The best phone that I have ever owned is my current Nokia Lumia 620. It gives me and provides me everything that I need and I want. However, I miss the physical keyboard on the Nokia N97 mini.
My 8X without a doubt, but I will always have a soft spot for my C6-01. Symbian still has some advantages over WP8.
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Rocked a Nokia E63 not too long ago. That thing was nearly indestructible, and the battery lasted for days on end with heavy use. It did messaging and multitasking better than windows phone ever has. That being said I love my 710.
Close second would be my Motorola Razr V3i.
I was in college back then, and this was pretty much the *only* phone on which I could text with my hands under the desk. No complicated software, no touch nonsense. 4 buttons and a numpad.
Nokia 3200..virtually indestructible. Threw it, accidentally soaked it under water, spilled a lot of things at it, but it was still there. It died at the timely day of our post-thesis celebrations for some unknown reason and I miss it.
The best phone I ever had was my Sanyo 5600 on Sprint. The phone could take a beating, never froze up and could get signal anywhere. Plus it had the new EVDO high speed internet (back when that was a big deal) and incredible sound quality. I'm hard pressed to think of anything that was more reliable than that phone.
Samsung SGH Z500v. This was the Bomb back in the Day, 2 Screens, 2 Cameras. And everything else was unstoppable. Lumia 920 is cool, but today it just went down out of nowhere and it took some time to get it started again. Battery LIife and Management are also not that epic, just makes it my number 2 favourite phone ever.
I really dig my lumia 900 but I really did love my Nokia e71.....my experience with that phone is what made me loyal to Nokia. Probably wouldn't have come to Windows Phone if not for Nokia haha. Happy I did though!
Think it'd be a tie between my Bold 9650 and Nokia e71. After that it would be my current Lumia 900. Beautiful, sturdy, smooth, with the modern everyday features I use for work and play.
1st place: Iphone 4: I had 3G connectivity so I was always on it and truly enjoyed my experience. Never had an issue with battery life even with 3G and heavy usage each day. It was a bit flimsy (I dropped it on its back and the glass shattered. I convinced Apple to replace the device though. Great CS!).
2nd place: Nokia E72: My first foray into the smartphone world. Loved that phone and it was incredibly sexy (sexier than my iphone 4 in my opinion). Extremely sturdy too...dropped it multiple times and never had a scratch.