Lightest Phones

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.

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.

Quad-band GPS QWERTY-keyboard Blackberry phone with 2.5-inch screen and 2 MP camera. The Curve 8300 is good for emailing/texting. No 3G and no Wi-Fi, so no fast Internet downloads, and no GPS.

3G touchscreen music phone with Symbian OS 9.1, 4 GB phone memory and virtual QWERTY keyboard. The predecessor to the Sony Ericsson W960i. No camera. Bwahhhhhhh...

Stylish touchscreen 3G smartphone with Symbian OS. Fast 3G Internet access, quick text entry, email, push-email and PIM software. No camera.

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.

Decent Windows Mobile 6 touchscreen phone. Pan across pages with TouchFlo. Looks good. Feels good. The HTC Touch has no 3G or HSDPA. If you want 3G, see the HTC Touch Dual or Touch Cruise.

Decent phone. Good screen, 3G, HSDPA, microSD slot. Could do with Wi-Fi, Tv-out and a better keypad.

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.

Feature-packed 3G smartphone with quality camera. Excellent 5 MP camera, great connectivity - WLAN, Tv-Out, GPS and fine media playing features.

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.

Cheap 3G phone. It's a little chunky and less stylish-looking compared to the latest slider phones. Old phone.