Simple Phone Reviews

Motorola RAZR

£420 Dec 2011

4 out of 5 stars

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray

    4 out of 5 stars

    £300 SIM-freeSep 2011

    Sony Ericsson's super-compact 'junior Xperia Arc' aims to show that 'budget' smartphones needn't mean compromise…

  • LG Optimus 3D

    4 out of 5 stars

    £600Jul 2011

    The world's first glasses-free 3D smartphone

  • LG Optimus 2X

    4 out of 5 stars

    £440 SIM-freeApr 2011

    Powered by Nvidia graphics and a dual-core processor, is LG's Optimus 2X twice as nice?

  • Nokia X3 Touch and Type

    3 out of 5 stars

    £160Nov 2010

    Nokia offers its very first combination touchscreen/keypad phone – the perfect blend or a muddled mess?

  • Modu Phone

    2 out of 5 stars

    £130Aug 2010

    The micro mobile with multiple personalities is finally here. But is it really worth plumping for instead of a full-on smartphone?

  • Puma Phone

    4 out of 5 stars

    £from freeJul 2010

    Puma takes five from stitching sports apparel to bring us its debut handset – a solar-powered active touch phone. Grrrrrr

  • Alcatel OT-808

    3 out of 5 stars

    £from freeJul 2010

    Alcatel’s latest clamshell effort wants to be the best in its budget class. But do you really want a square phone?

  • Nokia 2720 Fold

    3 out of 5 stars

    £from freeJul 2010

    Nokia’s budget flip-out phone kicks it old school, but are the specs a tad more up to date?

  • Samsung Monte

    4 out of 5 stars

    £from freeMay 2010

    It may lack a smartphone IQ but Samsung’s affordable Monte touchphone is so well connected it’s hard not to be impressed

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness

    3 out of 5 stars

    £650 SIM-FREEApr 2010

    Sony Ericsson has branched out into the designer phone market with the Pureness – the first handset to sport a transparent screen

  • LG GD510 Pop

    3 out of 5 stars

    £from freeNov 2009

    The first bona fide budget touchphone, the LG Cookie, tasted sweet success. Can its follow-up, the LG Pop, taste similar chart success?

  • Sony Ericsson Yari

    3 out of 5 stars

    £from freeNov 2009

    With its Nintendo Wii-like gesture controls, the Sony Ericsson Yari is looking to oust the iPhone as the casual gamers number one handset

  • Sony Ericsson Aino

    3 out of 5 stars

    £from freeNov 2009

    Sony Ericsson’s Aino lets you remotely access multimedia booty on your PS3. But is it slick enough to entice PlayStation fans?

  • INQ Mini 3G

    4 out of 5 stars

    £from freeOct 2009

    The INQ1 ‘Facebook’ phone was a godsend for the impoverished social networker – and now its successor has added Twitter to the menu