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I've never owned a smartphone. Which phone do you think it would be easiest for me to use for texting, or to check my facebook, twitter, etc. pages?

What are apps? I have somewhat poor vision.
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NotHotWater

The phone with the highest ease of use is debatably Apple's iPhone. The iPhone 4 is going to be your best bet for poor vision because it has the highest ppi (pixels per inch) of any phone on the market currently. I'm sure some people will respond and say that it would be better to have a phone with a bigger screen, but for that you'll have to have an Android phone (for the time being) and they are not as easy to use for a beginner.

Apps is short for applications - they are pieces of software, like programs on your computer, that you can install on your phone to do various tasks. There are Twitter and Facebook apps that allow you to easily check your Facebook and Twitter, and for everything else there's a browser just like you have on your computer for browsing miscellaneous web pages.

Apple's messaging app is also quite robust, and it makes texting much easier than you might be used to on a non-smartphone - it puts the texts in a graphical conversation display (like instant messaging) which makes receiving multiple texts easier to manage.

The iPhone also has many accessibility settings for people with impaired senses that you may be able to take advantage of.
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jet73

At this stage I think there is 3 good platforms for smart phones to go with. Android, iphone and Windows phone 7 that have good app eco system. I have used all these 3 and I think all 3 are easy to use and will do the job nicely. Android has good potential for customisation with their widget system. iphone has the best support for new apps and windows 7 phone looks very easy to use.

BTW. if you like physical keyboards.. iphones do not have one built in. there are some android and windows 7 phones that have slide out keyboards.
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patfactorx

If you are going to pay $2,000 over the life of your contract then you want a phone that has depth.

50% of the mobile phone market has learned to use Android. I think it's pretty easy to use.
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d0mth0ma5

I wouldn't recommend the Torch 2.
If you use the iTunes ecosystem to buy your music/videos then for pure ease of use i'd go for iPhone 4.
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robbiewoods05

iPhone definitely. Apple has the best customer support and the best appstore
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jet73

Android has pretty good voice recognition and text to speech. so if you are having problem with reading you can set it to read your txt messages and you can also dictate emails and txt messages too.

I have used IOS but I have not tried these features on it so I can't comment on that.
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umrath

When it comes to ease of use there is probably no reasonable way around an iPhone. Sure, Android and WP7 are trying hard but I have yet to see a phone that is as easy to handle as an iPhone.
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errn

No one really addressed your vision problem here. You have a couple LARGE phones that are Android OS phones.

Evo 4G on Sprint.
Infuse and Streak on ATT
Thunderbolt on Verizon
Galaxy s 4G on TMobile

all of these are 4 inch screens plus. The Infuse is 4.5 and the Streak is 5 inch.

Hope that helps.
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