[Merovingian]

If you want a phone with a lot of bugs like loss of service, battery draining Android OS bug and just general issues as of now, then get the Epic 4G Touch. Out the box, it's decent until you start noticing huge battery drain and the now familiar "Loss of service" where the phone just loses service/reception, locks up and won't regain service again until a reboot.
I flashed numerous roms and combination of kernels and just gave up and went back to my Nexus S 4G. My phone would be dead in 7 hrs flat just siting in my pocket, no calls/sms. Imagine if i actually "used" it.

There's a 2 week trial. See if the 4S serves your needs. Despite all the iPhone hate, i would recommend it to family members first definitely before Android (and i'm an Android user). Not everyone wants or needs to know how to root their phone or flash kernels or odin this and tar that just to get it to "work".

My take..