Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this phone from Target because I had a gift certificate. I replaced a Lg800 phone that I did not like because of the horrible touch screen - which made texting very frustrating. I know how a good touch screen is supposed to work because I own an IPad. However, I don't want the monthly payment of a smart phone. I have owned a Blackberry that I liked a lot. Thus I decided to try the 530g. The qwerty keyboard works as well as the Blackberry - I can text again! The screen has a good resolution. I have not seen anything advertised or on the phone packaging saying it is 3G, but in the upper left hand corner of the phone by the signal bars is "3G". I tried it yesterday - looking up Espn to get the score of the KU game while we were running errands, and it was pretty fast. I can also access e-mail and Facebook. I didn't get the phone for these features, and it is not a replacement for a smart phone as far as speed and convenience, but I was impressed nonetheless. The phone looks expensive. Its not so obvious I have a "dumb phone" It is pretty thin. I'm on Amazon looking for a case - nothing out yet since the phone is newly out. Overall - I'm very happy with it. My only complaint, which is true for all tracfones, is that it does not record text conversations - only individual texts.