I've had 3 Nokia's and they all seemed to crap out after about 4-6 months. Screens would die, sound quality would go to crap, constantly needing to be flashed for some reason, etc.... I gave up on them and had 2 Ericsson's, can't remember the model # but they were the flip phone type, and those damn things stopped working whenever it got slightly humid outside. Here in Oklahoma humidity is pretty much an every day thing in the summer and those Ericsson's just couldn't take it for some reason. I switched to a Motorola StarTac 7797 about 2 years ago and have never had a problem with it. In fact my Dad is going to take it and replace his Nokia 5165 with it. I guess everyone has a favorite and I've been impressed with Mototrola.