The Samsung Epic is a blazing fast with 4G connectivity, a 4” Super AMOLED touchscreen display for vivid graphics and videos, and a slide out QWERTY keyboard for fast texting and typing.

Move into the next generation with the G2x from LG . This amazing little smartphone packages top of the line hardware with powerful Android software (Android 2.2 or Gingerbread) for excellent performance and connectivity.

Powered by Android 2.2, the Kyocera Echo offers the functionality of two touchscreens which operate simultaneously, allowing you to text easily with a large virtual QWERTY touchscreen keyboard, multitask on two apps each running on their own touchscreen, or even bring the screens together for a large 4.7” display similar to a tablet.

This is a phone built for texting. The pop-tilt hinge of the Sidekick places the screen at an optimized viewing angle while you use the built in keyboard, and the keys on the five row QWERTY keyboard types like a keyboard, without the finicky feel of the QWERTYs offered on touchscreens.

Casio’s G’zOne Commando really lives up to its name. This tough and versatile Android phone is sleek and functional, while also meeting Military Standards for its ability to withstand immersion in water, altitude, shocks, drops and vibrations, as well as temperature highs and lows and solar radiation. Needless to say, this phone will probably outlast you in the elements, so at least you can revise your will as hypothermia sets in.