I’d recommend acoustic myself to a beginner, but it depends on style.
If you want to play heavy metal for example, get an electric.
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You have way more chance of learning to play when you’re having fun!
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I’ve been playing over 40 years.

I find that my electric is so much easier to play than my acoustic. Acoustic strings are harder to push down and hurt your fingers way more. Yes, electric is way more expensive in terms of the cords and amp but you can test your motivation by going to a local music shop and renting a guitar and amp. I did this before I bought my setup and I’m glad I did. Lots of people even recommend buying both because of the variety in music that you can play. Of course, not everyone is that rich so you should choose the guitar that appeals to you. People play what they like, and there’s no use for buying a guitar you won’t like.
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My own experience.

Electric guitars are a little easier to learn on because the action is lower and not as challenging to your hands as a result. This is not some kind of test to see if you qualify for the electric guitar by suffering through the acoustic guitar. That’s just silly. Start on the guitar that you want to play – that’s the best way to become a guitarist. Good luck.
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47 years professional acoustic guitarist

Learn the basics on the acoustic and then in about two years you could get your electric guitar and amplifier. But here again, if you "wanna" do something differently then do as you please.
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Guitar picker of 53 years–learned on an acoustic

There are several reasons why you should start with an acoustic guitar. First and foremost, the acoustic guitar has greater clarity. That means, the sound isn’t muffled, and you can hear the strings vibrate with detail. When you first start playing, you may notice that the strings buzz when you play, especially when you play chords. One of your first objectives will be to get rid of that buzz. That can be fixed normally by trying to fret the strings with the tips of your fingers, and making sure that your fingers don’t make any contact with parts of the string that vibrate.

Also, acoustic guitars have higher string action. String action is how high the strings are from the fretboard. When the strings are higher from the fretboard, they’re harder to fret. Acoustic guitars normally have a higher action, thus the strings are harder to fret?

But why start with something harder? Ever had a callus before? In order to play guitar well, you need to develop calluses on the tips of your left hand (I’m assuming you have a standard guitar in which you strum with your right hand). Without these calluses, fretting strings will hurt after a while. Along with developing the calluses, starting with a higher action will allow you to improve your dexterity, allowing you to change chords and play solos faster.

To start off, I would recommend a Laguna acoustic guitar. These normally have reasonable string action, and they’re cheap and versatile. Lagunas are some of the highest quality acoustic guitars I know of. However, if you want the absolute highest quality (make sure you’re dedicated to guitar before you do this), I would recommend a Martin. They probably have the best sound, but they’re expensive.

Hope that clears up everything for ya!
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I play acoustic and electric lead guitar in a local folk band. I also teach guitar locally, and I have all my students start out on acoustic, since I want them to be able to hear their mistakes and learn from them. In the next five years, I plan to earn my Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana University, or the Michigan State School of Music.

You can get an accoustic that plugs into an amp though. It’s not going to play the same as an electric, but you can start learning your amp’s settings that way.

If you do that, buy the accoustic first, amp second, electric third. If you get cheap stuff, it’s really not that much money for all of it. You can always upgrade later, once you know you’re going to stick with it.
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