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.
Best SIM-free phones for gaming
These SIM-free phones currently score highest for gaming performance in our comparison data, making them useful starting points if gaming is a priority.
Gaming scoring draws on the processor, memory and display data we hold, so a high score points to sustained frame rates rather than any single benchmark. 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 gaming score, out of 29 that qualify. Phones outside this list are not necessarily poor choices.
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From
£930
LIVE15 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.7Gaming 9.6Software support 9.5
Strongest for everyday speed and gaming together. Battery staying power trails slightly behind its other scores.
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
£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
£700
LIVE15 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.6Display 9.4Gaming 9.4
Everyday speed has a narrow edge over its other scores. Value falls well behind its other categories.
From
£559.95
LIVE17 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.6Gaming 9.4Display 9.3
Strongest for everyday speed and gaming together. Battery staying power trails slightly behind its other scores.
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
£720
LIVE5 live offers · 1 retailer
Performance 9.4Software support 9.4Gaming 9.4
Consistent scores across the board rather than one standout category. Battery staying power trails slightly behind its other scores.
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
£160.62
LIVE1 live offer · 1 retailer
Performance 9.4Gaming 9.3Display 9.1
Strongest for everyday speed and gaming together. Its AI score trails slightly behind its other scores.
From
£404
LIVE13 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.4Software support 9.3Display 9.2
Everyday speed has a narrow edge over its other scores. Battery staying power trails slightly behind its other scores. Software support is the other area that stands out.
From
£530
LIVE3 live offers · 2 retailers
Performance 9.4Display 9.2Software support 9.2
Everyday speed has a narrow edge over its other scores. Battery staying power falls well behind the rest of its scores.
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 gaming score, then overall score.
Strongest overall score
9.2 of 10
Lowest current price on this page
£160.62
Highest camera score here
Camera 9.6
Highest battery score here
Battery 9.0
How this list is selected
A phone qualifies here when its stored gaming 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 gaming 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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