These are the mid-range phones that shone brightly over 2022 and stood out above the competition.
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(Pocket-lint) – After a couple of relatively quiet years in the smartphone market, 2022 saw a plethora of models released from a wide range of manufacturers. As always, the mid-range market is a hotly contested space with a lot of very similar devices, and it takes something special or out of the ordinary to stand out in a very crowded space.
There’s so much choice in the £250-£500 segment that it can be difficult to make a choice. We’ve seen multiple handsets from Xiaomi’s sub-brands, Poco and Redmi, as well as Samsung’s A-series, Motorola’s Edge 30 series, OnePlus’ Nord and even brands like Google and Apple getting involved. In short: there were a lot of devices to sort through for the EE Pocket-lint Awards 2022.
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What’s exciting in this market is seeing technology usually reserved for expensive flagships start to trickle down to the more affordable devices. Whether that be super-fast charging or top-tier cameras.
Best £250-£500 phone of the year: Google Pixel 6a
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The Pixel 6a stood out in a very crowded market thanks to Google’s focus on delivering the core Pixel experience, but in a phone that costs a lot less and has all the charm of the Pixel 6 that came before it.
