Cell phone review site

December 15, 2005 9:53 AM

Is there a cell phone equivalent to dpreview? There seems to be plenty of user reviews and sites more interested in selling you phones, but I would like a more unbiased opinion with some actual testing/benchmarks/results.
posted by corpse to Technology (9 answers total)

I've always found cnet.com's cell phone reviews very helpful. They have size comparisons with pictures, they test actual battery life versus stated battery life, and lots more.
posted by agropyron at 9:58 AM on December 15, 2005

You've probably already seen Mobiledia and Phonescoop.
posted by box at 10:00 AM on December 15, 2005

howardchui.com? a little out of date at times but active forums.
posted by kcm at 10:00 AM on December 15, 2005

Mobile Burn always seems to have early reviews of new phones.
posted by mathowie at 10:11 AM on December 15, 2005

See also.
Gimzodo often links to good articles and other useful sites, despite not having much original content themselves.
Also, Picture Phoning is a neat site that's not quite what you're looking for, but is cool nonetheless.

Phonescoop, as box mentions, is completely insane. They offer massive feature comparison charts and unbiased reviews and really have it all together.
posted by disillusioned at 11:00 AM on December 15, 2005

there's also www.howardforums.com
posted by suni at 11:02 AM on December 15, 2005

Wow, this thread is awsome! I was totaly wondering about this (it's very hard to google for this kind of stuff since all you get are advertizements)
posted by delmoi at 1:33 PM on December 15, 2005

Third endorsement for PhoneScoop. You can filter by what you must have, what you desire, and what you don't care about, all at once. Crazy indeed.

Still hoping for a clamshell Palm phone to replace my Samsung i500 when it dies ...
posted by intermod at 7:50 PM on December 15, 2005

I second what delmoi said - AWESOME thread! In fact, I just created a Cell Phone Research folder in my browsers for the future. Thanks everbody. Oh, keep the suggestions coming.
posted by thebarron at 6:31 AM on December 16, 2005