The Samsung Wave 723 is another touchscreen phone from Samsung that runs the Bada OS with the TouchWiz user interface 3.0. The 3.2 inch display can be used in landscape or portrait views making it perfect for Web browsing over the 3G/HSDPA Internet connection.

Top end features include GPS with A-GPS support, Wi-Fi for taking advantage of hotspot locations and Bluetooth for linking to external devices wirelessly. The 5 megapixel camera will take professionally styled pictures aided by autofocus, LED flash, smile detection and geo-tagging.

Entertainment wise, the Wave 723 has a FM stereo radio, multimedia player and pre-installed games that can be added to via downloads. The Wave will also keep you in touch when out and about in a variety of formats that include SMS, MMS, email, push email and instant messaging.

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Just 19p for this new PAYG phone, delivery is free but you will need to buy a £10 top up.

The LG GS101 is a simple to use handset designed for text messaging and making calls. The bright 1.5 inch colour screen displays messages clearly and the handset measures 104 x 44 x 13mm for a comfortable fit in the palm.

The keypad is well spaced and easy to use and with T9 predictive text input you can fire off messages with ease. The vibrate alert function is ideal when you are looking for a more discreet call notification and the calendar will help keep track of important appointments.

Other useful features include an alarm clock, calculator and currency converter. The handset can be personalised with wallpapers and polyphonic ringtones and the pre-loaded games will help keep boredom at bay.

The simplicity of this handset has ensured a great battery life with up to 9 hours of talk time and up to 800 hours of standby time. The LG GS101 is ideal if you want to keep things simple or to use as a back up to your main handset.

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Be quick, it’s only available while stocks last. You’ll need to buy a £10 top up with the phone but delivery is free, total cost £10.20.

The deal is on Virgin Mobile, which is a good value network with some nice promotions. A £10 top up gives you 300 free texts without eating into your credit.

The Motorola WX180 isn’t the flashiest mobile around but sometimes you just want a basic, friendly and reliable phone that you know you can depend on. With the WX180 you’ll get up to 8 hours of talk time or up to 400 hours of standby time from a full charge, so chatting away without being constantly reminded about a low battery won’t be a problem.

You can store up to 500 phonebook entries and 140 text messages in the phone’s memory, predictive text helps compose messages faster and whenever you want to listen to the latest songs tune in the FM Radio with integrated RDS that displays available FM station information like song titles, artist, genre.

With a solid build quality and easy to use keypad the Motorola WX180 maybe basic but sometimes that’s all you need.

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T-Mobile’s Nokia 5230 Ovi Music Unlimited costs just £99.99 (plus a £10 top-up) and it comes with 12 months UNLIMITED music downloads from the Nokia Ovi music store, plus a £30 M&S voucher.

The Nokia 5230 has built in Sat Nav and comes complete with an in car cradle. As well as all of this, the usual T-Mobile PAYG benefits apply – such as 6 months free internet and unlimited texts for free (as long as you top up £10 per month).

The phone has an excellent battery life, and 3G, HSPDA and GPS with sat nav. It has a decent 2 megapixel camera, which can also record VGA video at 30 frames per second. The 3.2 inch touchscreen supports handwriting recognition and it has a built in accelerometer to auto rotate the screen.

Touchscreen aside, the music player is one of the main features. There is a dedicated audio chip to enhance the sound, a slider to instantly turn the device into a music player, a 3.5mm audio jack and built in speakers for music or the FM radio.

With this special edition Nokia 5230 you can download unlimited music at mobile broadband speeds, there is also the ability to transfer music to and from your device via a USB cable or Bluetooth, or you can download music from the Ovi web site on your PC and transfer it to the phone. Memory can be expanded to 16GB with a microSD card and up to 33 hours of music can be played with a single charge of the battery.

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The Alcatel OT-255 is a budget messaging phone with a 1.8 inch colour display and a full QWERTY keypad. There is a GPRS web browser on board and a FM radio for listening to your latest radio shows, music and news. WAP and USB connectivity are included and other handy features include organiser functions, calculator and an alarm clock.

There is no camera but MMS messages can be received and SMS (threaded view) and Email are also supported. The full QWERTY keypad takes the strain out of composing longer messages and weighing in at only 76g the Alcatel OT-255 is a lightweight choice for anyone looking for a basic handset on a budget. The battery offers an impressive 9 hours of talk time or 400 hours on standby.

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The BlackBerry Bold 9780 runs the latest BlackBerry 6 OS, taking the BlackBerry range a step closer to perfection with the business orientated services being matched with an equally impressive set of entertainment based features. The new Bold 9780 can support all of your email accounts and run them through a single location. Productivity is also heightened with 3G, Wi-Fi and multitasking that allows you to jump from one open app to the next.

Services that will appeal to both business and personal users include GPS navigation with an intuitive interface that lets you use the trackpad or trackball to pan and zoom into BlackBerry Maps. Social network updates are delivered into the palm of your hand while the media player entertains you with music and video. A 5 megapixel camera has also been thrown into the mix and BlackBerry has generously provided a 2GB memory card (expandable to 32GB) to ensure that storage is no issue.

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a great business choice but shouldn’t be overlooked by the personal user too, as its feature set is as good as any fashion phone out there.

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