It gets plugged in every night. Some days, I need to plug it up in the truck during the day due to amount of calls and how much it has to search for a tower. When the battery seems to get a little weak and not hold it's charge as long, I stop by a US Cellular store and they swap out the battery with a fresh one N/C. Still using the old Razor, since it has been the most reliable phone I've ever owned. I dread the day it gives up the ghost, guess I'll try the Quantico then. We just redone our contract with US Cellular last night because both my son's and wife's Hint were having some issues and needed new phones. They told us that there is a new phone that either just came out or is coming out in the near future that is even more rugged than the Quantico. I can't remember what they called it.