Slider Phones

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 dual-slider phone with 3.2 MP camera, DNSe, dual speakers and 2-2-inch screen. A music-focussed phone with microSD card slot (up to 8 GB). No Wi-Fi or GPS. 3.5 mm audio jack.

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.

Quad-band HSDPA slider phone with 5 MP camera, 120 fps video capture, touch-screen (in multimedia menus) and auto rotating display.

A funky tri-band slider phone with dual screens, 3 MP camera, music player, FM radio and Keith Haring animated themes. It looks good. The LG KF600 was introduced as a "mind-reading interactive phone". Aha, a Derren Brown wannabe...

3G HSDPA 3.2-inch touch-screen phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 3 MP camera. Not as feature-packed as the iPhone version 1, but worth a look if you want a QWERTY keyboard and big touch-screen phone.

A luxury fashion phone. Excellent build quality, average features and a luxury price tag. Feels good, looks good and does all the basics well.

3G HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) slider phone with 5 MP camera phone and 3x optical zoom. No Wi-Fi.

The Nokia N95 8GB is an improved version of the Nokia N95. 2.8-inch screen, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS, 5 MP camera with flash, auto-focus and 30 fps VGA video capture, Tv-out, 8 GB internal memory (store approx. 6000 songs, 20 hours video), excellent media players.

Slider phone with 3.2 MP camera and Dynamic Adaptive Control Pad (Dacp). Available SIM-free, the Samsung E950 is low-end mid-range phone.

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

3G slider phone with a music and gaming focus. Decent phone. Only a little cheaper than a discounted N95.