I just want a phone that can make and receive calls and text. I don't want email, I don't want Internet, a camera doesn't really matter either. It'd be nice to text with a keyboard rather than a numeric pad, but I don't text a lot and am more concerned with price than convenience.

I have a pre-paid plan with t-mobile which I usually purchase once every year at 1000 minutes a year.

I gave my daughter my old phone. She has a pre-paid plan too (10 minutes at a time). I want her to have a phone so she can call me when I need to pick her up. She goes to school in a city, so sometimes she needs to call me to ask me where I'm parked or we can say where to meet. I have an expensive enough package at home (internet-cable-voice) that we don't use our cell phones a lot. The phone she was using recently stopped transmitting voice. So when she calls, she can hear me but I can't hear her. I guess it's not worth repairing. So I'll give her my current phone and get something else. But I want it to be bare-bones. Can you make a recommendation? I don't know how reviews can be so different from each other. E.g. I hate this phone/This phone is the best ever. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/p...a-1616-Prepaid

Thanks if you have any advice.