10. INQ1 Facebook phone
Yes, the INQ1. We're almost as surprised to see it here as you are. But the INQ1 really is a fantastic budget option, which serves a specific purpose and does it well.
And since we're trying to include a fair range of good handsets instead of just turning this into an Apple/HTC blowout, the INQ1 rightly deserves its place.
The INQ1 is more commonly referred to as the Facebook phone, and is built around the concept of keeping you up to date with your social networking needs.
More specifically, the INQ1 comes loaded with Facebook, Last.fm, Skype and Windows Live integration. And for under £100, it's one of the best budget phonese and a veritable bargain.
9. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
While the Nokia N97 and 5800 XpressMusic phones are clambering over each other to gain attention at the more expensive range of the market, the 5530 offers something refreshingly different.
It offers a 2.9-inch touchscreen with a music-orientated interface and all for just £130. Probably the best budget touchscreen phone available today.
8. Motorola DEXT
Once a giant in the world of mobile phones, Motorola went quiet for quite a while. It made almost 10,000 people redundant in 2008 and the end looked in sight. However, the end has not arrived, and Moto has come back with a vengeance in 2009 with the much-mooted Motorola DEXT phone.
Free on contracts from around £30 a month, the DEXT is a Google Android-powered handset with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
What's more, Motorola has supercharged Android with its own customised overlay, called MotoBlur. It's similar in function to HTC's Sense UI although maybe not quite as likeable.
The trump card is that the DEXT is one of the best media phone available at the moment – which says a lot.
7. LG BL40 Chocolate
Probably the most striking of all the phones on display here, the latest LG Chocolate is the world's first full-widescreen 21:9 phone.
The chassis is a combination of metal and glass, with vibrant red plastic at either end, with the top housing the 3.5mm headphone port and the power/lock key.
It's designed from the ground up to be a media phone, and indeed, watching movies is a pleasure, as is navigating large music collections.
6. Samsung i8910 HD
If size matters to you, the i8910 HD is probably the largest handset in this group.
It's got a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, and it's as buff as they come, too, with the solid metal and plastic chassis contributing to the 148g weight (the iPhone 3GS weighs 135g).
The range of applications and features on the phone is staggering, and the touchscreen interface and response is Samsung's best yet.
You just have to work out if you want to be carrying such a large phone around with you everywhere you go...
5. Palm Pre
The Palm Pre was probably the most hyped phone of 2009. Hailed as the saviour of Palm, it initially promised to at least threaten the iPhone at the top of the touchscreen pile.
One thing's for sure, it's more suited for business users because of its slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
In fact, if you peek under the hood, you'll find a quick Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor, 8GB of internal memory, 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with A2DP stereo.
This is a capable mobile computer that supports multi-tasking, contact sync across multiple web services, and push email that could lead to swift adoption at companies both large and small, filling the void left by the popular Palm Treo from years ago.
In truth though, it's no iPhone-beater. But that's not in any way a criticism, more of a back-handed compliment to Apple in fact, because the Pre is still a seriously nice piece of kit.
4. HTC HD2
It's not out in the shops for another couple of weeks, but that's not going to stop the brand-spanking new HTC HD2 - codenamed Leo - from making our top 10.
It's enormous 4.3-inch touchscreen is hugely impressive. And the HD2 is the first Windows Phone to come packing the HTC Sense overlay interface, as well as a capacitive multi-touch screen.
It's lightning fast, and designed by HTC to compete directly with the Apple iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre for those big-spending business power users. It should be available for purchase on or around 11 November.
3. BlackBerry Storm 2
The much-maligned original BlackBerry Storm was a bit of a disaster for RIM. So the launch of the Storm 2 is a vital moment for RIM as a company and a brand.
Luckily, the Storm 2 doesn't disappoint. The sleek and weighty feel of the Storm 2 is that of a quality piece - the SurePress screen needs that around it. It's also busting to the seams with applications pre-installed, and a 2GB card isn't too shabby either.
We have big issues with the SurePress technology which drives the Storm 2's interface, but even so, this is a great handset for the usual BlackBerry target audience.
2. Apple iPhone 3GS
What? What's this? The Apple iPhone in at number 2? That's right, folks – the iPhone has been beaten into second place.
There's no denying the quality of the iPhone, and really it could just as easily have come out on top. Still though, we'll get to that on the next page.
The iPhone 3GS is a stunning handset. It's faster than the iPhone 3G and also has a better camera, so if you're thinking of getting an iPhone for the first time, we reckon opting for the 3GS is a no-brainer, even if the 3G is slightly cheaper.
1. HTC Hero
there's a reason why the HTC Hero has received so much praise this year – it's brilliant. End-of-year award ceremonies aplenty are naming the Hero as best gadget, best mobile phone and so on, and rightly so.
It's the most complete Android handset to date, and as such it's the only phone out there that can really claim to compete with the iPhone.
In truth, it's probably not better than the iPhone. But it's certainly no worse either, so we thought it only fair to give it the top spot – not least because of the huge potential that Android is bringing to the table.
The iPhone is no longer the out-and-out best touchscreen consumer phone on the market, and for that we can be grateful because competition brings with it innovation, which for us can only be a good thing
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