me and hubby have one each of these phones...they are great and we love them!! and the minute cards arent bad either...200 mins for $19.99 or 300 mins for $29.99 at walmart...me personally dont have many calls to go out or coming in so the minutes last over a month...and they do have cards for unlimited texts, etc for 25 and 50 dollars i believe, but i dont really do that much texting if at all so wouldnt really be worth it to me...