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The phones that give trendsetters their cache:

You know who the showoffs are. They don't keep up with the Joneses, they are the Joneses: first on the block to get the latest and greatest. This year has seen the feature set--and price--of top-level cell phones surge. Powerful handsets have been introduced from nearly every manufacturer and are enough to put many computers to shame. They come loaded with everything: Music players, 2 Megapixel cameras, 3G data speeds, video and TV playback, Bluetooth and even Wi-Fi. Some are fat, some are thin. The name of the game this year is cache, and these phones have it. Oh, and they also tend to make decent phone calls, too.

AT&T: Apple iPhone Find out more Buy this phone	Sprint: HTC Touch Find out more Buy this phone
T-Mobile: Motorola RAZR2 Luxury Edition Find out more Buy this phone	Verizon: LG VX10000 Voyager Find out more Buy this phone

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