As everyone prepares for Christmas, it’s time to take a look at the top end mobile phones that will fight for attention this year: the Nokia N96 and Sony Ericsson X1. Nokia N96 – the multimedia monster Nokia’s Nseries handsets on a global success story. Since the beginning of the N70, they always have top-end range of Nokia mobile phones. And now they have a new flagship: the stunning Nokia N96. Choosing who will pick up where the N95 8GB, Nokia N96 complete with a 5-megapixel camera, GPS and super-fast, HSDPA internet access. In addition, you now 16-GB of memory, the Nokia N96, something that only a handful of mobile phones. As far as why they have so much memory. . . well, the Nokia N96 to a very specific function: Multimedia / Video concentrated. The video playback is fantastic, and it is the first phone, so you can see, and video from the BBC iPlayer, straight out of the box. After the Nokia N96, it is really equivalent to a small portable cinema in your pocket. And how many phones can you say that about? Sony Ericsson X1 – the sleek and the serious with the Nokia N96 is the latest phone from Sony Ericsson, and it is a phone for the Firsts. It is the first of the new Xperia range of mobile devices. It is the first mobile phone from Sony Ericsson will be built around Windows Mobile. It is the Sony Ericsson X1, and it is breathtaking. Clad in a premium metal body, takes Sony Ericsson X1 Windows Mobile and makes it attractive to a new disk interface. It is smooth, it’s fast, it’s incredibly easy to use and simply, Sony Ericsson X1 seems to be one of the best phones ever. They are also looking at some pretty cool features with Sony Ericsson X1: 3-megapixel camera, GPS, a fantastic multimedia player, and lightning-fast HSDPA internet. This is really the phone that you work, rest and play. Sony Ericsson X1 vs Nokia N96 – which you will release your money? So, both Nokia N96 and Sony Ericsson X1 in time for Christmas, which of these advanced phones, should you invest your money? Well, in truth, it depends on what you want most from your mobile phone. If you love the kind of person who phones entertain you every second, every day, with the latest TV programs, the best games, the coolest music and the best multimedia, then Nokia N96 is undoubtedly the phone for you. But if you want a better all-round mobile phone) with far superior messaging (because of its QWERTY keyboard, better access to the internet (thanks to the Opera browser) and a beautiful body, then the Sony Ericsson X1 is that you should seriously look right now!