Top 50 Mobile Phones dissected

We’ve scoured the top 50 mobile phones to pick out the choice numbers, stars of the show and unsung heroes.

If you’re looking to upgrade your mobile, then choose one from this pick of the crop to make sure you end up with the ‘right phone for you’…

Top of the tree
Nokia 6300
Best price: £99.85 on 4 March 2008
Is it really any surprise to the see the Nokia 6300 sitting pretty at the top? Not really. Sure, it may not have a formidable feature set like its N95 stablemate but its classic candybar design and solid metallic shell has incredible everyman appeal. Its two-megapixel camera and EDGE download speeds aren’t to be sniffed at mind, but it’s Nokia’s famed ultra-user-friendliness that’s the clincher.
Up against: Samsung SGH-U600

Rising star
Nokia N82
Best price: £339.99 on 4 March 2008
Essentially, the powerful N82 Symbian smartphone is the N95 but with a photographic twist – it’s the first Nokia phone to sport a bona-fide Xenon flash. Team this up with a five-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens and you have one of the best camphones on the market. But it’s not just a sharp snapper – built-in high-speed Wi-Fi and GPS for sat nav add to its burgeoning rep.
Up against: Sony Ericsson K850i

Unsung hero
Sony Ericsson K810i
Best price: £214.99 on 4 March 2008
Its Cyber-shot compadre, the K850i may boast more megapixels (five to be exact) but the 3G-toting K810i is still a sharp shooter. A year on and it still ranks as one of the better 3.2-megapixel camphones doing the rounds with a Xenon flash and unique BestPic and PhotoFix picture technology to polish-up your snaps.
Up against: Nokia N73

Loved by experts
HTC TyTN II
Best price: £459.99 on 4 March 2008
The experts have undoubtedly been bowled over by the HTC TyTN II’s formidable features and for good reason. Sure, this Windows Mobile powered touch-screen smartphone may be a hulk-of-a-handset but its spacious QWERTY keypad for emailing, built-in Wi-Fi, turbo 3G download speeds and three-megapixel snapper make it a powerful business tool. Oh, did we mention it has GPS for sat nav too?
Up against: Nokia E90

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