5 of the best budget smartphones

Apple iPhone 3GS

£320, apple.com/uk
Launched in the heady days of 2009, the iPhone 3GS is the oldest phone here. This is no zimmer-wielding wrinkly, though. Build and styling is still premium, and the 600MHz processor is far from disgraceful. Perhaps the greatest appeal it holds is that it’s the cheapest way to get hold of iOS 5, the most intuitive, sophisticated smartphone OS around.