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The 15 worst, WTF and best mobile phones of the decade

In Depth: The handsets that made us smile, weep and go hmmm...

December 31st 2009 | Tell us what you think [ 12 comments ]

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Looking back on a decade of decadent (or not) mobiles

The sun has nearly set on the first decade of the third millennium, and we have been truly blessed... with phones. Sodding millions of the things.

We've seen phones made from wood, plastic, glass (and one from cheese... but that's a story we swore we'd never tell again), we've seen mobiles that delighted, dismayed, made us go 'meh' and those that have made us curse our ridiculous laziness that we didn't at least look at them before agreeing to a 24-month contract.

Let's face it - there are mobiles out there that have excelled, but equally there are those that have had a team of crack designers working on them, cost millions to make, and are frankly rubbish.

So, without further ado - the best, worst and craziest phones of this century so far - extra TechRadar points for each one you owned.

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itdonut


October 29th 2010

12. Found one of my Dad's first mobiles the other day while clearing out the loft. It's the size of a small hardback, battery lasted about 6 hours so you had to have 2 spares and a charger with you all the time. And it has an extendible aerial... I miss those!

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barkotron


August 6th 2010

11. I'd like a lounge filled with hyper-intelligent octopuses. Please advise on purchasing options (or do I just need to make friends with them and then invite them round?).

I never had a Razr, so one of you mugs must have had four. Liked the look, but the keys were abysmal so no buy from me.

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funkmaster


July 22nd 2010

10. Siemens Xelibri 8 - thats the oddest phone i've seen

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kp455


July 22nd 2010

9. There are so many phones out there, old ones, broken ones, and very very bad ones!

I had a few of these types of phones laying about and i recycled them using http://www.cash4phones.com and got a really good price for them! Check it out!

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mikekl


June 21st 2010

8. New phone speculation aside, as long as I can access my

<a href="http://www.cibcswitch.com/mobile.aspx">banking info</a> it'll be good.

<a href="http://www.mthirty.com/transparency">MTHIRTY</a> has just shared a widget with you on behalf of CIBC

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r6babe


June 17th 2010

7. Come on now, NOTHING else compares to an iPhone! I have had a few phones in my time and the iPhone is just unbeatable.

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