The Best Cheap Cell Phones Under $600 Still Deliver 5G, Great Cameras, and All-Day Battery Life

Our picks prove you don’t need flagship prices to get a great everyday phone.

The best budget smartphones of 2026 so far

Round up the usual suspects.
International Business Times

Ultra-Budget Smartphones in 2025: How Cheap Phones Are Matching Premium Phone Performance

The budget smartphone market has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, and 2025 marks its most impressive leap yet. Ultra-budget smartphones priced under $300 now offer features that ...
GCN

Budget smartphones under $100 vanished from US stores last quarter, and the 64 percent sales collapse handed big established brands a growing dominance of the market

US sales of smartphones priced under $100 crashed 64% in Q2 2026, wiping out smaller brands while Samsung, Motorola, Apple and Google held the floor, per Counterpoint Research.
GizChina

Presale Offer Makes The Cagabi One The Cheapest Smartphone On The Market

Despite having a funny name, Chinese phone maker Cagabi does have one hell of a smartphone for not very much money. The Chinese smartphone industry is a bit of a turning point and we seem to be ...

The budget Android phone is quietly on its way to extinction

IDC forecasts a 16.7% smartphone decline in 2026 as memory costs crush cheap Android phones and push premium and foldable ...

5 disadvantages of cheap Android phones

Android phones at the cheapest end of the market can look tempting, but there are several compromises worth knowing before ...

The days of cheap phones "is over" – we need to get used to elevated prices, claims report

The smartphone market faces unprecedented pressures as a result of the memory shortage which is coming to bear with full force. That's seen the prices of handsets rising, while lower margin devices - ...