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Exclusive: Music phone chartBy Sindre Lia, 13 July 2007
The music phone market has evolved in the right direction lately; find out what's going on here.

With the launch of Apple's iPhone, a serious issue with music phones was addressed; namely storage capacity. Verizon Wireless has already answered by releasing the LG VX8550 that bundles a 4GB memory card, and we expect more of that kind to come later this year. Within a year or so, we'll likely not even consider phones for this chart unless they come with at least 4GB of memory.

The chart below ranks phones based on the total music player experience. The "Storage" column is based on internal memory or optional memory packages from the carrier stores, and the amounts in the "Price" column includes the extra costs associated with the optional memory packages. Since new memory formats are rolling out almost as often as top-rated music phones; make sure to write down its specifications before shopping memory cards separately in computer stores (that are usually cheaper than carrier stores).

MUSIC PHONE CHART
Name Score Storage Price Price/GB
iPhone 85% 8GB/1500 tracks $600 $75 Read more...
VX8550 80% 4GB/800 tracks $250 $60 Read more...
W880i 80% 1GB/200 tracks $400 $400 Read more...
N95 80% 1GB/200 tracks $650 $650 Read more...
Muziq 75% 1GB/200 tracks $140 $140 Read more...
Ocean 70% 2GB/400 tracks $340 $170 Read more...
V3xx 70% 1GB/200 tracks $150 $150 Read more...
5300 70% 1GB/200 tracks $75 $75 Read more...
UpStage 60% 1GB/200 tracks $120 $120 Read more...
Best Multimedia phones
Name Score Price Carrier
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Sony Ericsson W760 72% $180AT&T
Samsung Instinct 72% $230Sprint
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 70% $50T-Mobile
LG Chocolate 3 70% $100Verizon Wireless
Samsung Highnote 68% $100Sprint
Nokia 5610 XpressMusic 67% $100T-Mobile
Motorola Zine ZN5 67% $100T-Mobile
Sony Ericsson W580i 66% $80AT&T
LG Decoy VX8610 65% $180Verizon Wireless
Helio Fin 64% $30Helio
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