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Cell Phone Reviews & Cell Phone Profiles

Your cell phone rabbi describes with simplicity the pros and cons associated with the latest cell phones on the market so you can decide which is the best fit for you. Reviews are hands-on, rated articles. Profiles are unrated articles describing a phone’s feature set, height and weight, battery and marketplace differentiation without hands-on experience.
Mega List: Best Budget, Texting, Slim, Camera, Rugged, Green Phones
Here you’ll find the best cell phones overall as rated by About.com, the best text messaging phones, best phone batteries, best camera phones, best budget phones, best lightweight phones, best slim phones, best green phones and best rugged phones.
Best Budget Cell Phone Gift Ideas
Whether you’re seeking the perfect cell phone gift for the holidays or any occasion, this list helps you find some of the best and most unique at prices you can afford.
Best Touch Screen Cell Phones
While smartphones (i.e. with operating systems) are known for having touch screens, many cell phones have them, too. This list features our best touch screen cell phones.
Best Budget Cell Phones at Various Carriers
While we all have different priorities when buying a new cell phone, there’s one certainty we can all agree on: we always want to get a good deal and never want to spend more than we have to. This list has your safe bets.
Best Budget Cell Phones Sorted by Carrier
This is a list of our best cheap cell phones sorted by the four major carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
Best Cheap Verizon Wireless Phones for $50 or Less
If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer seeking to replace or upgrade your cell phone, this list highlights some sure bets at budget-friendly prices.
Best Cheap T-Mobile Phones for $50 or Less
If you’re a T-Mobile customer seeking to replace or upgrade your cell phone, this list highlights some sure bets at budget-friendly prices.
Best Cheap AT&T Phones for $50 or Less
If you’re an AT&T customer seeking to replace or upgrade your cell phone, this list highlights some sure bets at budget-friendly prices.
Best Cheap Sprint Phones for $50 or Less
If you’re a Sprint customer seeking to replace or upgrade your cell phone, this list highlights some sure bets at budget-friendly prices.
Best Rugged Cell Phones
Does your line of work require you to sport a rugged cell phone or do you need a heavy-duty cell phone that can stand up to advanced wear and tear? About.com has you covered with this list of our best rugged cell phones.
Best Lightweight Cell Phones
For some, we seek light cell phones to reduce “pocket bulge” and weight carried. We make it easy on the lightweight seekers with this list of our best lightweight cell phones.
Best Slim Cell Phones
If minimizing your “pocket bulge” is one of the most important cell phone factors for you, you’ll appreciate this About.com list of our best slim cell phones.
Best Cell Phone Batteries
We all have different criteria when selecting a new cell phone. For some, having the longest-lasting battery is the deal maker or breaker. We’ve done the research for you and present you with our list of the best cell phone batteries.
Best Camera Cell Phones
Not all cell phone cameras are made equal. This About.com list of our best camera phones will help you understand the varying degrees of quality and features.
Best Cell Phones as Rated by About.com
To help you narrow down your search with some well-vetted selections, About.com presents to you its list of our best-rated cell phones.
Father’s Day Gift Ideas: Cell Phones for Dad
Men love their tech toys. You can spoil dad rotten with cell phones packed with many megapixels or a wide array of Bluetooth accessories to make his life more practical.
User Answer: What’s Your Best Budget Cell Phone?
We’d like to hear from you what you consider to be your best budget cell phone. Share your story so others can learn from you!
Best Cell Phones, Worst Cell Phones: 2008 Library of Reviews
Adam Fendelman – your About.com cell phones guide – presents his comprehensive collection of 2008 cell phone reviews ranked from best cell phone all the way down to worst cell phone.
College Girls, Boys Rejoice: Cheap Cell Phones For Very Low Budgets
This guide pays homage to the money-conscious college student by recommending cheap cell phones fresh from the handset makers.
CNET's Cell Phone Reviews
It never hurts to take into consideration a second opinion. CNET comprehensively reviews cell phones, too.
Mobiledia's Cell Phone Reviews
The cell phone resource site Mobiledia Corp. has a large archive of cell phone reviews.
Cellphonedia.com's Cell Phone Reviews
Cellphonedia.com regularly publishes reviews about the latest cell phones.
LetsTalk.com's Cell Phone Reviews
LetsTalk.com has a large library of expert- and user-submitted cell phone reviews.
PhoneDog.com's Cell Phone Reviews
PhoneDog.com has a large archive of expert cell phone reviews.
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