When you are buying a new phone, the first thing you should consider is making sure you buy something which has decent mobile phone coverage. If you are stuck with something that barely gets a signal in your house or at your place of work, then you really might as well not have the phone! If you can’t call people up or manage to get online then it is pretty pointless having the thing!

You will find that if you approach the mobile phone companies they should actually be able to tell you if you will have signal on any particular phone or network as long as you supply them with your post code. By doing this you can at least be sure that the phone will work when you get home with it!

When it comes to choosing a phone, there are of course many different options. You might find it quite hard to narrow down your options because it will seem like there is a phone for you for every day of the week! Try to find something with applications which make sense to your everyday life. I like to send a lot of emails from my phone so I choose a Blackberry Torch 3g Orange and this suits me down to the ground. It is all down to personal choice – just make sure you find out as much as you can about the phone prior to buying. If you are after something a little bit fancy and cutting edge, then you could consider going for the Nokia N8 Vodafone deal which is doing the rounds at the moment. They have an excellent price for this new phone which features tons of up to date cutting edge features such as a glossy touch screen and great online connectivity. It’s a real return to form for Nokia and well worth checking out.