Less than $20 Cell Phones

The Bottom Line: Despite a few missteps, the Verizon Wireless Razzle's unique design makes it one of the better midrange phones in Verizon's lineup.

Specs: CDMA 1800/1900 (Dual Band), With digital camera / digital player

The Bottom Line: The Motorola Entice makes for a decent midrange multimedia phone, especially if you care about call quality.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 330 min, With digital camera/digital player, 3.6 oz

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Intensity is a simple entry-level messaging phone with a few multimedia goodies that's very affordable and easy to use.

The Bottom Line: The Samsung SPH-M240 is simple to use, though we heard some static during calls.

The Bottom Line: While not the flashiest or the most feature-rich device, the RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip for Verizon Wireless is a decent and affordable choice for first-time smartphone buyers.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 210 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.6 oz

The Bottom Line: Though its plastic design and photo quality are unchanged, the HTC Ozone offers a more affordable price tag, improved features, and better voice quality than its Sprint HTC Snap counterpart.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 290 min, 3.7 oz

The Bottom Line: The LG Glance is an affordable sleek and stylish entry-level camera phone for Verizon Wireless customers.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 260 min, With digital camera, 2.9 oz

The Bottom Line: The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 brings a number of improvements and additions to make it a nice upgrade to the Curve 8300 series. That said, AT&T offers other QWERTY smartphones that include 3G support and for less.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), 330 min, 3.9 oz

The Bottom Line: The Samsung SGH-T349 is a simple, good messaging phone from T-Mobile--as long as you're willing to use a partial QWERTY instead of a full keyboard.

Specs: GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band), Up to 420 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.2 oz

The Bottom Line: The Kyocera Jax is a functional cell phone, but there are better basic handsets in Virgin mobile's lineup.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 200 min, 2.5 oz