Help a dad pick phones and providers

[DCS]

Let's say that smartphone users range from a 1 (no tech savvy) to a 10 (root and rom everything).

I'm a 5, which is prolly dangerous, but so what. I'm a 5.

I'm on verizon: one phone and one mifi. I have a lg vortex. I rooted it a coupla years back and removed some vzw bloat. It still works. My 2yr contract has been over for a long time.

I need to change from 1 old phone + mifi to 2 new phones + mifi account. I want a 10gb per month shared plan.

My options are vzw or att.

The att family deal looks better up front.

I like a medium size phone - between 124mm and 138mm. My priorities are decent features, tough durable phone, android, and low price or free with 2yr contract. I don't need the fastest or the bestest of anything. I also don't want a turd phone.

Lastly, I want to be able to root it and streamline it if I feel like it. I hate all that bloat crap because I'm human, and I don't like corporations forcing me to eat their bloat sammiches.

There are so many phones out there. Help me narrow the field. Help me rationalize jumping from vzw to att.

Thanks!

 

[SactoKingsFan]

The Moto X might be what you're looking for. It falls within your dimensions requirement and has nice features like active display and touchless control. It's also free with 2 year contract on AT&T.

The Moto X also has a stock-like user interface, so many Moto X owners don't feel the need to root. However, it's fairly easy to root and customize the UI.

The shared 10 GB data plan on AT&T is great. Don't need to monitor data use like when I had 3 GB plan.

Sent from my G2 running SOKP

 

[Relgoshan]

Wow, stuck between Verizon and ATT...okay. The lazy answer would be Nexus 5 or the One? I really like my new G Flex which I believe ATT at least carries, if you haven't seen one try how it feels. Ya kinda need manhands, I assume the other phone needs to be smaller but a surprising number of women like the Mega so who knows.

 

[DCS]

Thanks guys - I'll check out the moto.