The HTC Droid Eris, Verizon’s HTC Hero version, was officially introduced to Big Red subscribers in November 2009. Now, just over six months later, the phone will be discontinued as Verizon and its partners are moving to bigger, better things. But we were all expecting that, didn’t we?

The HTC Droid Eris is definitely a dependable device, certainly a worthy purchase but really inferior to what’s currently available in the Android business. And who can blame Verizon or HTC for deciding to dump this phone anyway? With phones like the HTC Droid Incredible, the Motorola Droid, Droid 2 and Droid X, the Droid Eris is surely not going to capture anyone’s imagination.

So, in case you’re thinking about getting a Droid Eris for some reason, you’d probably have the best chances of getting one by hitting eBay or Craigslist than by heading to Verizon or HTC. And given that the Droid Eris is a CDMA Android devices, it will surely not be missed by Android lovers in any other parts of the world. What Verizon Android phone are you going to buy next?