dude... my first pearl was a trooper and a half. i had it for like 4 months when for some reason it deleted all of my texts. this wasnt a big deal, but i wanted to know if it was possibly and indication of something else, so i called 611. they were extrememly helpful, and whereas i was just calling for a quick fix of that particular problem, they offered to send me a completely new phone. obviously, i accepted, thinking all pearls were as good as the one i had. my new one had to be sent back in like 2 weeks. it would randomly not send texts, not allow me to type certain words in texts sometimes (yeah really, what the fuck is that?) and some more little shit, so i sent that in. the one i have now sucks too. it wont allow me to download opera mini (download it if you havent already), and its just generally a fuck up of a phone. i want a God damn curve.