A live price tracker, not a review — we check UK retailer prices for phones and rank them cheapest first. Right now the lowest is the iPhone SE 3rd Gen 64GB from £65 (used). Across the 23 phones we hold a live price on, prices run from £65 to £1,110 across 4 UK retailers, in new, refurbished and used condition.
Your platform shapes everything else. iPhones run iOS and stay inside Apple’s ecosystem (iMessage, AirDrop, Apple Watch); recent models get roughly five to six years of iOS updates. Android phones (Samsung, Google, Nothing and others) give far more choice of size and price, and current Samsung Galaxy S and Google Pixel flagships now promise up to seven years of OS and security updates. Pick the platform first, then let budget and storage narrow the model.
On any given handset, the jump between storage tiers and the model year move the price far more than colour or condition. A one-generation-old flagship is usually the value sweet spot.
Refurbished phones from graded sellers are tested and typically come with a warranty, sitting between new and used on price. Used (e.g. CEX) is cheapest but graded cosmetically — check the grade before buying.
Buying SIM-free and pairing a SIM-only deal almost always beats a bundled contract over two years, and lets you switch networks freely.
The cheapest phone with a live price is the iPhone SE 3rd Gen 64GB from £65 (used). Prices move as retailers update stock, so the leader can change between checks; last checked 4 September 2026.
Across the 23 phones we currently hold a live price on, prices run from £65 to £1,110, drawn from 4 UK retailers in new, refurbished and used condition.
Buying the phone SIM-free and pairing a separate SIM-only deal almost always costs less over two years than a bundled airtime contract, and it lets you switch network whenever you like. The from-prices on this page are all SIM-free.
Recent iPhones receive around five to six years of iOS updates from launch; current Samsung Galaxy S and Google Pixel flagships promise up to seven years of Android OS and security updates. Budget handsets get fewer, so a one-generation-old flagship often outlasts a brand-new budget phone on software support.
We track 24 phones and currently hold a verified live price on 23 of them across 4 retailers. We only headline a price we can verify, so a model without a trusted live price is listed without one rather than shown a guess.