User Rating:
Good: The Cobra iRadar works with or without a connected Android or iOS smartphone. Its car charger has a powered USB port for the paired smartphone. A free app helps you fine-tune the iRadar's sensitivity and discern between actual alerts and false positives, as well as monitor for traffic cameras and speed traps.
Bad: We still ran into a number of false positives during our testing, requiring quite a bit of interaction with the app for the first few days.
Bottom Line: The Cobra iRadar is justifies its entry-level price as a good radar/laser detector. And when paired with a smartphone running the iRadar app, it becomes a much more flexible and useful speed management tool. [Read more]

User Rating:
Good: The ZTE Merit has a responsive touch screen and great speaker quality, and it's a prepaid, no-contract device.
Bad: The Merit's camera is mediocre, its voice quality could be better, and it's bulky.
Bottom Line: As an entry-level prepaid handset, the ZTE Merit is reliable, reasonably priced, and easy to use. [Read more]

User Rating:
Good: The ZTE Merit has a responsive touch screen and great speaker quality, and it's a prepaid, no-contract device.
Bad: The Merit's camera is mediocre, its voice quality could be better, and it's bulky.
Bottom Line: As an entry-level prepaid handset, the ZTE Merit is reliable, reasonably priced, and easy to use. [Read more]