5 of the best budget smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Ace

£175, samsung.com/uk
With its rounded corners and single visible home button, the Ace looks eerily like a poor man’s iPhone 4. Still, it’s tactile, light and glossy, even if it can’t match that model for build quality. Hitting that very affordable price has involved some cuts, too, so you get an older Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS powered by an 800MHz processor.