Best 5 cell phones
Kent German
You carry your phone almost everywhere, so it's important that you find the model that's right for you and one that works with your carrier. Fortunately, CNET is here to help. We've chosen five handsets that we think are the top cell phones right now in any category. If you'd like to drill deeper, follow the links at the left for our favorite cell phones in several categories. These lists change frequently, so check back often.
Apple iPhone 3G
Apple's iPhone sets a new benchmark in the race to combine a cell phone and media player into one device. And with the added features of the 3G, model it keeps getting better. Its sleek and user-friendly design, solid feature set and great media performance are sure to please demanding cell phone users. It's missing a few important offerings and the call quality can be variable, but on the whole it's a solid device.
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HTC Touch Diamond
The HTC Touch Diamond has an impressive compact design and flashy TouchFlo interface. However, the Windows Mobile smartphone offers more than good looks. It's stocked with wireless options, multimedia features, and productivity tools. Sprint customers looking for a smartphone to balance work and play will be well-served by the Touch Diamond.
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LG Dare
The appropriately named LG Dare presents a few tricks we haven't seen before in the touch-screen phone genre and it has one of the most advanced cameras we've seen. We certainly wouldn't want to call this an iPhone killer since it doesn't have features such as Wi-Fi, and its Web browser and media player aren't as good. However, the Dare is a very appealing alternative for Verizon customers who want a touch-screen phone with a difference.
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RIM BlackBerry Bold (AT&T)
For those who waited, the RIM BlackBerry Bold won't disappoint. The Bold has an impressively brilliant display, enhanced productivity tools, and excellent multimedia performance to deliver a more powerful and well-rounded smartphone to mobile professionals.
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Sony Ericsson W760a
The Sony Ericsson didn't let us down in the slightest. It first captured our eye at CES 2008 where it was a finalist in the cell phones category for CNET's Best of CES. At the time, we admired its slick design and its laden feature set, which includes a motion sensor, an accelerometer, and support for three UMTS/HSDPA bands. And now it finally has landed at a U.S. carrier (AT&T), we can report that this super world phone offers so much to like that it earned our Editors' Choice Award. If you want a Walkman phone you can't do better.
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