These days, front runner phones from Apple and Samsung can set you back upwards of $1,000. But you can get a wonderful phone for less than $500, without much compromise. You can still get 5G, a big screen (or one little adequate to utilize one-handed), finger print or face unlock-- and perhaps even a headphone jack, long headed out of style on front runner phones. To discover the very best budget phones, we put 9 smart devices-- Apple's freshly revitalized iPhone SE and 2 older apples iphone, plus the leading budget-priced Android gadgets-- through a battery of examinations to see which ones supply greater than a reduced, low cost.

The very best Android phone under $500: slot Google Pixel 5a with 5G
From $349 unlocked at Google

The Pixel 5a with 5G provides the very best value of any type of phone Google has made yet.