Your guide to the latest and best mid-range smartphones of 2021, with the top phones from £250 to £600 we’ve reviewed this year.
Not everyone can afford a flagship phone like the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra or iPhone 12 Pro, but the good news is that plenty of cheaper devices offer an excellent experience all the same. Some are half the price or even less, so don’t panic if your bank account is looking a little bare and you’re in need of a new smartphone. Here, we have reviewed and ranked the best mid-range phones you can buy today. We’re defining a mid-range phone as one that costs between £250 (the higher limit of our even cheaper budget phones chart) and around £600 in the UK, on a SIM-free basis. You’ll find anything more expensive than that in our general best smartphone ranking, which tends to focus on flagship fare, along with our pick of the best Android phones.
