Good replacement for Epic 4G (with keyboard)?

[TheSkipperCDB]

I think the Epic 4G has been an awesome phone for me, but admittedly I am at a point where I am considering upgrading. It has had issues recently, which have been seeming to get worse, such as regular freezing up or crashing, and warnings about phone space running low.

My biggest issue is I love having a physical keyboard, and the searching I've done this far makes it look like there aren't any new phones with physical keyboards. In fact, it almost seems like my Epic 4G is the newest phone with a keyboard! Any recommendations or suggestions on new phones to look at (either current or coming out soon) with a physical keyboard? Or is going from a physical keyboard to an on screen keyboard not that bad?

Recently I've been trying to only use the on screen keyboard to see if I could get used to it...I usually only last seconds before I slide out the keyboard Some habits die hard!

 

[chestont]

I went from an epic 4g to a NexusS4G then to a Nexus 4. My wife went from an Evo Shift to an Evo 3d. The newer phones now are so fast and responsive that honestly you would be fine without a keyboard if you tried it out. I do recommend buying either swiftkey or swype from the Play Store. SwiftKey is my favorite, but that's a preference. The nice tradeoff is you will be able to get the newest flagship phones which are substantially thinner than any device with a keyboard.

I absolutely did what you did; forced myself not to slide my keyboard out for a while. It's hard because there are perks to the physical keyboard and it's a habit. If you absolutely want a keyboard(and I respect that some people do), I think there is a Motorola Photon Q that was a slider on Sprint.

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