I need a new phone, badly actually, I like shopping for them but I hate how the salespeople are always pestering you to buy the phone case it comes in. Basically the only thing I care about is that I get reception . I don’t want to be talking on the phone with someone and then get cut off because I walked under a tree or something ridiculous like that. Where I used to live, there was a huge tree growing out front and it always interfered with phone reception inside the house. It was annoying. In order to talk on the phone I had to walk down the street a block just to slightly be able to hear what the person on the other end of the line was saying . Why have a cell phone if you cannot use it on the go? It is impossible to keep it if the phone never works anywhere . You need to be able to take it with you where you go . It’s called a modern technological convenience for a reason. I don’t pay a bill every month to be out wandering around like an idiot. Another thing I look for is durability. I have a habit of dropping it once or twice a day . There’s wear and tear on everything. You can’t help that. No one can. It’s just the way of things. But some models last longer than others. That’s what makes them worth purchasing.