I've got a whole bunch of phones here that all cost under or around the 200 pound mark and i'll put links to everything i talk about:
1. Poco X3 NFC
This guy it's right at the top of our 200 pound budget but you get so much for your money particularly if you're into your gaming the Snapdragon 732g chip is one of the fastest in this price range and i can comfortably play Fortnite and COD(Call of Duty) on this not that I’m any good though and also the big 6.67 inch full hd plus screen has a 120 hertz refresh rate so everything you do whether it's just swiping around or playing games that support it feels a whole lot smoother on this battery life is also really good on this thing we get a pretty hefty 5160 milliamp hour batterywhich is I think the second biggest on test today so it will last you two days pretty easily downsides well it might not even be a problem for you but it is quite a big phone with that as I say big 6.67 inch screen.and it is quite a hefty guy so uh not the smallest most compact you'll definitely feel it in your pocket and also the plastic body and this sort of go faster stripe on the back may not be to everyone's taste although in this cobalt blue color i think it's actually pretty snazzy looking also the camera isn't really anything to write home about the 64 megapixel main lens is perfectly fine in good light plus we get ultra wide lens and it's probably one of the better camera setups that i'm going to show you today but the added depth and macro lenses don't really add much overall and i think the quality is fine but not the best but i think overall for 200 quid the x3 nfc is a really good option.
2. Xiaomi Mi 10 T Light
Not exactly the catchiest name in the world but this is a great option okay technically this is slightly over our budget but i've seen it on sale for 200 and i think even at the full price what you're getting with the Mi 10 t lite is ridiculously good value for money but it's also the only one that supports 5g and while that may not be a big deal right now for some of you it could come in handy over the next couple of years but the mi 10t lite shares the same big 120 hertz screen the same 6 gigs of ram and 64 gigs of storage as the poco x3 although the x3 does have a slightly bigger battery and also the ultra wide and the selfie cameras are higher megapixels and also depending on where you're buying it it may be a touch cheaper but there's a lot to like here gorilla glass 5 on the front and back stereo speakers a fingerprint reader on the side which doubles as a power button and also we get fast 33 watt charging and a pretty hefty 48 20 milliamp hour battery while this and the x3 are both great options for my money i would probably pay a little bit extra depending on where you buy it and go for this just because that extra performance also the 5g makes it a little bit more future-proof and I think I just personally prefer this slightly smarter design than uh where is it the as i say the go faster stripe on the back of the x3 but all things and maybe all prices being equal which one would you go for.
3. Moto G9 Play
Motorola offers so many different phones it's actually kind of confusing but now we have the latest G9 play and it costs about 150 pounds one of the big selling points here for me is the software it's pretty close to stock android 10 so there's not much bloatware or anything to slow it down it's a lovely phone to use but for the 50 pounds or so you're saving over the Poco world of meat Mi 10 T Light there are quite a few compromises the screen is just HD rather than a full HD so it's not sharp it's also got a less powerful snapdragon 662 on the plus side it's not quite as big as the last few phones with a 6.5 inch screen the bezels are nice and thin the design is certainly eye-catching and we get a big 5000 million power battery so no worries there the 48 megapixel triple camera setup on the back is also pretty reasonable but again the macro and the depth are a bit pointless although the main and the ultra wide cameras do perform well and good light but as is pretty much the case with all the phones here it does start to struggle in low light but I think overall if you're after a cheap and cheerful phone i don't think any of those are deal breakers and so the moto g9 play is definitely worth considering.
4. Oppo A5 2020
I've been researching this video normally this will cost you about 150 pounds or so but actually from pretty much all the retailers I’ve checked you can get this for just 99 pounds which actually makes this the cheapest phone in this roundup so the a5 packs in the same Snapdragon 665 5k battery and 6.5 inch hd screen as the Moto G9 play but the camera and software is different and we also have more storage here now depending on your point of view this either looks kind of dull and boring or in my opinion at least a bit more subtle and sophisticated not every phone has to be eye-catching so i kind of like the look of this thing battery is also fantastic on this but we are limited to just 10 watt charging which means it takes several hours to fully charge I must admit it does feel like one of the slower phones i'm testing the small amount of ram means that few apps can stay open in the background so they often have to fully reopen when i switch back as for the camera we get a 12 megapixel main lens 8 megapixel ultrawide and the usual kind of pointless depth of macro lenses we do get 4k video here but without stabilization so you'll probably want to stick to 1080p also the A5 doesn't offer any kind of night mode which is a bit of a shame so not exactly the most exciting phone and that three gigs around on the base model may hold you back if you are a bit of a power user will do lots of multitasking but for that discounted price of a hundred pounds it's an absolute steal.
5. Realme 7
It comes in at just under 200 pounds here in the uk so i actually recently reviewed this and its fancier brother the 7 pro although the pro is 270 pounds so a bit over our budget although you do get an Amoled screen and a slightly better camera with that but i think the 7 is the sweet spot because not only do we get a 6 and a half inch90 hertz refresh rate screen it's also full Hd unlike the previous
oppo and moto phones we get the usual quad camera setup here but the 48 megapixelmain lens is actually pretty decent as well as a big 5000 milliamp hour battery and i think overall it's quite a smart looking phone with this two-tone finish now inside we have a mediatek processor the helio g95 to be exact and your first thought is probably oh mediatek but actually it's pretty neck and neck in terms of cpu performance compared to the snapdragon 720 g and actually faster when it comes to graphics and gaming plus we have the 90 hertz screen so this is actually a pretty decent budget gaming phone it's kind of surprising just how many good options there are for under 200 pounds.
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