2nd phone

The title for best primary phone or handset is being constantly disputed by so many manufacturers -- there's the iPhone, then the best of Android, Nokia's selection and RIM's BlackBerry bet. Back in the days, most people I see that uses a second phone prefer the simple and cheap candybar phones. I reckon the most important factors that determine a secondary phone would include - battery life, affordability and size or form factor. Let's go do a survey among those of you who owns a second or third phone. Do hit the comments and answer this -- what's your ideal secondary phone or handset and why? While every iPhone fans are waiting for the supposed August/September release of the iPhone 3G in the Philippines, I've rounded up some of the top choices for iPhone 3G alternatives and compared them side by side. I had 4 most likely candidates as a great iPhone alternative -- the HTC Touch Diamond, Nokia N96, Samsung i900 Omnia and the Sony-Ericsson Xperia. My choices were mostly based on large-screen, touchscreen smartphones -- one major area where the iPhone claims supremacy. Read more in our articles including "Poll: What's your ideal 2nd phone/handset?" and "Top iPhone 3G Alternatives".