Best CDMA Cell Phones - 5-Way Navigation Pad Input Method, J2ME Data Formats

'Don't get me wrong - at roughly twice the thickness of your standard "slim phone," this handset bulges noticeably in the pocket of all but the baggiest pants.  '

'super-slim flip phone category'

'the navigation toggle is tricky to use.'

'The speakerphone is improbably loud, as are MP3/AAC/WMA ringtones'

'No Memory Card Slot.'

'Memory not expandable'

'the SPH-A580's design is ho-hum'

'Given Samsung's long history of pumping out silver flip phones, the SPH-A580's design is ho-hum.'

'Given Samsung's long history of pumping out silver flip phones, the SPH-A580's design is ho-hum.'

'The PCS Vision browser was slow, taking a while to load between pages.'

'The PCS Vision browser was slow, taking a while to load between pages.'

'It's a tad expensive'

'It's a tad expensive if you pay full price ($179), but service rebates knock it down to a more reasonable $29.'

'While we have already cited the lack of a high-quality screen, which obviously affects the video playback, we were also disappointed with the buffering of streaming video when attempting to replay a clip, as well as the mismatched sound and video, which never quite seemed in sync'

'The camcorder mode takes 15- to 30-second, 176-by-144 videos of the usual poor camera-phone quality.'

'Sprint's Ready Link handsets just look a little ridiculous'

'The Sanyo RL4930 has a dull, bulky design with tiny keypad buttons, and audio quality is inconsistent'

'The Sanyo RL4930 has a dull, bulky design with tiny keypad buttons, and audio quality is inconsistent'

'somewhat poor 240x240-pixel resolution'

'You can't select multiple messages (for deletion or transfer to other folders), and you can't choose whether to delete downloaded mail from the server.'

'small overall screen size'

'The Samsung MM-A920 isn't that flashy as far as multimedia phones go; in fact, its all-black shell looks decidedly nondescript,'

'Cell connections were crisp and clear through both the headset and the phone's earpiece with no noticeable Sprint echo, but we did hear some warble on cell-to-cell calls.'