If you can wait for a week or two the Nexus phone will be released for Verizon very soon. It is ALL the buzz around the android world. It is rumored to leave every other android phone in it wake. Of the current phones I would stick with RAZR (It is a BEAST of a phone), Samsung Charge is what my wife just got and it is fast AND strong (she has dropped it multiple times now). I like HTC but they haven't been pumping out phones that people flock after as they once did...Their steam kind of died after the Incredible. So if you can....wait for the Nexus. It is a PURE android phone (no bloatware), dual core, super good screen, great camera, and will be shipping with Ice Cream Sandwich (the newest android OS)