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The best mid-range phones in 2025, as tested by us

Forget the flagships and save some money with the best mid-range phones we’ve tested and reviewed

Ben Johnston 12 November 2025

The best budget smartphones to buy in 2025 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

Ben Johnston 12 November 2025
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Motorola Moto G56 review: The best budget phone* *As long as you can get it at the right price

£199

Ben Johnston 10 November 2025
Motorola Edge 70 review: The best ultra-slim phone yet But that’s quite a low bar

£699

Ben Johnston 7 November 2025
recommended

Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max review: Not even the best iPhone Big, fast and with brilliant battery life, but the iPhone 17 Pro Max is not quite the best iPhone

£1199

Jonathan Bray 7 November 2025
Best smartphone 2025: Tested and reviewed by our experts The best smartphones to buy, as revealed by our experts’ in-depth testing

Ben Johnston 5 November 2025
best buy

Apple iPhone 17 Pro: Hello plateau The best of the 2025 iPhone bunch, combining three excellent cameras with stonking battery life – just ignore the ugly camera bump

£1099

Jonathan Bray 15 October 2025
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold review: Down with the thickness Making it dust-tight is a huge achievement, but Google is still behind the foldable curve with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold

£1749

Ben Johnston 14 October 2025
Sony Xperia 1 VII review: Oh how the mighty have fallen Between the high price and plateauing camera quality, the Sony Xperia 1 VII can’t keep up with this year’s best flagship phones

£1399

Andrew Williams 13 October 2025
Apple iPhone Air review: A new type of iPhone, but haven’t we seen it all before? A lovely phone with an ultra slim frame and pocket-friendly weight – but it has only one camera and that camera bump is massive

£999

Jonathan Bray 8 October 2025
The best Android phones in 2025 Looking for a new Android phone? These are the best Google-powered handsets we've tested to date

Ben Johnston 7 October 2025
Xiaomi 15T review: Bigger but not exactly better The Xiaomi 15T has a bigger display and longer battery life than its predecessor but is otherwise a disappointing update

£549

Ben Johnston 26 September 2025
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Xiaomi 15T Pro review: All the phone most people need The Xiaomi 15T Pro impresses with hardware that's well above its pay grade – but software still holds it back

£649

Ben Johnston 25 September 2025
Inside the new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile SoC Qualcomm’s latest platform is deemed the fastest mobile chipset ever – and after seeing it in action, I believe that claim

Ben Johnston 25 September 2025