Top 10 Games Phones

What makes a great mobile gaming handset? Naturally it needs to have good video and audio performance, which we check with techy specialists JBenchmark and MorphMark, as well as on live games. But a phone also needs a comfortable design, fair battery life and enough on-board memory to store a decent games collection.

Game support is obviously crucial too: if a handset struggles to run most of the best new games and some back catalogue classics, it's unlikely we'll feature it here. Finally, it doesn't hurt that you can actually call people on it!

	Sony Ericsson W550i Strolling straight into number one, this colourful Walkman phone boasts impressive audio-vidual performance as you'd expect. Yet it's the landscape gaming option complete with console-style buttons that leaves this head and shoulders above the rest. Read the review
	Nokia N-Gage QD Well it had to feature highly didn't it? After all, the little devil is designed specifically for gaming. It may not be the most powerful handset around, but its game-friendly form is unsurpassed. Brilliant for Java titles as well as its own cartridges, some of which are classics. Read the review
	Nokia 6630/6680 Weighing in with impressive figures in our MorphMark test, these near identical 3G monsters both feature solid thumb pads and palm-friendly design, a big screen to show off great visuals and most importantly staggeringly huge games catalogues. Read the review
	Nokia N70 Offering similar gaming grunt to the 6680, the slicker design and enhanced features of this smartphone (the video capture is astonishing) easily merit their own entry. As with all Series 60s the game catalogue including Java and Symbian titles is extensive.
	Sharp 903 A real return to form for Sharp with a slick looking phone that plays a blinder in the gaming arena. The 903's 3D figures topped the JBenchmark 3D league at the time of writing (improving on its already impressive 902 predecessor). Only the slightly flimsy-feeling joypad keeps it from a higher entry.
	Sony Ericsson Z520i Put aside the W550i and this is a worthy front runner in a very strong Sony Ericsson gaming field. Performance is equally solid in 2D and 3D Java games and this compact clamshell offers its bang for far fewer bucks than most of its competitors.
	Sony Ericsson K750i/K700i Okay, so neither of these models are exactly the new kid on the block and the older model though still a PG favourite is lagging a little in terms of raw power, but for their friendly forms (fab joypads) and sheer game support there's few to match. Read the review
	Motorola V980/V975 Great audio and video performance mean that although this chunky devil looks like one of the earlier 3G models, it nevertheless remains one of the best for gaming. Motorola's best games phone yet, but needs a little more memory
	Sony Ericsson V800 This early 3G phone is still a multimedia marvel that's as happy playing videos or MP3s as it is with games, 3D or otherwise. The flat joypad works fine once you've got used to it and a good screen and large catalogue is only slightly tempered by the limited battery life. Read the review
	Sanyo S750 A new kid on the block this, Sanyo's first UK handset to be precise, but it's a good start. Big screen, brilliant joypad, solid visual performance, if its game collection increases, you can expect to see this storming up the charts.

Also consider:
Bubbling just outside the top 10, but still definitely worth a look are:

Motorola C975	Toshiba TS921	Siemens M75	Samsung SGH-D600
Sony Ericsson W800i	Nokia 6230	Sony Ericsson K500i	Toshiba 803