Let' face it, prepaid phones just don't seem to be as good as the contract phones and I can truly speak from my own experience here. I bought this when I had another Motorola fail in a very short time - yet out of the Verizon warranty period. While this was an "emergency replacement" phone, actually it's been pretty good overall. Call quality and performance is excellent. WiFi and 4G connectivity have been trouble free. The screen is nice, not the best, but better than the similar priced Motorolas by a long shot.. and I keep the brightness lowered to extend battery life. The music player works reasonably well with decent fidelity through several headphones I have used. Overall performance is responsive, but for phones I am not a "power user" and keep the apps down... yet the memory is enough at this point for the apps I use. The camera is respectable - most important is that auto focus actually DOES work well. I do a lot of photography and have both a DSLR and Point and shoot camera, but in a pinch this does the job. Note this does have a flash and a basic selfie / conference camera that is good enough and that's it. Only shortcoming vs. other phones I've had. Battery life c an be quirky and I haven't figured out why. I have found that cleaning the contacts on the battery and phone does help. Overall battery life is quite good - then out of the blue it becomes a power hog. Not sure why, and not holding this against the phone. I would like to see auto display dimming, a nice feature often found at the price point and lacking on this phone. However at least it does have a mutli-color alert LED to let you know you've got mail / messages / missed a call and charge status at a glance.
I purchased this as a first smart phone for my daughter before she went away on a retreat (first time away from home). I wanted her to be able to take pictures, contact me via phone, text, email so this was perfect. I also purchased this particular phone because I wanted her to have a trial run with a prepay without the committment of a contract. I am very surprised at how nice this phone is as I am a bit of an iPhone snob. The only slight down side is Best Buy did not have any phone covers that would fit this style but luckily one of the employees let me know exactly where to go to get one. Overall great decision if you are not wanting to commit to a cell phone contract. Oh, I almost forgot the plan of $45 is for 3GB if you do Autopay (only 1GB without). I like the fact that I can cancel it at anytime so I am not bound to it like a contract. I have the app for Verizon on my iPhone so I have complete access to billing, incoming/outgoing, calls/texts, etc., which is a nice feature.
I've been through a few phones over the last year, and this one is at the top of my list so far. I'm not fond of the lack of buttons on this model, and I still miss the old slider phones, but overall, it can handle a lot of different apps at once and seems to be pretty durable. The only problem is, whenever you have an alarm or an incoming text/call, any program you're currently using will crash. Actually, the program will freeze for a couple of seconds, and then you'll get the communication request, and then you'll have to close whatever you were doing and re-launch it. However, this is a pretty cheap phone. And it runs on Verizon's network. So it's a good bet for the cost. Just don't expect anything stellar.
I had to get a different phone since my LG Power (aka LG Leon) was not compatible with Verizon CDMA. That phone was $79 same as this one ON SALE. This phone, even though it has the exact same specs (ram, rom, processor etc) is at least three times slower than the LG and I'm being generous. I also found out the hard way there is no simultaneous data and phone call capability, something I've had for 10 years starting with Sprint. There are loads of bugs, too, like the word "paste" pops up and you can't get rid of it. If you touch it, it pastes whatever is in your clipboard memory into whatever you're typing. Do not get this phone.
I got this phone because I'm on a budget and it had the exact same specs as my quick LG Power (cpu, sd card, os, internal memory, removable battery, ram etc), and because my LG was not available on Verizon. Big mistake. It freezes constantly, video is choppy, and when switching between apps they restart, presumably due to memory management, and worst, when i used a key chord (i.e. power, home and volume button same time) to restart the locked up phone, it factory reset itself with no confirmation. I lost everything. Yes my apps reinstalled themselves later on, but I lost everything on internal memory including photos, music and all text messages. I won't make the same mistake again. No more Samsung at any price.
This is my first smart phone and although I'm climbing a learning curve, it seems to be full featured without the high monthly cost of a contract phone. The $45 monthly prepaid includes unlimited talk and text, but has limits on Web connectivity, so I only do downloads and such when connected to my Wi-Fi. Camera is great. Has GPS. My son plays games on it. And if I travel internationally, I can exchange the SIMM card, as it's an unlocked phone. Comes with 8GB of Storage, but can be expanded by adding a micro SD card.