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Which phone for my "tech illiterate" husband?

thicket

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My husbands BB keeps giving him trouble and since I dumped my BB for my Dinc he sort of wants to Android too. When I say he is tech illiterate I really mean that, the simpler the better. Can you guys give me some good phone suggestions?
Here are the musts:
-simple to use (my Dinc confuses him)
-physical keyboard
-Verizon is our carrier

Thanks guys, in advance :)

Ashley
 
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Just kiddin!! How bout just buying him the DInc then giving him a crash course on how to use it. It's really not that difficult to learn.
 
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Honestly, I'd say get him an iPhone. It's a simple device, designed to be simple to use. Everything is just plug in and work.

Of course, Android can be just as simple to use, it just has the option for more technical use if you want to. I always promote improving your knowledge of technology, in this age it's only an advantage.
I'm British so I don't know what phones Verizon has, but there are good Android ones out there.
 
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Oh wow, I didn't know the Ally had a keyboard, that might just be the ticket :)

My wife is not tech savy and came from the BB which she really didn't bother to learn.

She's on a LG Evo and had no problems using it to it's fullest.

She was going to go to the Ally although after seeing my DInc she's leaning towards that.
 
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I had a droid eris that i would not sugest for a non 'tech' person but two days ago I broke my eris and I absolutley needed a phone that day because of my work and all they had in stock at the local vz store was the motorola devour. Its a drop from my eris but its actually faster and simple. I dont care for moto blur so i just deleted all widgets and now its pretty much just simple plain old android. Its nothing like having htc sense and it has a smaller screen but I'm getting used to it. It has a physical keyboard and its fast and simple for an android smart phone.



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All newer android phones are equally easy to use as they all use 2.1 or 2.2.
Read the OP again.

-simple to use (my Dinc confuses him)

If the Incredible confuses him, I wouldn't suggest stock Android. He's going to have to bite the bullet and deal with a learning curve regardless of whatever is selected. Granted, some curves are steeper than others but there's going to be a bit of change to deal with.

Personally, I find it's easiest to keep the non-tech-savvy better half on the same device. Makes training and support a lot simpler IMO.
 
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