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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Samsung S8000 J?©t review
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An excellent multimedia phone with gorgeous colours on its large screen, and plenty of apps to help you organise your social life.
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£293 with £25 per-month, 18-month contract from Vodafone; £293 inc VAT from Handtec
Nokia E55 review
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Nokia's decent hardware is let down by its choice of operating system, which is outdated and lacks developer support.
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£241 inc VAT
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520 review
Mobile phonesThe 8520 has an accurate trackpad button, good application support and is great for music, but lacks GPS and high-speed 3G.
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£199 per-month, 18-month contract from Orange; £187 from Handtec
T-Mobile Pulse review
Mobile phonesA decent screen and camera, and a more customisable version of Android, but the highlights are the pay-as-you-go tariff and reasonable price.
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£180 with £23 per-month, 18-month contract; £176 inc VAT Pre-pay
ALK CoPilot Live 8 review
Mobile phonesCoPilot is a good-value app, but it crashed so often in our tests, it's best avoided unless a future update fixes all the bugs.
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£26 inc VAT
Navigon MobileNavigator British Isles review
Mobile phonesA good satnav app that will frustrate some with its lack of seven-digit postcode entry.
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£53 inc VAT
TomTom For iPhone review
Mobile phonesSolid navigation, but this expensive app lacks too many of the features that make TomTom's standalone units so good.
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£60 inc VAT
BT Mobile Broadband
Mobile networksUnbeatable value as part of a BT Total Broadband package, and still remarkably inexpensive when bought on its own.
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£50 with BT Total Broadband option 1 or 2, £10 with option 3; £130 inc VAT without BT contract
Toshiba TG01 review
Mobile phonesGreat hardware, screen and design, but it's expensive and let down by Windows Mobile's dated interface.
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£449 inc VAT SIM-free
Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB Black review
Mobile phonesThe new iPhone is a superb piece of design and engineering. It's expensive, however, and we don't like Apple's closed software system.
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£538 inc VAT pre-pay; £274 on £29-per-month, 18-month contract