From
£420
LIVE1 live offer · 1 retailer
Battery 9.4Value 9.1Performance 9.0
Particularly strong for battery staying power. Its AI score trails slightly behind its other scores. Everyday speed is the other area that stands out.
Best SIM-free phones for battery life
If battery life is your priority, these SIM-free phones currently score highest for battery performance in our comparison data, alongside their current qualifying UK prices.
Battery scoring is built from the capacity and charging data we hold for each phone. Prices and availability can change, so the offers shown reflect the latest qualifying data available to us.
Showing the top 12 qualifying phones based on the existing battery score, out of 35 that qualify. Phones outside this list are not necessarily poor choices.
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From
£885.65
LIVE11 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.7Gaming 9.6Camera 9.5
Strongest for everyday speed and gaming together. Value falls well behind its other categories.
From
£802.30
LIVE5 live offers · 2 retailers
AI 9.8Camera 9.6Display 9.5
AI has a narrow edge over its other scores. Gaming trails slightly behind its other scores. Camera quality is the other area that stands out.
From
£779
LIVE22 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.7Camera 9.6Display 9.6
Strong in several areas, with everyday speed the best of them. Value falls well behind its other categories.
From
£794
LIVE11 live offers · 2 retailers
Display 9.4Performance 9.4Software support 9.4
Strong in several areas, with screen quality the best of them. Its AI score trails slightly behind its other scores.
From
£699
LIVE2 live offers · 2 retailers
AI 9.7Camera 9.6Display 9.4
AI has a narrow edge over its other scores. Gaming trails slightly behind its other scores. Camera quality is the other area that stands out.
From
£249
LIVE1 live offer · 1 retailer
Value 9.0Battery 8.9Display 8.3
Battery staying power is its clearest standout. Gaming is its clear weak point. Screen quality is the other area that stands out.
From
£593
LIVE8 live offers · 2 retailers
Display 9.6Performance 9.6Camera 9.5
Strong in several areas, with screen quality the best of them. Value falls well behind its other categories.
From
£1,750
LIVE4 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.5Camera 9.4Display 9.4
It leads on everyday speed but scores unevenly elsewhere. Value is the weakest part of its profile.
From
£800
LIVE4 live offers · 1 retailer
Software support 9.4Performance 9.0Battery 8.8
Everyday speed has a narrow edge over its other scores.
From
£315
LIVE1 live offer · 1 retailer
Software support 9.3Value 9.2AI 9.0
Value for money is its clearest strength, with strong long-term software support. Gaming trails slightly behind its other scores. Its AI score is the other area that stands out.
From
£272.90
LIVE10 live offers · 2 retailers
Software support 8.9Battery 8.8Value 8.8
Value for money is its clearest strength, with strong long-term software support. Gaming trails slightly behind its other scores. Battery staying power is the other area that stands out.
Which should you choose?
Each pointer below is read straight from the scores and prices shown on this page, so you can jump to whichever matters most to you. Ordered by the existing battery score, then overall score.
Strongest overall score
9.2 of 10
Lowest current price on this page
£249
Highest camera score here
Camera 9.6
Highest battery score here
Battery 9.4
How this list is selected
A phone qualifies here when its stored battery score is 7.5 or higher, its overall score is at least 6.0, and we can publish a current price from an active retailer offer. Ordering is battery score first, then overall score, then model name.
Nothing here is sponsored and no retailer influences the order. You can read the full method behind every score in how we score phones.
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