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Oppo A72

Price: £199 (inc VAT) from fave.co/2D5pgTd

If you’re considering buying a smartphone for under £250 then you already acknowledge you’re going to be making some sacrifices. Camera, speed, build quality and more will take a hit compared to the phones hitting around £1,000.

But cheaper phones can still do most of the things phones five times the price can, and the £219 Oppo A72 is no different. It runs Android’s Google Play Store, meaning there’s no app you can’t get.

The A72 faces some strong competition for your money from other phones in the same price bracket, and while it does everything you’d want it to, it has some unfortunate performance issues that stop us from wholeheartedly recommending it.

DESIGN

Oppo has done a great job with the design of the A72, even if its plastic build gives away the

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