I've had a DROID 2 for about two years. Maybe longer. I'm still very happy with it. Personally, I MUST have the slide out keyboard on my phone for certain occasions. I don't know what I'd do without one. The only smartphone option at this point is the Droid series. I planned on going with then newer model earlier this year (DROID 4, I think) but after watching the reviews online, I just didn't see enough improvements to warrant the upgrade. Hell, there seemed to be a few areas where the series had devolved.
I don't use it for games, anymore. Just movies, browsing the web, navigation, music, etc. It's still an app monster.