I’m a HTC fanboy. My wife and daughter always ask for my phone when we are out and about to take pictures. My old MyTouch Slide was recently borrowed to replace a broken phone.
Everyone else in the household has Samsungs, and they love their phones, but mine is always the last one working on a long trip or in a place with little service.
And even with the huge abuse I give to my phones, they have always stood up to the worst I could throw at them.
All that said, had Windows Phone come out just a little sooner, I probably would have gone with that, or if iPhone had gone carrier independent instead of demanding a piece of profits, I might have gone there. As it is, HTC is my maker of choice.
I like the HTC phones too.. had the HTC Evo 4g for the past 2 years. Love the feel to it... it feels nice and solid.
I just got the Samsung Galaxy S2, which I also love. I got that so I could dump Sprint and go to month-to-month on Boost for $30 less per month (for basically the same service).
I also have a Samsung SmartTV, so an added benefit is all the integration with the phone.