Readers' Choice Phones
In PC Magazine's 18th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey, more than 9,000 of our readers told us their favorite cell phone manufacturers based on a carrier by carrier ba-sis. With this in mind, we've decided to pick out some of our favorite phones from those manufacturers, giving you the ultimate in Reader's Choice handsets.
It's interesting that our Readers' Choices aren't always our Editors' Choices. But that's because we award Editors' Choice for a specific product, and Readers' Choice for a manu-facturer's entire line. So where we might think the Motorola E815 is the best single example of a Verizon phone, our readers took a broader view and gave LG's whole product line the nod over the sum total of Motorola's offerings.
We'd make two other additional suggestions that deviate from the manufacturer lines se-lected by our readers. On Cingular's network, we have to admit to a lingering infatuation with the Nokia 6682. It remains an exceptional, yet low-key star, in our book. Another handset we love is the Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman, which is available on T-Mobile's network. It's one of the best phones available, period.
In This Roundup:
Motorola V551 (Cingular)
In our survey, Cingular customers chose Motorola handsets by a nose over those from Sony Ericsson. The V551, a reliable midrange phone with Bluetooth, a camera and a speakerphone, is an abiding best-seller. It will soon be replaced by the very similar V557, so look for that review soon.
Motorola RAZR (T-Mobile)
T-Mobile customers also chose Motorola phones, probably on the strength of the #1-selling cell phone in the nation, the RAZR. The iconic RAZR (also available on Cingular) has good sound quality and reception, making it an excellent voice phone.
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