The LG KG800 Chocolate is indeed pretty, but its feature set and performance don’t back up its trendy design.

The ultrastrong G’zOne Type-V is a perfect phone for extreme sports enthusiasts. It lacks some key offerings but otherwise offers a decent selection of features and performance.

T-Mobile’s first Razr V3 comes in silver.

The midtier Nokia 6133 is well designed, packed with features, and performs well, too.

The Samsung SGH-C417 is a good choice for low-end cell phone users looking for a functional handset with just a few extras.

The Samsung SGH-C417 is a good choice for low-end cell phone users looking for a functional handset with just a few extras.

The Motorola Razr Amp’d Edition is a rebranded version of the Motorola Razr V3m. It is the same as the V3m in a lot of ways, except for the addition of the Amp’d interface and access to Amp’d Live content. This is probably the best phone in Amp’d Mobile’s lineup.

Despite a so-so design and similar performance, the Samsung SGH-T619 is still a decent mid-range cell phone, if you can find it at a good price.

If you don’t need the features of a full-fledged smart phone but crave the push e-mail capabilities, the BlackBerry Connect-enabled Samsung SGH-T719 is a good place to start; just be prepared to be frustrated by the SureType keyboard.

The Samsung SGH-T629 is a great-looking, slim phone with a solid feature set, despite a few design flaws.

While Vmoblogger may seem like a pretty good service for audio blogging, we’ve encountered better options elsewhere.

Though it works fine as just a phone, the Nokia 6315i doesn’t quite deliver on its 3G multimedia promises.

The LG VX3400 is one of the best basic phones we’ve laid our hands on, with simple and easy-to-use controls and a great compact design.

The Samsung SGH-T509 from T-Mobile now comes in plum.

The Nextel Motorola i615 is a variant of the Motorola i605.

The Sony Ericsson W710i is solid addition to Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phone line despite a few design hiccups and some missing features.

The addition of push-to-talk compatibility gives the Sony Ericsson Z525a a boost over the previous Sony Ericsson Z520a, but its smaller memory, poorer battery life, and persistently bad photo quality are detractions.

The Samsung MM-A900M has the same features as the MM-A900, but with extra personalization options.

Though its performance could be improved a tad, the Samsung SGH-X820 is an attractive thin phone with a nice assortment of features.

Despite a few niggling design flaws, the 3250 is a great multimedia smart phone with a truly unique design.

The Motorola Razr V3i brings iTunes to the popular Razr phones.

The Motorola Razr V3i brings iTunes to the popular Razr phones.

The Motorola Razr V3i brings iTunes to the popular Razr phones.

The Nokia 7370 is a decent fashion phone with a good mix of design, features, and performance.

The Nokia 7370 is a decent fashion phone with a good mix of design, features, and performance.