Well when i buy any techie stuff i look at,1)resale value, 2)after sales support & features.
In South Africa the mobile industry is HUGE! & nokia is top of the tops,in terms of market share,so to sell my old nokia doesn't take much hard work.
Also here Samsungs are popular but they never seem to have spares to fix the damn mobiles, i suppose its a logistics thing, but that bothers me alot.
I dont care about looks as long as its packed with features, cause im probably 1 of the few people that actually uses a phone to its full capacity.
Good phone are Sony Ericsson W900i, Nokia N80 or V3i
1)Sony Ericsson W900i
2mp camera,3g,420MB internal memory & optional expandable memory up to 2G!
2)Nokia N80
3mp camera,3g,wifi,expandable memory as well
3)Motorola V3i
Same as the old V3 Razr but with kick ass 1.3mp camera & external memory option - the sexiest phone of the lot!