You know Ronan , Qing called me three time as of now , and I can only imagine what that cost's her , from her cell . Before I had a international plan , they wanted to charge me $ 239 for 24 minutes direct calling from my home phone . Never had to pay that tough , after raising hell with the Phone Co. . That was more than with an Operator , go figure ? I'm myself never text'd nothing yet , still using my late wife's cell from 2006 , no such thing on that phone . Use it only as a GO phone now . Do all my calling from the good ole landline . 11 cent's a minute to China , is not going to kill me .