Hi all..hopefully this will be helpful to you. I've used ST for over a year, porting my number from T-Mobile. So, I was excited about the Android. The Precedent was given to me as a bday gift. I made my activation request in the evening, and it was working a few hours into the next day. However, I noticed I wasn't receiving ANY text messages. Slowly, one or two appeared...but nothing from my SO who is a Metro customer. Long story...but it became apparent I was only receiving select texts. ST and Sprint worked, but nothing else. Ultimately, it took THREE mind numbing calls(seriously, it was bad - some of the reasons and excuses were ridiculous) to ST customer service for the problem to be resolved. In fact, I'm not convinced there won't be other problems. Please note, I live in a very large urban area where Sprint coverage is not an issue. However, I will give the phone a chance, it has nice features - especially the talk to text option. My only other complaint is the short battery life.