No that isn't why they took them off the shelf.
The Hint has issues with shutting off.
We have 3 in our family and the problem has only showed up on my son's phone.
When the text messing folder gets +90% full, the phone will do goofy things.
front buttons stop working and will shut itself off.
The key to owning this phone is to delete calls and text messages frequently.
My son's Hint had over 500 text messages on it when it did this.
I purchased my wife's Hint off Ebay from this guy, was brand new and he accepted
a $140 best offer. At the time I bought my wife's, used ones were selling for that on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-M...4&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50