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Samsung Galaxy A50

Price: £309 from fave.co/30JeyZe

In no uncertain terms, there’s nothing about the £309 Galaxy A50 that’s only half as good as the £569 S10e. Quite frankly, there’s nothing about it that’s only 40 percent as good as the £699 S10, either. I know that’s not technically how pricing works, but when you have two phones from the same company that are priced so far apart, it’s only natural to compare them.

Unlike the Google Pixel 3a, which basically copied the Pixel 3 note for note with subtle downgrades to bring down the price, there are some major differences between the mid-range A50 and the premium Galaxy S10+. But the main similarities – a giant OLED display, triple-camera array, in-screen fingerprint sensor, and a selfie cutout – give the phones a remarkable kinship. They even have the same pretty, prism-inspired colour options.

Of course, every mid-range Android phone is essentially designed for

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