The mobile phone has truly become an all encompassing device, with the latest high-end handsets having evolved into portable Passepartouts - giving us video on demand, music whenever we want and the ability to communicate in a multitude of ways.

Cheap phones are not to everyones' taste, but if you're one of those who'd prefer to keep their pride and joy safe at home with a warm blanket and some Ovaltine, then the Virgin Mobile Nokia 1661 could well do as a workhorse on nights out.

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