Best Cheap Phone of 2024: Most Value for the Money
Every phone on this list has been thoroughly tested by CNET’s team of expert reviewers. We use our phones, test features, play games and take photos. We evaluate any marketing promises companies make about their phones. If we find something we don’t like—whether it’s battery life or build quality—we’ll tell you.
We check various aspects of the phone during testing:
- exhibit
- design and feel
- Processor performance
- battery life
- camera quality
- feature
We tested all of the phone’s cameras (front and back) in a variety of conditions: from outdoors in sunlight to dim indoor environments and nighttime scenes (for any of the available night modes). We also compared our findings to similarly priced models. We ran a series of real-world battery tests to see how long the phone lasted under daily use.
We considered other phone features like 5G, fingerprint and facial readers, stylus, fast charging, foldable displays and other useful extras. We weigh all of our experience and testing against price so you know whether the phone is worth your money.
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