by Ben Whyman

Created on: February 22, 2007   Last Updated: May 02, 2007

Speaking as a mobile phone sales consultant, and having worked previously in the softwaring and refurbishment of mobile phones, I have one or two opinions, with good backing.
Nokia is undoubtedly a market-leading handset, it was one of the first major manufacturers, even back in the days of the "Bricks", when you had the choice of Nokia, Motorola, and Phillips. Nowadays, with the ever-increasing and improving features on the handsets, there is much greater competition between the manufacturers. For instance, with the inception of Sony Ericsson, after the merging of the two companies, we have a new competitor, also Samsung, creating stylish, quality handsets, and with Motorola still high in the consumer list.

I'll give you a brief overview of the pros and cons of each manufacturer.
Nokia, world renound, absolutely fantastic quality phones, easy to use, good features, many come with games as standard, office tools, and now, with the integrated Symbian software, you can now use Microsoft Office programs on your handset, connect to the interet using a full browser, instead of a mobile browser, and even uplink SatNav software to your phone. The latest series, the "N" series, have this software available, as well as stunning digital cameras and mp3 players. For instance, the N73, a 3.15 Megapixel camera, the N93 has a 3.2 Megapixel camera, with a professional Carl Zeiss zoom lens, meaning you can record videos to DVD quality. The soon-to-be released N95 will have a 5 Megapixel camera. The N91 has 4 Gigabytes of internal memory, meaning you can store up to 4,000 music tracks, and all of these phones bar the N91 are 3G phones, which mean not only can you make video calls, but they have an increased connection to the internet.

The downside to these latest phones is the size. The N93 has retained the old-school "Brick" size, especially when opened, and as it is a flip phone, it does look rather rediculous when trying to make a call. The N91 has suffered many software issues, problems playing the music tracks, damage to the ribbons inside the slider, causing the phone to crackle when making a call. These phones have outstanding features, however the software is yet to be perfected, and although they do present a large screen, and have kept the ease of use that their predecessors had, the overall size of the phones is perhaps a little to big.

The main competitor, Sony Ericsson, have managed to overcome the size problem, whilst retained the all-important features. Although functions

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