Mid-range

A cut-down Mi Note 10 at $380 that keeps the flagship glass and AMOLED display, with early impressions of the camera being good.

Impressive upper mid-range phone with excellent battery life and surprisingly strong night photography, held back by plastic build and a si…

A big step up from the Reno3 Pro after only four months, with much faster charging, better performance and design, but no optical stabilisa…

Great value for power and camera at $399, but its battery lasts under four hours in this test and he can't actively recommend it for endura…

Well-built mid-ranger with a newer, larger sensor that has less noise and more texture, but less dense than the Find X.

Modern mid-ranger with better battery life, more cameras and newer software, but it is plastic and lacks stabilisation compared with the No…

The cloud storage system worked well, but it solved a problem a cheap microSD card already fixed.

Poor value for only $100 saving, with a plastic build, old chipset and worse camera, though it still sold well.

A $299 phone similar to the Mi Note 10 Lite that trades away the AMOLED screen and some performance, but its camera and battery are interes…

Mentioned only as the cheapest of the three P40 phones.

Used as a two-and-a-half-year-old comparison to show how far mid-range phones have improved.

A brilliant phone, but its confusing rebrand as the Mi 9T in the West is used as an example of poor regional variant handling.

A good phone with a strong camera and big battery, aimed at younger buyers, but its S-series name is misleading.

Mentioned as an example of Samsung's mid-range phones at just over £300.

Aimed at business users with an S Pen and headphone jack, but its plastic build and old Exynos 9810 chip don't suit the Note name.

Very close to the A70 experience, a little smaller and almost $100 cheaper, so better value for many.

His personal value pick: as fast as pricier phones, so you don't feel you've compromised.

A cheaper, less stylish take on the Fold with a bundled second screen, but underwhelming cameras and an unwieldy accessory.

Performance better than many flagships, with a 64MP camera, very fast charging and a 90Hz AMOLED screen for $50 more.

Cheaper but weaker than the X2 Pro, so the Pro is the one to buy.

Solid hardware, but it gets buried under many equally affordable phones that do more.

Feels great for a mid-ranger with solid design and camera, but you can get more power for the money.

Superb camera at a reasonable price but niche, with a mid-range chip and average speaker.

A dual-screen alternative that doesn't cost much in compromises, with strong power and good battery life.