Best phones under £300 in the UK (May 2020) - Android

You don't have to spend a fortune to get your hands on a great phone! Here are the best phones under £300 in the UK.

There are so many great phones you can buy in the UK, but £1,000+ phones aren’t likely to appeal to savvy buyers looking for a bargain. Nowadays you can get a “flagship killer” for half that price, but what if you wanted to save even more money and still walk away with a top phone? In this list we’ll be running through the best phones under £300 in the UK!

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Best phones under £300:

Editor’s note: We’ll be updating this list of the best phones under £300 regularly as new cheap phones launch.

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1. Xiaomi Mi 9T

The Xiaomi Mi 9T was never officially launched in the UK, but it can be found through plenty of online retailers. It’s a good thing too, as the Chinese brand’s Mi 9 spin-off — dubbed the Xiaomi K20 in India — is just too good a phone at such a ridiculously low price to not consider in the below £300 bracket.

Android Authority‘s Ryan-Thomas Shaw crowned it his favorite mid-range smartphone of all-time, and it’s not hard to see why. Blazing performance, a highly versatile rear triple-lens camera, stunning design, and a gorgeous, bezel-less AMOLED display are just a few of the amazing features that belie the phone’s cost price.

Our verdict: Xiaomi Mi 9T review: Probably the best mid-ranger right now

The only minor gripe you can really have with the Mi 9T is Xiaomi’s muddled MIUI software skin, but even that has improved over previous Xiaomi phones. This phone basically has it all.

You can usually pick up the global version (which will work fine on UK networks) for just under the £300 mark from Amazon sellers.

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Xiaomi Mi 9T specs:

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2. Samsung Galaxy A51

Samsung has historically had a spotty record in the budget phone sector, but its still recent overhaul of the A series has led to some of the South Korean giant’s best affordable phones ever made. Case in point: the Samsung Galaxy A51.

The A51 is one of Samsung's best ever mid-range phones.

The Galaxy A50 combines style and features in the way you’d expect from any Samsung phone, with a top-quality 6.5-inch AMOLED display, a quad-camera setup (main, zoom, ultra-wide, macro), and a large 4,000mAh battery. It may not have the most powerful chipset on the market, but the Exynos 9611 is more than capable of handling everyday use and even 3D gaming.

The Galaxy A51 is priced at £329 as standard, but regularly falls below that at a variety of retailers both online and on the high street.

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Samsung Galaxy A51 specs:

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3. Redmi Note 8 Pro

Want an affordable phone with a killer main camera? The Redmi Note 8 Pro from the Xiaomi sub-brand has you covered with a crazy 64MP shooter that delivers some gorgeous results.

The other three lenses (wide-angle, macro, and depth) aren’t quite as impressive, but luckily the Redmi Note 8 Pro is great in other areas too.

Related: Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Redmi Note 7 Pro: Specs and price compared!

These include a huge 4,500mAh battery, a headphone jack, a crisp, waterdrop-notched display protected by Gorilla Glass 5, and a very capable MediaTek Helio G90T SoC that’s surprisingly solid for casual mobile gaming.

Like the Mi 9T, MIUI is still an acquired taste, but the Redmi Note 8 Pro is yet another phone from Xiaomi that’s far better than it has any right to be for just under £250.

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Redmi Note 8 Pro specs:

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4. Honor 9X