So you need to begin by asking yourself some questions, such as: what do you need? Specifically, what do you intend to do with your phone? If text messaging and access to email is important to you, then you need a phone that will allow you to do all of that. If not, then you can save a lot of money by choosing a more standard phone.

You will even need to decide what kind of keypad you want, what kind of keyboard, and whether you want a flip phone, a simple handset, or a slider.