The Tube is a great media device too, with the media bar accessible at all times. The Comes with Music functionality will open the handset up to a wealth of tunes, video looks crisp and nice, and photos, while slow to load, are OK to whizz through.

The verdict Unfortunately for the others, the iPhone lords it over all kinds of media, and we haven't even covered the YouTube ability of the handset...

OS

It might LOOK fancy, but how does it actually work in real life? A dodgy OS will make you want to cry every time you open a new menu screen... a slick interface might make you forget you're even using a phone.

The G1's interface is nothing short of breathtaking, even if it is more about the potential of Android rather than the way it works now.

It's slick, changes windows quickly and allows you to move in and out of applications with ease, thanks to the pull down menu.

The Tube's interface is a little cluttered throughout, and the simplistic menu system of old is starting to look a bit dated.

S60 is an ageing system, and although it's been re-designed for touch, it still creaks under multiple applications.

The media bar gives decent access to the important applications on the phone, but it still is slow when switching.

The iPhone's interface is the same as its home screen: it's slick, pretty and does the jobs, with easy application adding.

The verdict Android would probably win it based on the performance in the G1 alone... you add in the potential on other handsets and it's awe-inspiring.

Internet

It's not called a phone anymore according to Nokia - it's a multimedia terminal. With that in mind, if you can't browse the web is full whizz-bang fashion, then you'll feel sorely deprived.

The Tube's full HTML browser is slick and easy to use... however although it ran Flash it was still very slow to load pages (which may just be the 3G connection in the venue and the fact it's still a pre-production model) but seemed a bit sluggish overall... something common to the Nokia browser over the years.

The iPhone's internet experience, even sans Flash, is still the best mobile internet to date, and the multi-touch aspect with pinch-zooming is a veritable joy to use.