If there could be just five phones in the world…

Updated: June 4, 2008

Charged begins its Five Phones Hotlist by asking the question, if the world could only have five phones, which ones would we have. That’s right – out of all the phone that exist in the market today (we can’t include anything until it’s available on the street) – which five would we have.

From issue to issue, we’ll update this list: either as better devices become available, or, possibly, as readers campaign to have their favorite’s included in the list. This is where the Charged Five begins:

1. The Iconoclast: Apple iPhone

While it lacks some of the cutting-edge features that the hardcore mobilist demands, this is the device that changed the industry forever more. Nothing has brought so much revolution to the mobile device as this beauty. Expect this to only be displaced by the 3G version.

2. The Heavyweight: HTC TyTn II

The mac daddy of the Windows Mobile powered world. The only thing missing is the kitchen sink (oh, and maybe a hardd rive might be nice). From full QWERTY keyboard to 3.5G downloads, from touchscreen (with iPhone-esque touchflow) to built-in GPS, this monster can do whatever your mobile dreams can imagine. If it can’t, no one can.

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3. The Veteran: Nokia N95 (8mb)

While Nokia is starting to feel old fashioned in the PC-to-mobile crossover era, this bad boy can still kick ass and take names. Fast, great cam,etc. Spec-wise, it’s hard to beat. And for now, Symbian is still an operating system that works as well as any.

4. The Bling: Vertu Diamonds Signature

For those who just need to scream, “Look at me!” there’s the Vertu Diamond Signature. Low points on high-tech features, but check out those diamonds — 943 small brilliant cut stones around the sides, and 48 larger rocks for the buttons. If you need to ask, “how much?” you can’t afford it.

5. The Saturday Night Special: Samsung X828

Big points for being small. Must fit discretely in jeans pocket. Must be able to text from a nosiy bar. Should be cheap enough that in the event you become so drunk that you lose it, that it’s no big deal. Currently, the record holder for world’s thinnest mobile (just 6.9mm) is still the nearly two-year old (eww!) Samsung X828. Don’t expect this one to stay on the list for long — we’re getting drunk tonight and losing it in the first noisy bar we find.

Tell us what you think. Do you agree / disagree? Did we miss something?