smart phones

Been looking into getting a smart phone basically to be able to check email on. I still have a flip phone which works, but its becoming a hassle and doesn't have decent internet and can't check my email from it...not really looking into it for the entertainment aspect, i think most any phone would suffice in that department for my needs. Any recommendations? Not looking to go crazy on price or anything, but it's looking like that will be an issue with any smart phone. 

I love my razr

Mispeld wrote: I would recommend the iPhone. Droids have a bad tendency to screw up big time after a few months and it gets worse when they do a software up date.

Anything to back that up?

usafpilot07 wrote: Mispeld wrote: I would recommend the iPhone. Droids have a bad tendency to screw up big time after a few months and it gets worse when they do a software up date. Anything to back that up?

Personal experience, between myself, my wife, my parents and some friends. As for having a web link or such no.

Might be the phone maker also. My wife and I both had Droid 2s and they started to do what they wanted after a few months. Randomly sending text messages twice, keyboard(both hard and touch screen) would stop responding ect. My folks had Droid 1s and after a few months when ever talking to my mom it would randomly press keys while next to her face (the touch screen is suppose to turn off when held up to you ear) plus other random stuff.

Honestly, I find the android platform to be better supported than the iPhone. Apple has a horrible habit of discontinuing support for their phones after 6-9 months and then letting you sit there with what equates to a brick that takes calls and plays music, but doesn't do much else because the updates to the OS have overloaded the capabilities of the older phones.

Android, on the other hand, is much, much better at supporting older platforms.

Also, smartphones are about to get dirt cheap once the Google/Motorola buyout takes shape. Google is planning on developing their own hardware and software and then selling direct to consumer for cheaper than subsidized prices. It'll be the nail in the iPhone coffin if done right.

I upgraded to the Galaxy Nexus from the original Moto Droid.  Slick 4G LTE phone with Android 4.0.2 OS goodness.

I ran a Droid X2 for over a year and it never gave me any serious trouble at all. The iPhone interface is simpler to be sure, but having run both, I liked the droid better to to be honest, although I didn't ever get my hands on the 4S iPhone to be able to judge that one.

Love my Droid Razr, no issues or complaints.

I had an HTC Inspire for about 4 months, then switched carriers and got the iPhone 4S.  I found the droid to be much easier to navigate due to it have 4x the number of permanent function buttons.  The iPhone has far superior battery life, but is also a much smaller phone.  I didn't do much email on the HTC, but on my iPhone, it is pretty outstanding.  The droid had better ringtone options.