5 of the best cheap smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

£250, unlockedmobiles.com
Sammy's budget Galaxy handset still packs a decent punch, with a 3.8in display, 5MP camera and expandable micro SD storage up to 32GB. Android Gingerbread is kept chugging along by an 800MHz dual-core processor and Samsung's familiar TouchWiz interface is also present (which is good or bad news, depending on your preference).

Want a Samsung with a lot more firepower? Check out our Samsung Galaxy S3 review.