Droid X is the best of the bunch. iPhone 4 will not be available on Verizon right away, only the 3GS. For this reason, I'm considering moving to android.
I have an iPhone, and like it, but if you plan on using the web on your phone, it's severely handicapped (no .flv, Java, etc). I also don't care for the way iOS handles SMS. I can't bulk delete, like I could with normal devices. When I get to about 1000 unread messages, the phone slows down considerably. My only choice is to wipe it, or manually delete the messages one by one. And it asks to confirm (which cannot be disabled). This is someones idea of a cruel joke. I can delete an imap4 email right off my exchange server without confirming, but I can't delete a text? Someone is seriously off kilter in Cupertino. I know I can jailbreak it and get unapproved apps to allow better handling of text, but last time I did that, it screwed the phone up pretty bad.
No matter what, stay away from any Windows phone.
Symbian is actually the most widely adopted smartphone platform worldwide. I have seen them traveling abroad, but I have never seen one in the US, and don't even know if it's available. Considering Verizon is CDMA, I'd guess even if one could get it here, probably not on Verizon.
Last thought: If I didn't need it for work (and they weren't footing the bill), I would really prefer to have a normal phone. Once the novelty wears off, they are nothing special. Sure I can get emails from anywhere (which I need for work, and the iPhone is GREAT for email), but if something is that important (non work, that is), dial the numbers.
