Best Cell Phones - CDMA 800 Network Type, Clamshell Style, J2ME Data Formats

'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.'

'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.'

'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.'

'We're rating the PM-225 pretty low because it's at the very low end of the feature-phone market.'

'Unfortunately, the narrow body of this 3.4-ounce clamshell creates a cramped dialpad.'

'camera is only VGA quality.'

'only 1MB of memory.'