iphone 2. New features include: 3G, HSDPA, iPhone App Store, A-GPS and Microsoft Exchange. Big touchscreen, iPod, Wi-Fi, excellent user interface. Still missing some basic features.
Thin Symbian OS 9.2 smartphone with 2.4-inch screen, QWERTY keyboard, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and Nokia's Mail for Exchange. Good value handset.
Lightweight Symbian OS 9.3 smartphone with 5 MP Xenon flash camera, Assisted GPS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA. Small screen, no Wi-Fi. Good value handset.
3.2 megapixel quad-band camera phone with GPS, M2 memory card slot (up to 4 GB), 3G, HSDPA, Google Maps and Wayfinder Navigator, GPS tracker application.
Thin and stylish quad-band 3G HSDPA Cyber-Shot 5 MP camera phone with touch-sensitive camera buttons and Google maps installed (no GPS).
Budget EDGE tri-band Walkman music phone. The W350i is Sony Ericsson's first flip phone. Very light (75g) and thin (11 mm). Available in 4 trendy colours.
2.8-inch VGA toushscreen, TouchFlo 3D, 3G and HSDPA, 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi and GPS Windows Mobile 6.1 smart phone. Diamond-patterned back. Better than the iPhone?
2.8-inch tri-band touchscreen phone with 5 MP camera, 3G and HSDPA, LED flash, 8 GB microSDHC memory card support. Brushed aluminium casing. No Wi-Fi, no GPS. Croix UI, haptic feedback. Lightweight, small and thin - credit-card size.
Cheap Sony Ericsson fashion phone with very few features. 1.3 MP camera, 1.8 inch screen, dual-band, GPRS, 10 MB phone memory, no memory card slot. Lightweight. Looks pretty.
Stylish 3G HSDPA 5 MP slider camera phone with unique touch-pad navigation. Good features and build quality, the U900 Soul is Samsung's flagship phone for 2008.
Quad-band HSDPA slider phone with 5 MP camera, 120 fps video capture, touch-screen (in multimedia menus) and auto rotating display.
A funky tri-band slider phone with dual screens, 3 MP camera, music player, FM radio and Keith Haring animated themes. It looks good. The LG KF600 was introduced as a "mind-reading interactive phone". Aha, a Derren Brown wannabe...
Good quality 3G, HSDPA music phone with 3.2 MP camera. The W910i is another music phone with HSDPA, but only has a 2 MP camera.
Tri-band 3G music-focussed smartphone with 2.6" touchscreen, Symbian OS 9.1, 3.2 MP camera, Walkman Player 3, 8 GB flash storage and Wi-Fi. There's no EDGE or HSDPA. Feature-wise, the W960i is similar to the Sony Ericsson P1i.
The JCB Toughphone really is the toughest GSM phone in the world. Built to last, the rugged XP1 is ideal for anyone who wants a tough, durable phone. The 3-year warranty is a bonus.
Cute shiny fashionable music phone with a nifty touch-sensitive OLED external display. Something different to show your friends. Buy for less than £80 on PAYG. Tasty.
3G HSDPA 3.2-inch touch-screen phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 3 MP camera. Not as feature-packed as the iPhone version 1, but worth a look if you want a QWERTY keyboard and big touch-screen phone.
The Sonim XP1 really is the toughest GSM phone in the world. Built to last, the rugged XP1 is ideal for anyone who wants a tough, durable phone. The 3-year warranty is a bonus.
A luxury fashion phone. Excellent build quality, average features and a luxury price tag. Feels good, looks good and does all the basics well.
Feature-packed 3G smartphone with quality camera. Excellent 5 MP camera, great connectivity - WLAN, Tv-Out, GPS and fine media playing features.
Wi-Fi, large 3.5-inch Multi-touch screen, quad-band, threaded SMS, iTunes, iPod, motion sensor, Virtual QWERTY keyboard, 8 GB flash drive... Excellent build quality.
A fine looking fashion phone. Thin and the size of a credit card, it easily slips into a pocket. Average features.
The Nokia N95 8GB is an improved version of the Nokia N95. 2.8-inch screen, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS, 5 MP camera with flash, auto-focus and 30 fps VGA video capture, Tv-out, 8 GB internal memory (store approx. 6000 songs, 20 hours video), excellent media players.
Cheap lightweight fashion phone in 3 bright funky colours. Minimal feature set, but at just £29.99, it's a pretty good deal. This phone would easily win a "cute phone of the year" award.
Slider phone with 3.2 MP camera and Dynamic Adaptive Control Pad (Dacp). Available SIM-free, the Samsung E950 is low-end mid-range phone.
Decent 3G slider fashion phone. Well-built and does the basics well. The Ted Baker phone is pretty good value too.
Excellent value 3G phone. Make Skype phone calls. Basic feature set, but easy to use and cheap to buy.
3G slider phone with a music and gaming focus. Decent phone. Only a little cheaper than a discounted N95.
Luxury flip phone milled from a solid block of aluminium. 3.2 MP camera, fingerprint-sensor and a screen which twists 180 degrees. A very expensive phone.
Decent Wi-Fi phone with push email. No 3G, half-QWERTY keyboard, expandable memory and 3.5 mm jack. If you text a lot, you might prefer a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.
Quad-band QWERTY-keyboard Blackberry phone with 2.5-inch screen, Wi-Fi and 2 MP camera. The Curve 8320 is good for emailing/texting and Wi-Fi Internet access. No 3G and no GPS.
Slim, lightweight (just 86 g) quad-band Walkman slider phone with good features. 3G, HSDPA, 2 MP camera, Walkman player...
Decent-enough music phone, nothing spectacular. Music player is fine, as is the radio and basic features. No 3G, and a small 2-inch screen.
The 5610 xpressMusic is a 3G slider version of the 5310 xpressMusic candybar phone. Near-identical feature-set to the Nokia 6500 Slide.
Quad-band GPS QWERTY-keyboard Blackberry phone with 2.5-inch screen and 2 MP camera. The Curve 8310 is good for emailing/texting and GPS navigation. No 3G and no Wi-Fi, so no fast Internet downloads.
Top-notch 5 MP Cybershot camera phone with 3G, HSDPA, 4 GB memory card support. The K850i has a unique keypad design.
Stylish feature-packed mid-range 3G mobile phone. Excellent build quality, stainless steel scratch-resistant body, nice big buttons and a real smooth spring-loaded mechanism. A good lower-cost alternative to the Nokia N95.
Stylish 3G fashion phone. Excellent build quality, slim and lightweight. Simple design, good at the basics.
3-inch touchscreen, Web browser, fast 3G and HSDPA (3.5G) Internet access and 5.1 MP camera with an impressive 120 fps video capture rate. No Wi-Fi.
Mid-range 3.2 megapixel candybar camera phone. Thin, stylish and lots of features. Good choice for those not wanting to splash out on a top-of-the-range camera phone.
Unique mobile phone design. Made of plastic and "adorned with geometric patterns, bevelled surfaces and vibrant colour effects" and "turn heads with an iconic look". A fashion phone.
Slim, lightweight fashion phone with 1 GB memory and music player. The small screen will be a turn-off for many - 1.4-inches is just too small.
A more expensive version of the Nokia 7500 Prism. Well-built, stylish phone with a unique design. Average features. Has an aluminium back cover, 3G and is quad-band.
Decent mid-range 3G phone with mid-range features. No camera auto-focus, macro mode or flash. Poor screen resolution.
The V640i is a Vodafone exclusive handset. The V640i is great for music playing - 4 GB memory card support is good. HSDPA and quad-band earns the V640i more bonus marks. The 2 MP camera is mediocre, and the screen resolution is small - 176 x 220.
Similar to most other fashion phones, the Levi's phone looks good, but has average / basic features. The price keeps falling.
Top-notch Symbian OS smartphone. Good for business and pleasure. Well-designed, office applications, 3.2 MP camera, music player, FM radio - the P1i has a big feature set. There's 3G and Wi-Fi, but no HSDPA.
Good email-centric phone with QWERTY keyboard (2 letters per key). GPS satellite navigation, but no 3G or Wi-Fi.
Excellent value 3G HSDPA quad-band music phone with a unique LED display on the front. There's 2 GB phone memory, a microSD card slot and 2 MP camera.










































