Mobile phones: Compare features & prices

Best Buys
The Which? Best Buy award is given to products with high total test scores that perform consistently well in our rigorous lab tests and excel in all key areas.

Energy Savers
We award the Energy Saver logo to products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning they'll cost you less to run.

Don't Buys
The Which? Don't Buy logo alerts you to the products that performed extremely poorly in one or more key areas of our tests.

Price
The typical PAYG price.

Overall everyday use
Made up of sound quality, battery, ease of use, screen quality and processor

Battery
Battery life on calls and when browsing the web over 3G plus recharging times

Latest reviews
In 2013 we improved our mobile phone test programme. Only phones that have been through our new test can be Best Buys.

OS
OS determine how the phone works and which app stores it can access - popular options include Android and Apple's iOS.

4G enabled
To get 4G you'll need a special 4G tariff - only available from EE

Full keyboard
Qwerty keyboards can help when writing texts and emails though the keys can be cramped.

Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones don't have physical keypadsboards but this leaves space for larger displays - great when watching videos or surfing the web.

Screen size
Large displays help when web browsing but can make the phone unwieldy and expensive.

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