I just got this phone yesterday august 7 2012 and before that i had a android and i love that things but i had to get a differnt phone company cause of some problems so i bought the kyocera brio and the first day i got it i hated it the keys are to small there no lock to turn off the phone. it freezes it drops calls it getting to the point were imma trade this phone in or take it back the camera sucks
I had a Palm Centro before and absolutely loved it, I was so sad to see it die. So I was on the lookout for a phone with similar qualities and the Kyocera Brio comes close, at least in the most important areas to me, namely call quality, QWERTY keyboard, threaded messaging, email, and calendar syncing. It's not in the same group as smartphones for sure, but it's not meant to be.
That said, my husband owns an Android and says that if he had to do it over again, he might have gone with the Brio because it does so many great things without the added expense associated with smartphone plans.
My only complaint is that sometimes the phone freezes when I try to access data, either via internet or email syncing. After 30 seconds or so it comes back, but that is a little frustrating. I'm not sure if that is just my specific phone or if it's a problem with the model.