Top Affordable Smartphones of 2024
Quality without breaking the bank
Discover the best affordable smartphones of 2024, offering great performance and features at a budget-friendly price. Perfect for users who want value without compromising on quality.
| Battery | 4385mAh, permanently installed, wireless charging | 5000mAh, permanently installed | 5000mAh, permanently installed | 5000mAh, permanently installed | 4492mAh, permanently installed, wireless charging | 2018mAh, permanently installed, wireless charging | 5000mAh, permanently installed |
| Camera front | 13.0MP, f/2.2, Videos @2160p/30fps | 32.0MP, f/2.2, Videos @2160p/30fps | 50.0MP, f/2.4, Videos @2160p/30fps | 32.0MP, f/2.45, Videos @2160p/30fps | 13.0MP, f/2.2, Videos @2160p/30fps | 7.0MP, f/2.2, Videos @1080p/30fps | 32.0MP, f/2.4, Videos @1080p/60fps |
| Camera rear | 64.0MP, f/1.89, phase comparison-AF, OIS, dual LED-flash, Videos @2160p/60fps (Camera 1); 13.0MP, f/2.2, phase comparison-AF (All-pixel AF), wide angle lens (Camera 2) | 50.0MP, f/1.8, phase comparison-AF (All-pixel AF), OIS, LED-flash, Videos @2160p/30fps (Camera 1); 12.0MP, f/2.2, wide angle lens (Camera 2); 5.0MP, f/2.4, macro lens (Camera 3) | 200.0MP, f/1.9, phase comparison-AF, LED-flash, Videos @2160p/30fps (Camera 1); 12.0MP, f/2.2, phase comparison-AF, wide angle lens, macro lens (Camera 2); 2.0MP, f/2.4, depth of field (Camera 3) | 50.0MP, f/1.88, phase comparison-AF (All-pixel AF), laser-AF, OIS, LED-flash, Videos @2160p/30fps (Camera 1); 13.0MP, f/2.2, wide angle lens, macro lens (Camera 2) | 64.0MP, f/1.89, phase comparison-AF (All-pixel AF), OIS, dual LED-flash, Videos @2160p/60fps (Camera 1); 13.0MP, f/2.2, wide angle lens (Camera 2) | 12.0MP, f/1.8, phase comparison-AF, OIS, Quad-LED-flash, Videos @2160p/60fps | 50.0MP, f/1.8, phase comparison-AF, LED-flash, Videos @1080p/60fps (Camera 1); 8.0MP, f/2.2, wide angle lens (Camera 2); 2.0MP, f/2.4, macro lens (Camera 3) |
| case material | plastic (back side), metal (frame) | glass (back side), metal (frame) | plastic (back side), metal (frame) | glass (back side), metal (frame) | |||
| Charging power | 18W (USB), 7.5W (Qi) | 25W (Samsung AFC) | 66W (Honor SuperCharge) | 68W (Motorola TurboPower) | 20W (Lightning) | 45W (Oppo 45W SuperVOOC) | |
| Colour | grey | blue | black | blue | black, grey | white | orange |
| CPU | 2x 2.85GHz ARM Cortex-X1 + 2x 2.35GHz ARM Cortex-A78 + 4x 1.80GHz ARM Cortex-A55, 8 cores | 4x 2.75GHz ARM Cortex-A78 + 4x 2.00GHz ARM Cortex-A55, 8 cores | 1x 2.50GHz ARM Cortex-A710/Kryo Prime + 3x 2.36GHz ARM Cortex-A710/Kryo Gold + 4x 1.80GHz ARM Cortex-A510/Kryo Silver, 8 cores | 4x 2.40GHz ARM Cortex-A78/Kryo Gold + 4x 1.95GHz ARM Cortex-A55/Kryo Silver, 8 cores | 1x 2.91GHz ARM Cortex-X3 + 4x 2.37GHz ARM Cortex-A715 + 4x 1.70GHz ARM Cortex-A510, 9 cores | 2x 3.24GHz Avalanche + 4x 2.01GHz Blizzard, 6 cores | 2x 2.40GHz ARM Cortex-A76 + 6x 2.00GHz ARM Cortex-A55, 8 cores |
| Dimensions | 152x72.9x9mm | 161.1x77.4x8.2mm | 161.9x74.1x7.8mm | 161.9x73.1x7.9mm | 152.1x72.7x8.9mm | 138.4x67.3x7.3mm | 163.1x75.8x7.8mm |
| display | 6.1", 2400x1080 pixel, 16 Mio. colours, AMOLED, capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla glass 3, camera hole, HDR (HDR10+), 60-90Hz refresh rate, 431ppi | 6.6", 2340x1080 pixel, 16 Mio. colours, AMOLED, capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla glass Victus+, flat, camera hole, HDR (HDR10+), 60-120Hz refresh rate, 1000 Nits (maximum), 390ppi | 6.7", 2664x1200 pixel, 1.07 billion colours, AMOLED, capacitive touchscreen, camera hole, HDR (HDR10+), 120Hz refresh rate, 1600 Nits (maximum), 436ppi | 6.7", 2400x1080 pixel, 1.07 billion colours, P-OLED, capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla glass 5, bent, camera hole, 60-144Hz refresh rate, 360Hz sampling rate, 1600 Nits (maximum), 393ppi | 6.1", 2400x1080 pixel, 16 Mio. colours, AMOLED, capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla glass 3, flat, camera hole, HDR, 60-120Hz refresh rate, 1400 Nits (typical), 2000 Nits (maximum), 431ppi | 4.7", 1334x750 pixel, 16 Mio. colours, IPS, capacitive touchscreen, flat, HDR, 326ppi | 6.67", 2400x1080 pixel, 16 Mio. colours, AMOLED, capacitive touchscreen, flat, camera hole, 60-120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz sampling rate, 600 Nits (typical), 2100 Nits (maximum), 395ppi |
| Frequency bands | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B14/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B29/B30/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B46/B48/B66/B71), 5G (n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n14/n20/n25/n28/n30/n38/n40/n41/n48/n66/n71/n75/n76/n77/n78) | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B4/B5/B8), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B38/B40/B41/B66), 5G (n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66/n77/n78) | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B5/B8), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B32/B38/B40/B41/B42/B71), 5G (n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n26/n28/n38/n40/n41/n77/n78) | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B32/B38/B40/B41/B42/B66), 5G (n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n20/n26/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66/n75/n76/n77/n78) | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B4/B5/B8), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B30/B32/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B46/B48/B66), 5G (n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n20/n25/n28/n30/n38/n40/n41/n48/n66/n77/n78/n79) | 2G (850/900/1800/1900), 3G (B1/B2/B5/B6/B8/B19), 4G (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B38/B39/B40/B41/B66), 5G (n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n20/n26/n28/n38/n40/n41/n77/n78) | |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G710 MP7 | Samsung Xclipse 530 | Qualcomm Adreno 644 | Qualcomm Adreno 710 | ARM Mali-G715 MP7 | Apple A15 4-Core-GPU | ARM Mali-G57 MC2 |
| Housing shape | Candy bar | Candy bar | Candy bar | Candy bar | Candy bar | Candy bar | Candy bar |
| Interfaces | USB-C 3.2 (10Gb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 6E (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.3 (aptX HD), NFC | USB-C 2.0 (480Mb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.3, NFC | USB-C 2.0 (480Mb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.2 (aptX HD), NFC | USB-C 2.0 (480Mb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 5 (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.2, NFC | USB-C 3.2 (10Gb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 6E (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.3, NFC | Lightning, Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.0, NFC | USB-C 2.0 (480Mb/s, OTG), Wi-Fi 5 (WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.3 (aptX, LDAC, AAC, SBC), NFC |
| Listed since | 2023-05-10 | 2024-03-11 | 2023-07-28 | 2024-04-16 | 2024-05-07 | 2022-03-08 | 2024-09-03 |
| Manufacturer | Google | Samsung | Honor | Motorola | Google | Apple | Oppo |
| Memory | 128GB (UFS 3.1) | 128GB (UFS), microSD slot (shared, up to 1TB) | 256GB | 256GB (UFS 2.2) | 128GB (UFS 3.1) | 64GB | 256GB (UFS 2.2), microSD slot (up to 2TB) |
| Modem | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS, LTE, 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS (42Mbps/5.76Mbps), LTE, 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS (42Mbps/5.76Mbps), LTE, 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS (42Mbps/5.76Mbps), LTE Cat 20/18 (2000Mbps/210Mbps), 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS, LTE, 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS (42Mbps/5.76Mbps), LTE, 5G | GSM (0.2Mbps/0.1Mbps), UMTS, LTE, 5G |
| Navigation | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | A-GPS (L1/L5), GLONASS, BeiDou (B1I/B1C/B2a), Galileo (E1/E5a), QZSS (L1/L5) | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Operating system | Android 14.0 (via Update / LineageOS support), Android 13.0 (from factory), 3 operating system-Updates, 5 years security-Updates | Android 14.0 (from factory), 4 operating system-Updates, 5 years security-Updates | Android 13.0 (from factory) | Android 14.0 (from factory) | Android 14.0 (from factory), 7 operating system-Updates, 7 years security-Updates | iOS 18.0 (via Update), iOS 15.3 (from factory) | Android 14.0 (from factory) |
| RAM | 8GB | 8GB | 8GB | 8GB | 8GB | 4GB | 8GB |
| SAR value | 0.99W/kg Head, 1.30W/kg Body | 0.684W/kg Head, 1.037W/kg Body | 0.85W/kg Head, 1.26W/kg Body | 1.41W/kg Head, 1.38W/kg Body | 1.00W/kg Head, 1.12W/kg Body | 0.98W/kg Head, 0.99W/kg Body | |
| Screen-to-Body-Ratio | 81.1% | 85.8% | 90.4% | 91.6% | 81.2% | 65.4% | 86.9% |
| sensor | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, barometer, Fingerprint authentication (display) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, light sensor, compass, Fingerprint authentication (display) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, light sensor, compass, Fingerprint authentication (display) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, Fingerprint authentication (display) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, barometer, Fingerprint authentication (display) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, barometer, Fingerprint authentication (front) | acceleration sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, light sensor, compass, Fingerprint authentication (display) |
| SoC | Google Tensor G2 | Samsung Exynos 1480 (S5E8845) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition (SM7450-AB) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (SM7435-AB) | Google Tensor G3 | Apple A15 Bionic Lite | MediaTek Dimensity 6300 (MT6835T) |
| Special features | IP67-certified, hearing aid compatible, stereo speakers (hybrid) | IP67-certified, stereo speakers (hybrid) | IP68-certified, stereo speakers (hybrid) | IP67-certified, hearing aid compatible, stereo speakers (hybrid) | IP67-certified, stereo speakers (hybrid) | IP64-certified, stereo speakers (hybrid) | |
| Weight | 193.5g | 213g | 183g | 174.9g | 188g | 144g | 187g |
| £279.00LaptopsDirect | £250.00Only Branded co uk | £257.66Amazon EU | £226.68Amazon EU | £349.00LaptopsDirect | £379.00Amazon.co.uk |
