If you're using it to post on here, I think your keypad is fucked as well On topic - it's just a phone, nothing more. As for contracts, I pay £7.50 a month (Tesco) and I got a free Samsung that looks like a Blackberry as part of the deal. I got the contract capped so that it won't automatically go "over budget" if I reach my limit, though I can top it up if I need to. I don't make a lot of lengthy calls, so I've never had to top it up yet.