In #50: UITableView -registerClass:forCellReuseIdentifier:, I wrote about using UITableView -registerClass:forCellReuseIdentifier:. But if you use UITableView, you wouldn't be able to use any style other than UITableViewCellStyleDefault. The only way to work around it is to implement a subclass for each style you want to use and pass them to -registerClass:forCellReuseIdentifier: instead. E.g. to use UITableViewCell with UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle, do this:

@interface TableViewCellStyleSubtitle : UITableViewCell
@end

@implementation TableViewCellStyleSubtitle
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString*)reuseIdentifier {
    //Hardcoded to UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle 
    if (self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]) {
    }
    return self;
}
@end

and then use it like this:

[self.tableView registerClass:[TableViewCellStyleSubtitle class] forCellReuseIdentifier:@"Some Identifier"];