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The best cheap phones you can buy today (CNET Top 5)

2017-08-21
these are the best inexpensive phones you can get right now every phone here to be found for under $300 and that's the unlock price let's see our options and number five is a huawei honor 6x you can find this phone for around $200 these days it's gimmick is its dual rear cameras along with lots of photo tools and modes the honor 6x to create that nice depth of field effect it's also got a pretty big screen with a 5.5 inch display the fingerprint sensor is on the back and it's easy to reach that number four is the ZTE Blade v8 pro which you can pick up for around 230 dollars it might not be the most exciting phone when it comes to design but it does have great battery life the ZTE Blade v8 pro survived 14 hours in our battery tests the screen is nice and bright but we found the phone to be a bit on the heavy side weighing in at six point five ounces Oh the v8 pearl also has dual rear cameras that can handle low-light situations admirably and number three is the Alcatel idol 5s there's so much to like about this phone the fingerprint sensor on the rear handles shortcuts like getting you back to the home screen or pulling down the notification tray while the idol 5s does not have optical image stabilization its digital image stabilization worked pretty well it costs around $200 if you get the Amazon Prime Edition so what's the downside the battery life is short at 7 hours and 48 minutes at number two is the amazingly cheap Moto e 4 it costs $130 unlocked or $99 if you get the Amazon Prime version with ads the e 4 survived more than 14 hours in our tests the camera is a bit sluggish when it comes to processing pictures that may be forgivable because of its price tag the e 4 also has a snappy fingerprint sensor that can handle shortcuts kind of like the idol 5s and the number one cheap phone is the Moto G 5 plus it starts at around $230 and it's well worth it you get an ear stock version of Android on the g5 plus the fingerprint sensor works as well as apples touch ID and it also lets you use gestures or shortcuts the 12 megapixel camera is decent although not great in darker environment the g5 plus can also capture video in 4k as Sina editor Patrick Holland said there is no better budget phone than Motorola's Moto G 5 plus more top fives check out top-5 dot cnet.com Amaya Zack turn I'll see you online
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