Well in some ways it's better than the old one
I don't own this phone myself i have the previous version of it but i've had plenty of time with it sense my brother had it and passed it on to my younger sister. The phone works as it should the cam is good enough if you have the right lighting and the call quality is the same if you're in a good signal local then you should be fine with calls but that's not what this phone is all about it's about messaging. The messaging features on this phone are very good if you compare it to its former counterpart but if you was to compare it to one of the messaging phones on sprint or any other major carrier then it's just about in the same boat. There are small differences between all phone so nothing really to fret about there, the phone works as it should with most of the bells and whistles that all the rest of the messaging phones have and so i'd say if you're in the market for a messaging phone that works and has no contract i'd say go for it. P.S. all of the specs for the phone can be located on the metroPCS website or on various other sites google will probably get you the best and fastest results hope this helps :)
Shu-Tech
Los Angeles, CA