I love all of the choices they have for the face plates. The colors are so neat. We have gloss midnight and Bermuda blue. Currently we use the blue one. The phone itself is small and lightweight. It does not feel too awkward to hold. Also it comes with a hands free set which is great for while your driving.Well we definitely put it to the test in this category. Patrick takes it to work with him every day. He does tile work in new homes. The phone has been dropped and banged into things numerous times. Still we have no problem, it works just as good as the first day. This phone holds up well for those who are not very careful such as me and Pat. The battery seems to have a longer life than our past phones too. It has an alarm clock. The alarm will sound as loud as you have it set to ring. It also has a snooze feature. If you use it the alarm will sound again in 10 minutes.You can send and receive text messages. This is neat and has easy instructions in the manual for it.The phone comes with an 86 page user guide. It is very helpful in explaining what your new phone does and how to do it. We found the instructions very easy to follow and they did not seem to leave anything out. I even found lots of interesting information in there about cell phone safety