Mobile Phones UK: Reviews & Best Buys

Samsung Tocco Lite
The Tocco Lite is Samsung's answer to the LG Cookie. Available in black or pink it's a bargain touchscreen phone. Although it lacks 3G, it offers a fabulous fun user interface with easy access to Facebook and YouTube, plus all the features that you'd expect: a 3.2 megapixel camera, video recording, music player, FM radio with RDS, memory card slot and Bluetooth. Available free on contract with a choice of free gifts: from free line rental to a free laptop or XBOX 360.

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental or £250 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (Pink) or Dialaphone (White); or £79.95 on PAYG from Dialaphone (Black, Pink or White) or £79.90 from Mobiles.co.uk (Black or Pink) or £59.90 from Mobiles.co.uk (Clearance).

Samsung Jet
The Samsung Jet is a slimline mid-range touchscreen phone that gives a lot, for a modest price. It's a superfast phone, with a responsive touchscreen interface, plenty of online widgets, an excellent web browser, multi-tasking and a superfast processor to power it all. With a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, a music player, FM radio with RDS, and the capability of playing DivX & Xvid videos, it has plenty of entertainment on board. We have to mention the incredible AMOLED display, the 2GB of built-in memory, the 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi and HSDPA. There are just too many good features to list!

Best buy: *Free* with half-price line rental or £130 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (Lilac); or £199.95 on PAYG from the Carphone Warehouse (Black or Lilac).

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia's first touchscreen phone is impressively good. It may not have quite the polished feel of the iPhone, but with so many good features, it's in many ways better than the iPhone. Headline features include the very high resolution touchscreen with 16 million colours, the 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 3G video calling, an excellent web browser with support for Flash, the music player & FM radio, GPS positioning with Nokia Maps, WiFi, Bluetooth and an 8GB memory card. Available in black, red or blue.

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental or £150 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Black); or £209.90 on PAYG from Mobiles.co.uk (Red).

LG Cookie
The LG KP500 is a touchscreen phone for those on a budget. It's a compact device but with a large touchscreen display that's easy and fun to use. With a 3.2 megapixel camera, a media player, an FM radio, Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a memory card slot, this phone has all the essentials. Although it misses out on 3G and a top class camera, it has most features that most people will want, and for the money you'd be hard pressed to find anything better than this!

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental or £240 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (Pink); or £49.90 on PAYG from Mobiles.co.uk (Black or Pink) or £59.95 from the Carphone Warehouse (Black or Pink).

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
The 5530 is a cut-price touchscreen music phone that is Nokia's answer to the LG Cookie and the Samsung Tocco Lite. On Pay Monthly, it's hardly any more expensive than these competitors, but it offers a whole lot more. As well as having the highest resolution display in its class, it has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a flash, an excellent video camera, a superb music player plus an FM radio, 4GB of memory, WiFi, a 3.5mm headphone jack and excellent battery life.

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental or a free gift (XBOX Elite or Nintendo Wii) from Mobiles.co.uk (Black/Red) or Mobiles.co.uk (Illuvial Pink) or free with £275 auto cashback from Dialaphone (Black); or £99.90 on PAYG from Dialaphone (Black or Illuvial) or £129.90 from Mobiles.co.uk (Black or Illuvial) .

Nokia 6303 Classic
Our favourite Nokia just got upgraded! The 6303 Classic is a modern reworking of the classic Nokia 6300. It's a no-nonsense easy-to-use handset with an attractive stainless steel finish and great features - a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, MP3 player, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack, Nokia Maps, Bluetooth, USB and good battery life. Available in Stainless Steel or Matt Black.

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental or £230 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Silver) or Mobiles.co.uk (Illuvial Pink); or £59.95 from Dialaphone (Silver) or £79.95 from the Carphone Warehouse (Black, Silver or Pink Illuvial).

Samsung Genio Touch
The Samsung Genio Touch is an entry-level touchscreen phone very similar to the Tocco Lite, but with a more basic camera and a smaller screen. Better looking than the Tocco Lite, but with easy access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, we think that the Genio Touch is a great phone and a bargain too.

Best buy: *Free* with free line rental from Mobiles.co.uk; or £69.90 on Pay as you Go from Mobiles.co.uk (Black) or £69.95 from Dialaphone (Black, Orange, Pink or Red).

Apple iPhone 3G S
The iPhone 3G S is easily the best iPhone ever. Apple have filled in the missing pieces of the jigsaw and created possibly the best phone / media player / internet device ever. Highlights include GPS navigation with a digital compass, OS X applications from the App Store, super fast web browsing, Apple's famous music-playing capabilities, up to 32 GB of built-in memory, and Wi-Fi. The only real problem is the price.

Best buy: *Free* on contract from Mobiles.co.uk (16GB Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (16GB White) or £99 on contract from Mobiles.co.uk (32GB Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (32GB White).