I dont know why the makers of the Katana Phone felt the need to stop making the original Katana phone. The so called "up graded Katana's such as the Katana II and so on just dont do it for me. I have gone into the sprint store numerous times looking because I have had my Katana since the day they came out and I'm afraid it's gonna break (which it hasn't). In fact, I love this phone soooo much that I went on Ebay and bought one exactly like it so that when mine does break, I have a back up. The phone is small and light weight. Its the blue one. For what ever reason all of the newer Katana'a are just plain ugly as far as the colors go. The screen size is nice and big and i love the T-9 texting. Two of my friends bought the newer Katana's but the wish They had one like mine. The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have video capabilities.