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Read expert reviews about the latest and popular smartphones and compare their features. Find the best smartphone deals in the UK. HTC Desire, HTC Wildfire reviews.

3 offers Nokia X7 Smartphone

Mobile broadband operator Three (3) has just launched the sale of Nokia X7 smartphone in the UK.

Nokia X7 offers solid, attractive, stainless steel case, 4″ touch screen display and the latest ‘Symbian Anna’ operating system. This smartphone comes with 8 megapixel camera and 720p video recording capabilities.

Nokia X7 smartphone will cost £379.99 on a pay as you go (PAYG) deal from Three.

3 also offers two contract options to help the customers to get the device without paying the hefty, one-off cost.

The Nokia X7 – One Plan bundle will cost just £35 per month (24 month contract). Three’s One Plan (All You Can Eat) offers unlimited internet,2,000 minutes and 5,000 texts.

Nokia X7 Smartphone Review and 3 Mobile bundles

Alternatively, customers can also choose 1GB internet plan which includes Nokia X7 handset, 500 minutes and 5,000 texts for just £30 per month on a 24 month contract.

Specification

  • Smartphone: Nokia X7
  • Display: 4″ AMOLED touchscreen
  • Screen Resolution: 360 x 640 pixels
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • MicroSD: up to 32GB
  • Operating system: Symbian Anna
  • Camera: 8 megapixel resolution
  • 3G, HSPA enabled: Yes
  • Connections: WiFi,Bluetooth
  • GPS enabled: Yes
  • Battery life: 4-6 hours
  • Weight: 146g

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc comes with quite larger, 4.2″ display and thickness of just 8.7mm.

This slim smartphone uses Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and technologies like Bravia Engine and Exmor-R to provide excellent images on display and improved video and photos via its 8.1 MP rear facing camera.

You get numerous connectivity options on this phone including Wi-FI (wireless N), Bluetooth and 3G mobile broadband (HSPA).

The HDMI connectivity enables you to connect Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to your TV set and view the videos.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Smartphone Review
Other excellent features available on this handset include nice video recording (720p), various internet applications (Yahoo, Google mail, Google map) and integrated GPS.

Specification

  • Smartphone: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
  • Processor: Qualcomm MSM8255 (Speed: 1GHz)
  • Display: 4.2″ TFT screen (Res: 480 x 854 pixels)
  • 8.1 Megapixel Camera
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Support 32GB memory card
  • 720p HD Video Recording
  • Connectivity: GSM/GPRS/3G/HSPA
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • HDMI
  • GPS enabled
  • FM Radio
  • Battery: 420min Talktime, 400 hrs standby
  • Dimensions: 8.7mm X 125mm X 63mm
  • Weight: 117g

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Deals

Three Mobile broadband offers Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc with its One plan (All You Can Eat mobile broadband).

Blackberry Curve 3G smartphone Review

With Blackberry Curve 3G smartphone, you can access mobile internet on the go, to browse the web, send and receive emails and get in touch with the world via social networking apps like Twitter, FaceBook, and eBay.

Blackberry Curve 9300 (3G) smartphone comes with full QWERTY keyboard, trackpad and keyboard backlighting to help you to type messages faster and easily. The built-in wirleless modem comes with tethering capability means you can use the smartphone as a modem to access mobile broadband on your laptop/netbook.

In many features, Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 smartphone resemble the earlier Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone. Both come with shiny looks, same dimensions, weight and 2 megapixel camera.

Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 also comes with GPS and Blackberry Maps to help you to navigate safely through roads.

This smartphone comes with good battery life of up to 5 hrs (use time)

Specifications

  • Device: Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 smartphone
  • Display: TFT LCD, 320 x 240 pixels
  • Screen: 2.4″
  • Memory: 256MB on-board, supports microSD card
  • Operating system: Blackberry 6
  • Camera: 2 megapixel, no flash
  • Internet: 3G mobile broadband, HSDPA
  • Connnections: USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS
  • Wi-Fi: 802.11 b / g / n
  • Apps: SMS, MMS, internet browser, java, email app
  • Dimensions: 60 x 109 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 106 g
  • Battery life: 4 hrs use time

Blackberry Curve 3G Smartphone UK Deals

Mobile service providers Three (3), T-Mobile and Orange offer Blackberry Curve smartphones FREE when you sign up to their mobile broadband contract.

HTC Desire

HTC Desire is an excellent smartphone for browsing the internet on the go. The powerful processor and glossy, high resolution, large screen (3.7 inches) and fast, built-in web browser brings the best out of your mobile internet broadband. Continue reading

Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone Review

The new, attractive, affordable BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone comes with Qwerty keyboard, trackpad and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Along with qwerty keyboard that helps you to type the messages faster and easily, BlackBerry Curve 8520 also comes with excellent apps to effectively use your social networking like twitter and facebook.

Email feature in this smartphone allows you to create up to 10 emails. Every time this phone alerts you when a mail is received.

Trackpad is another unique feature with this smartphone. The touch sensitive pad is fairly easy and accurate to use while reducing the smartphone size to more compact and handy.

Low pixel (2MP) camera and lack of GPS are the downsides of this phone.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 is not 3G mobile broadband enabled smartphone, although there is wi-fi connectivity to help you to connect to high speed internet on the move.

Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone Review

BlackBerry Curve 8520 is available in black and blue and other colours.

Specifications

  • Display: 320 x 240 pixels
  • Dimensions: 60 x 109 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 106 g
  • Camera: 2 megapixel, no flash
  • Memory: 256MB on-board, supports microSD card
  • Connnections: USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (no GPS, no infra red)
  • Does not support 3G mobile broadband, HSDPA
  • Apps: SMS, MMS, internet browser, java, email app
  • Battery: 270m talk time, 400 hours standby time

Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone price and UK deals

Mobile broadband providers Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and O2 offer Blackberry Curve 8520 deals with prices starting from just £15 on a 24 month contract. The deals include FREE handset, call minutes and texts.

HTC Smartphones – Comparison

HTC is a leading Taiwanese company manufacturing mobile computer devices, touch phones, PDA phones and smartphones.

Apple’s main rival in smartphone market, HTC manufactures a wide range of smartphones which compete with iPhones, Blackberry and other best smartphone brands.

Features

On the vivid screen of HTC smartphones, images and movies look so real and natural. The touch screen allows you to switch from one app to another in lightning speeds thanks to the high power processor in the HTC smartphone which makes it faster when you flick through apps or access mobile internet broadband on the go.

HTC is the first smartphone maker to use Google’s Android operating system in its devices.

HTC Smartphone

With HTC smartphone devices, you can be in touch with people and share information via facebook, twitter and flicker. HTC users can also access a wide range of apps including games, social-networking apps and all latest apps designed for Android mobile devies.

Best HTC Smartphones – HTC Smartphone Specification

Provider CPU Speed and phone memory Display Camera Internet Other features
HTC Smart .300MHz speed, 256MB 2.8″ TFT-LCD touch screen, 320 x 240 pixel 3 MP 3G enabled, 3.6Mbps Brew®Mobile Platform, Bluetooth
HTC Legend .600MHz speed, 512MB 3.2″ touch screen, 320 x 240 pixel 3 megapixel 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS
HTC Desire .1GHz speed, 512MB 3.7″ touch screen, 480 x 800 WVGA 5 MP, 720p HD 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS
HTC WildFire 528MHz speed, 512MB 3.2″ touch screen, 240 x 320 QVGA 5 megapixel 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS, Sharing widgets
HTC 7 Pro .1GHz speed, 512MB 3.6″ touch screen, 480 x 800 WVGA 5 MP, 720p HD 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Windows OS 7, Bluetooth, GPS
HTC WildFire S 600MHz speed, 512MB 3.2″ touch screen, 320 x 480 pixel 5 megapixel 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS
HTC Incredible 1GHz speed, 1.1GB 4″ touch screen, 480 x 800 8 MP, 720p HD 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS
HTC Salsa 600MHz speed, 512MB 3.4″ touch screen, 480 x 320 5 megapixel 3G enabled, 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Tethering Android, Bluetooth, GPS