Thanx, I figured that without an external charger the clue would be lack of run time.
Interesting your comment regarding Radio Shack, I think my next phone will come from there and NOT Verizon as hopefully they do better selling phones than Verizon stores. Below is the majority of my post to my friends on Facebook after a week-long bout with the local Verizon store, (I have a 17 year old daughter); names redacted:
Consumer Alert: Verizon Store-Hampstead/Manchester: Santa finally brought a smart phone to XXXX. Only to hear "who are these people that don't have clothing on and are doing ahhhh, strange things in the photos? And what does "I like ####" mean (picture of some words). Yeah, how strange, brand new phone with 100+ risque photos. Turns out, their story, that someone had pulled her large memory card and tried to put their smaller one in it's place. The dumb A$$ woulda got away with it if he/she had deleted THEIR stuff from the smaller card. Anyway, after fighting various levels, I pulled a few concessions outta them but only after getting very aggressive and telling them all to dress nicely over the next few days as they will undoubtedly be facing news cameras. Anyway, check your purchases to be sure that you got all that you paid for but not the extras. Don't be afraid to mention this if you are in there; I want them to realize the gravity of this; what if XXXX was 10 years old. Geez.