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Nokia N95<br />
$749 • nseries.com<br />
The N95 is one of the most<br />
feature-packed phones money<br />
can buy. Its biggest asset<br />
is a 5-megapixel camera with<br />
Carl Zeiss optics for taking<br />
the sharpest, most vivid pics<br />
you’ll get from a phone (though<br />
autofocus is quite slow). Also<br />
notable is the Transformeresque<br />
two-way slider design<br />
—a keypad glides out of the<br />
bottom, and music controls<br />
slip out the top—for switching<br />
between phone and media<br />
player (and for making you feel<br />
like Morpheus).<br />
WIRED Huge 2.6-inch screen.<br />
Records 30-fps video. Extras<br />
galore: 3.5-mm headphone jack,<br />
TV output connector, infrared<br />
port, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM radio, and<br />
1-GB memory card.<br />
TIRED Fattest in this bunch<br />
(0.8 inch). Lags when you<br />
open media player. Standby<br />
mode saps battery charge. And<br />
you thought the first iPhones<br />
were expensive?<br />
Samsung<br />
UpStage<br />
$150 with two-year<br />
contract • samsung.com<br />
The least pocket-filling of all<br />
the phones we checked out,<br />
the 0.4-inch-thin UpStage<br />
uses a two-faced design:<br />
a keypad on one side, media<br />
player on the other. But some<br />
of the phone tasks (dialing,<br />
texting, entering contacts)<br />
must be handled on a<br />
minuscule 1.3-inch screen,<br />
and the constant flipping, just<br />
to go from playing a tune to<br />
dialing a call, gets tiresome.<br />
WIRED Tiny and light (2.6<br />
ounces). Decent 1.3-megapixel<br />
camera. Included battery<br />
pack doubles as protective<br />
case. Access to Sprint TV and<br />
its Music Store; 99-cent song<br />
downloads on the go.<br />
TIRED Weak speaker. Must<br />
exit music player to access<br />
most other functions. Flipping<br />
back and forth grates, as does<br />
having to press a special button<br />
to switch between sides.<br />
Sanyo<br />
Katana DLX<br />
$180 with two-year contract •<br />
sanyokatana.com<br />
Sanyo’s newest weapon in<br />
the mobile phone wars has a<br />
decidedly old-fashioned design.<br />
Looks aside, it’s a passable<br />
multimedia phone: The interface<br />
is efficient, and built-in<br />
GPS serves up turn-by-turn<br />
directions that beat static,<br />
collision-inducing Google Maps.<br />
Support for Sprint’s TV and<br />
music services means you’ll<br />
never be bored at the DMV<br />
again. It also comes in pink,<br />
if that’s how you roll.<br />
WIRED Easy-to-carry,<br />
0.6-inch-thick design. Sharp<br />
QVGA screen. Sensible button<br />
layout. Keys have nice bounce.<br />
Included 128-MB microSD<br />
card is better than nothing.<br />
TIRED Kinda fugly. Uninspiring<br />
build quality. Mediocre<br />
1.3-megapixel camera. No<br />
external music controls.<br />
Rather pricey considering<br />
what you actually get.<br />
Mobile Phones<br />
SNEAK<br />
PEEK<br />
Sony Ericsson K850i<br />
$399 • sonyericsson.com<br />
Weight-conscious gadget lovers<br />
have long sought the ultimate cell<br />
phone/digital camera combo. Sony’s<br />
forthcoming Cyber-shot call-andshoot<br />
may just be it. The K850i boasts<br />
a 5-megapixel autofocus camera complete<br />
with xenon flash. Besides snapping<br />
stills, it shoots 30-fps QVGA video and<br />
can send photos and clips to your blog.<br />
No optical zoom, but it does include Sony<br />
Ericsson’s BestPic feature, which lets you<br />
take multiple photos in rapid succession,<br />
then pick the best of the lot.<br />
DUE ON SHELVES December 2007<br />
WORTH THE WAIT? If the shutter<br />
speed and image quality are indeed up<br />
to Cyber-shot standards, we’re sold.<br />
WIRED TEST<br />
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