Well I appreciate all the input guys and while I wait for my 2nd Kyocera replacement flip to arrive I went back to the LG so at least I'd have something to use.
I tweaked a few things that will make it more user friendly like increasing size of the font and increasing amount of time before screen blanks out. Haven't found the voice activated feature yet (like Siri) and not sure it has one but that's next on the list along with inputting more contact info.
We'll see what happens.....thanks again for indulging my mini-rant....