Best Budget Phones Under £200 (Autumn 2021)
Best Budget Phones Under £200 (Autumn 2021)
Reviewing the best budget smartphones of 2021 that I’ve personally tested, with a price under £200 UK. Here’s my favourite top 12 phones right now that boast dependable cameras, strong enough performance for gaming on PubG and CODM, plus respectable specs. Motorola, Nokia, Realme, Xiaomi and Poco all make the cut.
Recently I’ve been a fan of the Nokia G50 and Motorola Moto G50, which offer a stock Android experience. That clean UI means less draining performance, and fast updates (in the case of Nokia certainly).
Xiaomi and Poco offer some of the best budget camera phones in late 2021. The Redmi Note 10s and Poco X3 Pro are solid all-round handsets, with sharp, punchy displays and good performance for gamers too. However, MiUI won’t be loved by everyone, especially with the crapware and slow updates.
What’s your personal favourite affordable phone right now? Let us know in the comments below!
Best Budget Smartphones of Autumn 2021 Chapters:
0:00 – Pointless talky bit
0:56 – Moto G30
2:36 – Moto G50
3:37 – Moto G9 Plus
4:45 – Moto G9 Power
5:50 – Nokia 5.4
7:20 – Nokia G50
8:39 – Oppo A53
9:41 – Poco X3 Pro
11:33 – Poco M3 Pro 5G
12:27 – Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s
13:15 – Xiaomi Redmi 10
13:38 – Realme 8 5G
FAM! Need to replace my Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact as the battery life is emptying faster than Uncle Spurt’s drinks cabinet. Would like it ideally as compact as poss, 128GB plus storage, front firing stereo speakers and waterproofing. All the usual bits and bobs like NFC wanted, 5G ambivlent. Any ideas?
please make another mid range phones video at the end of the year!
Great.. BUT you never say RAM/ROM sizes….! WHY. I use my phone for photo editing and DJI mini 2 use..I need to know. So hey, please!….
Haha so funny😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching your vids since 1year. Still using my Iphone 4 no apps working. Subscribed for that
Nice Weird Science reference there Chet
hmm surprised samsung not here
One video idea. Opinion on mobile phone contracts.
Mate you are a brilliant presenter. I could and do watch you a lot. Another great video.
I’m wondering when you’ll have your Sky Glass tv review up ?
Chris I’d steer away from Realme got the Pro 6 didn’t even last the 2 years more like 8 months 🤬💩got the 7 5G from them not impressed Boo Hiss 😔 👎🏻👎🏻 Black Friday Boxing Day Jan Sales can’t come soon enough 📱💰💰💰
fyi The moto G20 is practically the same phone (as the g30) with a main 48mp camera and a different soc with comparable performance and better colors (imo)
Im still luvin my mi 10 t lite – does it all with all day battery too 👌
One trick, Samsung sells high quality lower cost GSM phones meant for Latin America but support any language. You can only order them online such as from amazon.
I’m stuck between Mi 11 Lite, poco X3 pro and oneplus Nord CE.Obvious choice might be X3 pro but I can’t get over the looks, size and weight of it. I’m leaning towards Mi 11 lite. Any advice? Thank you!
Can’t ever skip the "talky bit" section in beginning. Sets the tempo
I thought the realme 8 had a amoled screen?
Is Poco X3 Pro using an LTPS IPS display?
Before oppo got recognized by the masses and were a lot cheaper I got a great A series with 4gb RAM, 128gb storage and a great battery. I use it as my second phone and it even has android 11 now. 129 quid in the amazon sale. bargain. I use it for all my dodgy stuff haaha
cant stand MIUI its so bad, i had to send my Poco X3 back the next day. They are great specs but the time it takes to sort a launcher and stuff id had enough. I might go for the Nokia’s if they have good RAM, 6gb or more for me
Have you got your hands on the new realme GT 2Neo?
Don’t buy HMD Global Nokia phones! They are the worst in quality. Software bugs and hardware failures are very common. Here in Finland 🇫🇮 when I visited a big tech shop 2 weeks ago and looked at Nokia smartphones the seller came and said what kind of price is suitable for you and I said about 200€ Euros is enough. Then he suddenly said "I wouldn’t look at those Nokia phones" and I asked why not is it the bad value low specs for the price? He said "No not that. Because so many customers return them for not liking them plus that too many units are also returned as broken units needing service".
Right now nothing beats PocoX3 Pro gonna buy soon 💪
And mister Winnie the pooh is listening with you
@Tech Spurt. I think you got a scammer trolling your comment section on your videos. They are asking for Gift cards as a form of payment to cover custom charges, for a prize that the original commenter has supposedly won.
Bro copy and pasting his own videos
Lol uncle spurt these youngins don’t know what the hell WAP is.
Nokia are not that quick with updates, still waiting for my Nokia 6.2 being updated to Android 11. Some good phones on offer.
Nice review. Can you please do a review of the Samsung galaxy a22 4G. Thanks
I wish Mr Barracuda would take some time to answer our questions in the comment section.
NOKIA ❤️
Redmi10 for me. Daily driver and casual gaming! Thanks👍👍👍👍🙌
I thought the one plus 8 was under 200
i got samsung a52s 5g and its the best value for the performance i think
Been watching your channel being a fellow Geordie and currently following the Xiaomi deals. I’m torn between the Redmi Note 10S 6Gb 128Mb, Note 10 Pro or the X3 Pro. There’s a £60 increase to the 10 Pro from the 10S, I know it’s extra qualities but is it worth that extra? May wait until the 10 Pro comes onto the daily sales again. What would you choose from this week’s offerings? Thanks.
Poco X3 Pro is on another level. Yeah, its price is a little bit higher, but man…120hz, snapdragon 860, 8GB Ram and 256GB memory for around 250 pounds is the best deal you can get!
Cheers for the timestamps mate, deffo grabbing Redmi 10S, really loving that Poco M3 Pro Yellow design but brightness quite weaker on that one.
Excellent round up, we have seen some good phones this year, my favourites in this list are the first two Motorola’s and the Nokia 5.4, currently am using the 3.4 and loving it but wait if it’s getting dark and grey in the UK maybe it’s time for a trip to Africa.
Wow…what.a video…🙂☝️
Need a compilation of value flagships please
Sir ples your Instagram id
Just throw all the motorolas and nokias out, everything else is recommendable 😁😁😁
can you please leave a link for that Dio wallpaper on Redmi 10
Oppo Find X2 Lite -old but still a great device and for some reasons only 199£ at Argos.
I m still rocking on Poco F1 its been 3 years.. security update is 2020-12-01 next update coming soon i guess..
Promoting Stock phones ia really good, but it also comes at a cost of some good features, if possible please make a video on disadvantages of Stock Android 🥺
"Come & take my hand in a purely platonic passion" 😆😂🤣
And let’s be honest, when looking at the Poco and redmi offerings, the rest is a ripoff.
Nice one man.. What’s the top 3 that you would personally choose from 3 to 1.?
Basically, thank the Chinese for redefining quality to value.
The same is happening in the TV market with Hisense (especially) and TCL hammering the competition.