- Bluetooth
Bluetooth allows users to pair with other Bluetooth devices. This allows a wireless connection to a Bluetooth headset or carkit so that you can carry out a conversation without the need to hold your handset. Particularly useful for conversing whilst driving.
- Built-in handsfree
You can use this phone's built-in speaker to listen to incoming or outgoing calls and music handsfree.
- Camera
Almost all mobile phones now come with a built in camera and their quality is increasing to rival many stand alone point and shoot cameras. For example, the HTC Desire HD has an 8 megapixel camera, which enables you to take great photos, on the go.
Take a look through the mobile phone deals we have by camera quality or feature:
8 megapixel cameras
5 megapixel cameras
Image stabilizer
Flash
- EDGE for high speed data access
High speed data access
- Email
This phone is capable of sending and receiving email
- FM Radio
Allows you to tune into FM Radio channels, the headset is used as the antenna.
- GPRS
Stands for General Packet Radio System. This basically allows you to browse internet websites using your phone. GPRS is mainly used for text based information - getting football results, checking train timetables, reading the news etc. GPRS is not bad at downloading pictures, however it is slower than 3G. You can use GPRS to received and send Multimedia messages such as a text with a picture.
It is advisable to choose a 3G handset for decent download speeds of videos and pictures rather than GPRS, however GPRS is pretty good for text based information and pictures with lower definition.
- Internet
You can browse the Internet using your phone. The speed of browsing is dependent on the handset in question for example if the phone is 3G then your browsing speed will be significantly higher than a GPRS phone.
- MP3 Ringtone
You can choose an MP3 song from your MP3 player on your phone and set this as your ring tone on this phone
- Multimedia Service MMS
Allows you to send and receive picture messages
- Polyphonic ring tone
Polyphonic ringtones are ringtones that play several types of tones at a time (up to 70 in recent phones)
- SMS - text messages
Short message service - allows you to send and receive texts
- VGA
Maximum of 720 horizontal pixels, the picture quality is basic
- Video player
Plays videos
- Video recorder
Records videos
