The Replenish froze and crashed quite a few times during my hands-on review. While I was navigating through the App Drawer, the phone froze and then went into hands-free activation for driving --even though I didn't select that option. When I tried to add a new Sprint ID pack, Replenish required me to do a force shut down. Finally, I had to restart the Replenish for the Sprint ID pack to actually work.

Call quality was decent over Sprint's Network in San Francisco. Even though I was making my calls on the busy city streets, my colleagues couldn't hear anything in the background with the exception of a large truck going by. My contacts reported that I sounded loud and clear and that my voice sounded fairly natural. Oddly, I couldn't really say the same for my friends' voices. It sounded like they were speaking too close to the speaker-even though they swore they weren't.

Bottom Line

Nobody loves the environment more than I do-seriously. I applaud Sprint for its sustainability efforts. From contributing money to the Nature Conservancy to initiating an aggressive cell phone recycling program, more tech companies should follow in Sprint's footsteps. That said, I'm still not sold on a "green" phone. It is a neat idea, but manufacturers need to figure out a way to make a phone both desirable and green. The Replenish's low-resolution display, mediocre camera and buggy performance just don't do the trick.

On the plus side, Sprint is offering some nice incentives to go green. Priced at $50, the phone is incredibly inexpensive, and you can sign up for Sprint's Everything Data plan for unlimited text, Web and calling for just $70 per month. Furthermore, Sprint is waiving the $10 monthly premium data add-on charge for going green. The Replenish is a good deal with good intentions--if you can get past underwhelming and occasional crashing.