The good: No contract fees. My son-inlaw got ripped off and couldn't do anything until contract was up. Terrific service,Can us walkie talkie to talk to anyone that has walkie talking on boost and nextel. Crystal Clear sound. Can download music if you don't like whats on the phone , to change ring tones. That way if you want you can have different ring tones for different people. <p/>The bad: Have to keep up with minutes. Kinda pain in ass when you run out of minutes and have to call it in to get it again. But honestly not that bad.<br><p/>Summary: I honestly reccommend to everyone. If you have teenagers and want to know where there at you can get you and them a phone and just walkie talkie them and find out where there at. Wish I had this when my kids was teenagers.