Despite bearing the name "Desire", the HTC Desire C is a pretty low end smartphone running Android 4.0, rather than a replacement for the popular HTC Desire and Desire S.

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The first Curve handset to come with 3G, the BlackBerry Curve 9300 is a useful upgrade to the previous Curve in both hardware and software terms.

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A very low cost messaging phone with social networking features and WiFi, the Nokia C3 should have a lot of appeal for younger consumers.

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Sony's first own-brand foray into the smartphone market continues with the high-end and very impressive Sony Xperia S Android device.

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Windows Phone 7 handsets can be hard to tell apart, the HTC 7 Mozart makes it a little easier by packing an 8 megapixel camera and a Xenon flash.

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The elegant, Android 4.0 based Huawei MediaPad 10FHD is the first 10 inch tablet to come to market with a quad-core processor.

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A combination of precision engineering and a fearsome price tag will guarantee that the TAG Heuer MERIDIIST is an exclusive device.. but is it any good?

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We see a lot of high-price smartphones these days, but as the Nokia 103 demonstrates.. there are a lot of people who just want a simple and very cheap mobile phone.

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Panasonic are back in Europe after a six year absence with the Panasonic ELUGA smartphone. But is it sufficiently different from rivals to make an impact?

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Heading exclusively to India, the BlackBerry Curve 9220 lacks 3G and GPS but it does do all the other things that BlackBerry devices are good at.

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The cheapest Windows phone from Nokia so far, the Nokia Lumia 610 offers something distinctly different from rivals at a very attractive price.

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A clamshell feature phone in 2012? Apparently, yes.. the Motorola GLEAM+ is a basic but attractive device that does at least look different from almost everything else.

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What's the simplest solution for a better battery life? A bigger battery of course! The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a cell twice as big as the standard RAZR.

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Confusingly enough the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is the third version of the Galaxy Ace handset, featuring a relatively big screen with a modest internal specification.

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A QWERTY keyboard equipped messaging phone with a compact touchscreen, the Nokia E6 seems to offer excellent support for corporate collaboration tools.

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A mid-range phone with a couple of very interesting tricks, the Sony Xperia Sola is a touchscreen that doesn't even need you to touch it.

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The Samsung Galaxy Pocket is a compact and cheap addition to Samsung's Android family. But is there really any point to this device, or does it just add to the muddle?

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Another large tablet from Samsung, but the powerful new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is more about creating content than just looking at it.

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A compact and attractive smartphone, the LG Optimus L3 is a pretty low end device despite its good looks. Can it appeal to a niche market?

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The world's first dual core smartphone, the Android based LG Optimus 2X throws down the gauntlet to rivals and shows how serious LG is about succeeding in this market.

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Following the Galaxy Note into the oversize smartphone (or undersized tablet) arena, the LG Optimus Vu is an LGE device heading initially to Korea only.

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A rare appearance of an LTE smartphone in Europe, the LG Optimus TrueHD LTE is heading for Germany and perhaps some other markets sometime this year.

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They look like normal inexpensive "candy bar" phones, but the Nokia Asha 202 and 203 pack a small touchscreen and the 202 also takes two SIM cards.

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Claimed by its manufacturers to be the world's fastest smartphone, the quad-core Huawei Ascend D quad is certainly a very impressive handset.

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LG has another attempt to popularise 3D in phones with the LG Optimus 3D Max. But does anybody really care about 3D in mobile devices?

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A confusing and rather stupid name overshadows what is a pretty good midrange handset. Meet the Samsung Galaxy S Advance.

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Remember the iPhone 4? Well, it's still on sale. Apparently Sony remember that too, and the Sony Xperia U seems to be competing with that model head-on.

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Projectors in smartphone aren't a new idea, neither are they a very successful idea. Still, the Samsung Galaxy Beam is at least a very impressive piece of kit.

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It's not really mini and it faces tough competition from other Samsung smartphones, but the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 is quite attractive and will hopefully be cheap to buy.

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Not a smartphone, but a mini tablet that's a bit simpler and quite a lot cheaper. But is there really a market for something like the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2?

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The DEFY+ is already a pretty tough and practical smartphone, UK consumers can now get the even tougher Motorola DEFY+ JCB Edition.

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) comes with Android 4.0 ICS, and although it looks superficially different from the old version, underneath it is almost identical.

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A more affordable device than the Xperia S, the Sony Xperia P is still very desirable and powerful and comes with a useful optional docking station.

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Slotting into the same market segment as the beautiful but expensive Legend, the HTC Gratia is a practical midrange Android smartphone.

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One of the most anticipated handsets of the year, the Samsung Galaxy S III is bigger, faster and more stylish than its predecessor and is very desirable indeed.

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The Samsung S5200 is an attractive slider phone aimed at mass-market customers. But does it offer good value for money against tough competition?

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Nokia take a massive leap forward when it comes to camera technology with the Nokia 808 PureView, featuring an astonishing 41 megapixel camera sensor.

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An inexpensive touchscreen phone, the Nokia C5-03 certainly seems to offer good value for money. But does it make too many compromises?

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The end of the year is always quiet.. but the start of the new year goes with a bit of a bang. We look at some of the new handset releases during December and January.

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With an almost impossibly slim design, the Huawei Ascend P1 and P1 S are impressive to look at, and they happen to be very powerful as well.

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A mix of the familiar and the new, the HTC One V combines their classic unibody case with a midrange smartphone running Android 4.0

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The smartphone wars are over, and there is only one real winner. You know it, we know it.. so we've decided to stop pretending. Welcome to the iPhone Gazette.

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March 2012 was a quiet month, apart from the massive hype surrounding the new iPad and the deepening woes at BlackBerry maker RIM.

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An unfamiliar form factor outside the US, the almost square Nokia X5-01 is a very noticeable messaging phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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About as low-end as Android smartphones get, the Samsung Galaxy Y is cheap, capable and may well win over feature phone customers.

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At last a replacement for the Curve 9300, the BlackBerry Curve 9320 comes with a few minor hardware updates and a very much refreshed operating system.

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Panasonic's second recent handset announcement, the Panasonic ELUGA Power is a powerful device with a big screen, and it is waterproof too.

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No matter what features your Android smartphone has, one thing it could always use is a bigger battery! The Motorola RAZR MAXX helps to address this.. if you live in China.

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The third generation of Samsung's original tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) adds Android 4.0 but takes away some features at the same time.

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February 2012 was a busy month for new releases because of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, with most manufacturers demonstrating new products.

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