The best cheap phones aren't anywhere near as flashy as the very best phones, but they do excel at the basics and, as a result, offer great value for money.

A selection of the phones we tested for this article. Pictured: the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 and Poco X7 Pro (The Independent) We tested each of the best cheap phones by swapping it out for our normal ...

In this round-up article I'm going to run through my pick for the best cheap iPhone options ... it was one of the first high-end smartphones from Apple that didn't really compromise on features.