actually most verizon phones dont have wifi....the only 2 that do are the KIN ONEm and KIN TWOm. I also have an upgrade in the summer and im planning on getting one of these phones. Right now i have an LG dare and i HATE it!!!! the screen is horrible for heavy txters. but anywho, some good messaging phones are the LG Octane, Pantech Jest, and Samsung Intensity two. The KINs have good features though like a really nice touch screen and camera, also both have full qwerty keyboards, and can use wifi for free. However you cant forward messages! grrr....but you can take a screen shot like on an ipod touch and just send it as a forward or picture messages. also neither phones have virtual keyboards which isnt a super big deal because they both have qwerty keyboards. hope i helped!