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CNET Reviews - Most Popular Cell Phones and Accessories

Rank Most Popular Titles
1 LG Dare (Verizon Wireless)
The LG Dare is an innovative and feature-rich handset with several surprises that sets it apart from other touch-screen phones.
2 Apple iPhone 3G (16GB, black)
The iPhone 3G delivers on its promises by adding critical features and sharper call quality. The iTunes App Store is pretty amazing, and the 3G support is more than welcome. Critical features still are missing, and the battery depletes quickly under heavy use, but the iPhone 3G is a big improvement over the original model.
3 Samsung Instinct
The Samsung Instinct stands out as one of Sprint's finest devices to date. It's just too bad its call quality could use some improvement.
4 LG Vu
Despite a few quibbles with the touch screen, its full features and excellent performance make the LG Vu one of the hottest phones this year.
5 LG Voyager - VX10000 (Verizon Wireless)
Though we had some minor complaints here and there, the Voyager's sleek design, generous feature set and excellent performance make it the best LG messaging and multimedia phone by far.
6 AT&T Tilt
The AT&T Tilt promises to be the carrier's most powerful smartphone for business users with its full range of wireless options, Windows Mobile 6, and innovative tilt screen.
7 Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 (Verizon Wireless)
The Samsung Glyde is a powerful cell phone with decent performance, but its touch-screen design and controls don't complement its features.
8 LG enV(2) - black (Verizon Wireless)
The LG enV(2) is not much more than a slimmed down version of the enV, but it still serves as an excellent high-end messaging phone.
9 LG CU720 Shine - silver (AT&T)
Though we had a few quibbles with the phone's design, overall we were pleased with the LG Shine CU720's impressive style and feature set.
10 Samsung SCH-i760 (Verizon Wireless)
The Samsung SCH-i760 goes big (literally), delivering a solid set of features and good performance to Verizon customers looking for a business-centric smartphone.
11 Nokia N95 - brown/silver (North American Edition, Unlocked)
The North American Edition of the Nokia N95 brings some notable additions, including 3G support and better performance, to make this powerful smart phone even better. However, it'll still leave a deep gouge in your wallet.
12 LG Decoy (Verizon Wireless)
The LG Decoy is an excellent phone on its own, but the addition of a built-in Bluetooth headset puts it over the top.
13 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)
Though we wish the smartphone supported Verizon's VCast multimedia services, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 is still an excellent smartphone that delivers on call quality and of course, e-mail.
14 Sony Ericsson W760i - black (unlocked)
The Sony Ericsson W760i is the best Sony Ericsson Walkman phone we've seen, by far. It corrects one of Sony Ericsson's usual design pitfalls while offering a generous feature set and satisfying performance. We can suggest a few tweaks that should make it a winner.
15 Apple iPhone - 8GB (AT&T)
Despite some important missing features, a slow data network, and call quality that doesn't always deliver, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated cell phone and MP3 player.
16 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320 - pale gold (T-Mobile)
The RIM BlackBerry Curve (aka BlackBerry 8320) for T-Mobile is the best BlackBerry we've seen to date as it offers Wi-Fi, best-of-breed design, and excellent performance.
17 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 - black (Sprint)
Despite some spotty call quality, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Sprint is a great messaging device with the bonus of EV-DO and integrated GPS. Plus, it offers more services than the Verizon BlackBerry Curve.
18 HTC Touch Diamond
The HTC Touch Diamond offers much in the way of sex appeal and flash, and it's certainly got a formidable feature set. However, we hope HTC resolves some of the performance issues we experienced before the smartphone is released in the States.
19 Sony Ericsson W580i - style white (AT&T)
The Sony Ericsson W580i is a stylish multimedia cell phone with good performance on all fronts.
20 LG Rumor - white (Sprint)
Though the LG Rumor is not as fast as we'd like, it's still a great messaging multimedia device for those who don't need a lot of speed.
21 Samsung BlackJack II - black (AT&T)
Although the Samsung BlackJack II doesn't bring any revolutionary upgrades, there are a number of welcome additions, including GPS and better performance, to make it a worthy successor and a good-value smartphone.
22 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8310 - titanium (AT&T)
Still offering an attractive design and excellent messaging capabilities, the addition of GPS makes the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8310 an even more attractive choice for road warriors.
23 RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - silver (Verizon Wireless)
The RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 improves on an already-impressive smartphone with the addition of GPS, video recording, and 3G support.
24 Pantech Duo C810 (AT&T)
Even though the Pantech Duo has an impressive feature set that include 3G/HSDPA support, we were ultimately disappointed with its subpar design.
25 Motorola Adventure V750 (Verizon Wireless)
Though its performance didn't hit the highest marks, the Motorola V750 offers a great design and a functional feature set.