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"Just to re-iterate, I've had the following brand new top-end smartphones pass through my hands just in the last four months:
- Nokia E72 (tiny 2.4" screen, no Podcast client) - see the AAS review
- Samsung i8910 HD (super hardware but let down by lack of official support, poor battery life - see below - and illegible screen in the sun - ditto) - see the AAS review
- HTC Desire (poorish speaker, poorish battery life, and again illegible in the sun) - see the Phones Show review
- Google Nexus One (as above, but with less HTC-ised software package) - see the Phones Show review
- Sony Ericsson X10 (terrific screen, poor battery life, appalling mono speaker) - see the Phones Show review
- Sony Ericsson Satio (buggy, poor Xenon-integration, cheap plastics. And did I mention it was buggy?) - see the AAS review
- Sony Ericsson Vivaz (poor screen in sunlight, inconsistent interface(s), exposed camera glass, no camera flash) - see the AAS review
- Motorola Milestone (poor keyboard, poor keyboard and, yes, a poor keyboard, ruining the device's USP) - see the Phones Show review
- HTC Legend (screen a little small, Sense UI a bit overwhelming, poor battery cover arrangement, usual OLED in sunlight complaint) - see the Phones Show review
- HTC Hero (screen small again, plasticky, speaker quiet) - see the Phones Show
If the above seems as though I'm being picky, then you'd be right, but remember that I do this for a living and that I picked just as big a list of negatives for the N97 at the top of this article. We're still a long way from the perfect, faultless smartphone."