Where to buy mobiles and UMPCs

There are hundreds of places to buy or browse phones online. Here are the main locations recommended by UK Mobile Report:

1. Operators

3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone

2. Virtual operators (also known as MVNOs)

BT Mobile, Virgin, Tesco, Toucan

3. The large independent retailers

Carphone Warehouse, Phones4U

4. Online Retailers

e2Save (Carphone owned), Dialaphone, Directphoneshop, In2Mobiles, The Link, Mobiles.co.uk(Carphone), MobileExpress, Mobileshop, Mphone.co.uk, OneStopPhoneShop (Carphone), OnlineMobilePhoneShop, Phones2Udirect, Simply3G.co.uk, UKPhoneShop

5. Handheld Retailers

Clove Technology www.clove.co.uk, Devicewire www.devicewire.co.uk, Dynamism http://uk.dynamism.com/, EasyDevices www.easydevices.co.uk, Expansys www.expansys.com, Handtec www.handtec.co.uk, PowerupMobile www.powerupmobile.com, TotalPDA www.totalpda.co.uk, Widget www.widget.co.uk

6. Accessory Retailers

MyMemory www.mymemory.co.uk, Picstop www.picstop.co.uk, Portable Power www.portable-power.co.uk

7. Vendor specific

Nokia for Business, Scancom (BlackBerry)

8. Big Brands that also sell mobiles (links to to their mobile sections)

Woolworths, John Lewis

And finally....

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