Because your choice of phones will be limited to those compatible with your service provider, select your provider first (see
the "Service extras" section of the January 2006 report on
Cell phone service, available to subscribers). Then use these guidelines to select a phone:
Decide on how you'll use it. The range of capabilities you want will steer you to a particular type of phone.
See our Ratings of
cell phones and
service carriers (available to subscribers). Compare cell-phone service plans using our
cellular-plan selector (powered by TeleBright.com).