Best Budget Smartphones Under £200 (Summer 2020)

Best Budget Smartphones Under £200 (Summer 2020)

Reviews of the best budget-friendly smartphones in Summer 2020, with a price under £200. Affordable mobiles from Motorola, Samsung, Sony, Realme and Xiaomi, with the greatest camera tech, performance, battery life and more. If you want a cheap Android for playing PubG, streaming movies and beyond, the Moto G8 (and Power Lite), Realme 6i, Xperia L4 and Redmi Note 8T will impress for sure.

I’ve got a lot of favourite phones that boast a budget cost, with Motorola still proving one of the greatest thanks to its Moto G8 and G8 Power Lite. However, the Realme 6i is a very strong rival, boasting that fresh Realme UI, a capable everyday camera and smooth enough performance when playing PubG.

Sony’s Xperia L4 serves up that 21:9 design for a lot less money, although it’s old Android 9 sadly. Meanwhile the Redmi Note 8T from Xiaomi is still a cracker, with its strong battery life and impressive camera performance.

So that’s my selection of the best budget smartphones you can bag in Summer 2020 for under £200. My full reviews will tell you everything you need to know if you’re still unsure, while my Moto G8 mega comparison shows the Motorola phones side by side.

50 Comments

  1. Sangbrit Kundu on January 24, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Sir nokia 7.2 best smartphone under 200 pound.



  2. Arjun Kumar on January 24, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    You really like cowboy bebop



  3. Below Poverty Thrift Saver on January 24, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Please make a video on phones under 100 pounds and another video for phones on the 60 pounds or 50 pounds



  4. FPH on January 24, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Budget



  5. martin wetherill on January 24, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    If you haven’t done a review on the ulefone note p9 if not could you look at one please as they are quite a cheap phone with a few features



  6. Jozef Wright Pugh on January 24, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    I would love to see the Samsung Galaxy A21s!



  7. Mikey Thestickman on January 24, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    no gonna talk about his t shirt



  8. meeka mc on January 24, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Which is the best bugget phone with good quality speakers and long battery life ??? Under £200
    I’m confused which one shall I go to as I hate battery dies out along with when I put on speaker not clear or loud enough



  9. Kitten Chaos on January 24, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    He looks like murrey from impratical jokers lol



  10. cerys.emb on January 24, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    Can anyone recommend any cheap, SMALL smartphones? Ideally under 6" screen (and no taller than 142 mm (5.59 in))



  11. Karla Kordić on January 24, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    Will you be doing a review of Samsung A20e soon?



  12. GATEKEEPER BOXING on January 24, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Can you do a video of the best sub £100 Smartphones, I am particularly interested in the camera’s.



  13. xeth on January 24, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    i got a realme X for £100



  14. Lectacon Defleti on January 24, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    realme it’s just a copy of xiaomi



  15. World Eight on January 24, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    Hi, could you check out the Infinix Zero 8?



  16. Anime OP on January 24, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    what was that anime with the guy on the bike it looks interesting and anyways nice video you got me as a subscriber



  17. Nahid on January 24, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    my guys is an anime fan, love it



  18. PythonTX on January 24, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    infinix note 7



  19. DeCrypto on January 24, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    Instead of the Redmi Note 8T Just get the Redmi note 9 or 9 Pro. Just has a bit of better features and the 3gb ram note 9 is only like 135 quid and the 4gb ram is 180 quid.



  20. Matthew Restaino on January 24, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    I purchased a Realme 6I to replace the Motorola G7 Play that I managed to break a week or so ago.

    The 6I is great so far. No noticeable lag and the Realme UI is almost identical to stock Android.

    However the thing is bloody massive. I wanted a phone of similar size to the G7 Play but there were hardly any, just the Pixels and a Samsung, both out of my price range.



  21. The All Rounder on January 24, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    what about the umidigi power 3



  22. Belinda Lloyd on January 24, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Sooo what do you do with all the phones that you review ?



  23. black cricket on January 24, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Umidigi A7 Pro, Umidigi Power 3, Elephone E10 all seem to out-spec these at a lower price



  24. Haze Empire71 on January 24, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    I have a honor 8 but I feel like this phone won’t last long now ive had this phone for 4 yrs and I’m expecting it to die in an about a year but it’s a very good phone no lagg I have every social media I use the camera a lot and I’m still rocking with it but of you want to buy the honor 8 you have to buy a new one



  25. Πέτρος Ηλιόπουλος on January 24, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    You should have included the Xiaomi redmi 9 and redmi note 9!



  26. Marcus on January 24, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    I actually need a new phone, the realme looks great.



  27. ELEXTRO GANG on January 24, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    This guy loves anemai



  28. El Nido on January 24, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Huawei Y6S



  29. stuart zimmermann on January 24, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Just picked up the galaxy a21s its surprisingly good tbh . Battery can get 2 days easily screen is only 720 but still looks nice and the camera system is pretty good as well . 3 GB ram . Octacore exynos chipset is quite snappy



  30. Luca Orlandi on January 24, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    What’s the best one for phone signal? I mean the one who can get signal even where other can’t



  31. stuart zimmermann on January 24, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    You should try the new a21s samsung . Screen is ok but battery can get 2 days with heavy use and the camera is amazing . The exynos 850 chip isn’t for big games though but for The likes of coinmaster and other small ones it’s perfect. Anyone interested I have some pics on my page I uploaded. Thanks for another great video



  32. Grass Hopper on January 24, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    Where is your accent from?



  33. Scathe on January 24, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    Is it just me or does this guy look like the dude from operation ouch



  34. Tikus on January 24, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Is it smart to "upgrade" from a Samsung s7 to one of these. All I am looking for is a quality screen and a impressive camera. If so. What would you recommend? My budget is 300-450$.



  35. HeresFrank Betches on January 24, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Love your videos



  36. Oskar Šenitko on January 24, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    Were did you get the wallpaper for the Motorola



  37. GHOST Gaming X on January 24, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    You missed redmi 9 it is the boss phone of 2020



  38. Cylene Gregory on January 24, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    I have the huawei p smart 2019 whats better than this phone? Thats budget range thats got good camera and battery please?



  39. JoshuaNoor on January 24, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    that intro killed me XD and the little things like the Spike wallpapers on each different phone (the fact you called android 9 ancient) pretty sure anyone coping a 200 quid phone won’t be bothered by no dark mode or hand gestures, hell my mum can’t stand dark mode but overall nice video.



  40. Marcel Hricko on January 24, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Can you delete 4:48 (the head) from video. Thanks



  41. Miki Mosky on January 24, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Thumbs up for the cowboy bebop wallpaper! 🙂



  42. martin wetherill on January 24, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    Always a great review. I bought the Moto g7 power based on your other reviews and it’s been good for a year.



  43. Wayne Brooks on January 24, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    The sub £200 market changes all the time, what do you recommend ? Good Camera and Good Battery being main things I am looking for



  44. M A on January 24, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    What kind of beer do you drink? Love that intro had to watch again.



  45. Top Tube on January 24, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    What’s a dimpy wee nipple notch!?🤣🤣🤣



  46. Dharma Khirti Chandra on January 24, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Does the moto g8 power lite better than redmi note 5 pro ?



  47. Kevin Baughen on January 24, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    Sorry to ask but, if it was your money, which would you buy as at November 2020 please? That’s a big please as the amount of choice is just too much and I’m going to stick to my ancient LGK10 if I don’t get a trustworthy recommendation… my life is just too short to spend days wading through the choices when experts like yourself can help out. thank sin advance and thanks for the video 🙂



  48. N0rdman on January 24, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Almost a minute out of less than eight just blabbing on about absolutely nothing of worth; is that a good introduction by you?



  49. Damian_ai9 on January 24, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    There is better stuff than Ethanol



  50. Car TM on January 24, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    I can finally say that I am Watching this on my Red mi note 8 T