Best budget phone 2024: The top cheap smartphones in the UK, as tested and reviewed by us
Looking to save money on your next smartphone? These are the best budget phones to buy in the UK, fully tested by our team of experts
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HTC Explorer review
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A pleasingly chunky smartphone, but it's not the best value budget model we've seen
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£130 inc VAT
Nokia Lumia 710 review
Mobile phonesAnother lovely Windows Phone 7 handset from Nokia, but the Lumia 800 just has the edge for value
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£255 inc VAT
Orange San Francisco II review
Mobile phonesThe San Francisco II improves on the original in every way, and, small amount of app storage aside, is a great budget handset
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£100 inc VAT
Griffin Beacon review
Mobile phonesAn interesting product that falls short due to problems with its learning capability
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£56 inc VAT
Intel Medfield smartphone – Benchmarked and review
Mobile phonesIntel's reference design and Lenovo K800 demoed
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Intel’s Medfield mobile chip will power Lenovo and Motorola smartphones
Mobile phonesLenovo's Intel-powered handset is China-only, but Motorola is all set for the US
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Huawei launches Ascend P1 and P1 S – Hands-on with “World’s slimmest smartphone”
Mobile phonesTwin handsets offer Android 4.0 and Super AMOLED screens
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LG Spectrum joins HD smartphone gang
Mobile phones1,280x720 screen designed for entertainment
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LG’s and VMware’s Android virtualisation software makes for work and home phone in one
Mobile phonesRun your work phone in your personal phone virtually
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Motorola Defy+ review
Mobile phonesThe Defy+ has the same great screen, camera and rugged build quality of its forebear, and adds better performance and battery life and a much-improved Android OS
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£228 inc VAT