RISE OF THE AFFORDAFONE

As is texting, browsing and streaming with these walletfriendly flagship handsets. say hello to the affordafone

Killer mobiles with tiny price tags

Top-flight smartphones have long been expensive company to keep, with cut-price alternatives cutting too many corners and features to be truly attractive.

Yet a perfect storm of cheap but classy devices from Google and Motorola, not to mention Chinese brands such as OnePlus and Huawei slashing costs to gain a foothold in the Western market, means we’re now getting flagship-quality phones re-engineered with a more attractively mid-priced bill.

All the phones tested here have 4G, good-to-excellent screens and suitably nippy processors. Only question is, which is the sensible caller’s ultimate mobile?