My dh has the HTC 3G droid incredible. I have the HTC 4G thunderbolt. They both have their own unique "issues", but I think any technical smartphone you would get would have those. For the most part, we are very happy with them. We took pics at the beach with mine of the boys skimboarding (action shots) and when I posted them on FB, I actually had a friend ask me what camera we used because they were so good (!-I'm NOT a photographer, lol) When I told her it was just my phone, she couldn't believe it.
Smartphones def. take some getting used to, but now that we have them, I couldn't imaging NOT having one. The video quality is pretty good, too. At first, I have some problems with my sd card unmounting. I looked it up online, and that seems to be a fairly common problem for my phone. I took it out and reformatted it on my own computer and it has worked great ever since. I would recommend doing that first so you don't loose any photos or videos...just to be on the safe side-even if it seems okay at first(mine did, too)
I have a few friends with iphones, and I think the quality is probably better-photo and video wise, but I guess there are less apps(?) so I guess it just depends on what you want.
I am not a very tech savvy person, so this is just a layman's experience with androids, lol. Good luck and have fun choosing!!