The LG Prada Phone, HTC Advantage, and Sony Ericsson K800i

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July 24, 2007 |

We continue our look today at alternative ways to buy the cell phone of your dreams without having to sign a contract.

Expansys has been around for a few years and generally caters to the gotta have it now customers for whom price isn’t that big of a concern. However with the cell phones evolution into a status symbol more and more people are looking not just for the newest and greatest wireless product but for that elusive European phone that will never come across the pond. The sole purpose of which is to make all your friends green with envy.

Imagine the next time your at the mall and suddenly see a group from a nearby senior center all sporting the Jesus Phone with a holster that mounts right on their scooter. Suddenly that $600 investment doesn’t seem so cool anymore and it reminds you of the time your little kid sister asked to borrow your Metallica CD and it immediately made you question your belief system.

And that is why there is a huge demand for exclusivity and companies like Expansys are filling that void with the U.S. version of their popular U.K. site called Mobile Planet. It has virtually any phone you’ve heard of and a whole plethora of those that you haven’t.

Looking for a camera phone? Well how about the Sony Ericsson K800i Cyber-shot that sports a 3.1 mega-pixel camera with Autofocus and PictBridge technology.

A Smart Phone? Try the HTC Advantage on for size with it’s Tri-band HSDPA/UMTS, Quad band GSM/GPRS, a 624 MHz Processor, 128MB of RAM, and a 8GB HDD. Not to mention a massive 5” Touch Sensitive TFT LCD with LED backlight. As well as inbuilt GPS plus TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 and full detachable keyboard.

Name recognition? Try the LG Prada phone that looks every bit as stylish as the iPhone but adds a 3″ electro-conductivity LCD touch screen display with a stunning 320 x 480 pixel resolution, in addition to a 2 mega-pixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics.

However you do have to pay for all the goodies and some of the markups are surprisingly high but thats the price you pay for unlocked, unlaunched, and un-frickin-believable wireless phone technology.

GSM Arena Sony Ericsson K800i Review

CNET HTC Advatage Review

Mobile Burn LG Prada Review

Info and images courtesy of eXpansys