Virgin Mobile Kyocera K9 Pay-As-You-Go Wireless Phone
OK phone, but some issues
The phone works fine, but it does have a couple of issues.  They've been mentioned before but I'm just reinforcing them. <br /> <br />-battery life - If you're in 4-bar land, battery life is good.  But if you spend any time in an area with low signal, carry a charger.  I have 0 bars at home (barely connected) and the battery dies in about 6 hours on standby from full charge (phone &lt; 1 week old). <br /> <br />-Telephone ring - I hate polyphonic ring tones, I want a loud, obnoxious ring that I can't miss in noisy environments.  \\"Telephone\\" is it, but IT DOES NOT WORK.  I mentioned this to the guy who signed me up at VM support, and he said this was in error and it worked fine.  Well, it doesn't.  When I called back a week later saying it didn't, the rep said \\"Sure, that's a known problem with that phone, there's nothing you can do except choose a different ring tone.\\"  Yes, VM is selling a known defective phone.  If you want poly ring tones, then I guess it's not a problem. <br /> <br />I don't want to give the impression that I'm totally mad at the phone; I actually like it, it works fine, sound is good, features are good, and a great price.  But be aware that there are these known issues.  It may be that they do not affect you; if you always have good signal and want music ring tones then this phone will be great for you.  But if not, be aware.