Any reason you haven't considered Android? I've used BB years ago. Not impressed. I've used non-smartphone nokia's... they were ok... if you want a PHONE only. I got an Android phone 5 days ago... and LOVE IT. SOOOOOO Much I can do with it... HTC Aria, but you can get any android 2.x phone and be good... and haven't had any signal problems.... unlike the "Hold Different" iPhone