Lightest Phones

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.

Good email-centric phone with QWERTY keyboard (2 letters per key). GPS satellite navigation, but no 3G or Wi-Fi.

Decent mid-range 3G phone with mid-range features. No camera auto-focus, macro mode or flash. Poor screen resolution.

Decent 3G slider fashion phone. Well-built and does the basics well. The Ted Baker phone is pretty good value too.

Entry-level tri-band slider phone with 2-inch 128 x 160 pixel screen, EDGE, 1.3 MP camera, 10 MB phone memory and microSD card slot. Basic slider phone. Cheap - under £50 on PAYG.

Tri-band 3G HSDPA phone. Brushed stainless steel. Thin - 9 mm. 3 MP camera, FM radio (RDS), 1 GB phone memory, microSD card slot (up to 8 GB) and 2-inch QVGA display. Looks like a Nokia 6500 Classic.

The W660i is a good little 3G music phone. Reasonably priced, decent memory capabilities (up to 2 GB) and all those other little features to keep you entertained - radio, camera, music player, video playback and organizer tools.

Tiny slider phone. Very basic feature set. Entry-level phone. 1.3 MP camera, 1.8-inch screen, small screen resolution, no memory card slot, 8 MB phone memory.

Music phone with accelerometer (built-in pedometer) and pretty colour effects. The design is a real shocker - fragile keys and daft back cover design. Cheap plastic feel - Room 101 contender.

Stylish 3G fashion phone. Excellent build quality, slim and lightweight. Simple design, good at the basics.

Very average. No 3G, questionable keypad durability, no FM radio and a hard-to-remove back cover. It does look pretty though, when its side-lights glow.

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.