Sub-$500 face-off: Which is the best budget phone?

The Pixel 5a isn’t a groundbreaking phone from a hardware standpoint. However, it represents an excellent value at just $449, and it joins an ever-growing list of compelling sub-$500 phones like the recently launched TCL 20 Pro 5G.

I would have called the sub-$500 phone market an area to avoid until last year when the Pixel 4a 5G claimed the top spot among our best budget phones.
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