What was the best phone deal of the year? You'll find out at our awards next month

1. Argos

Super cheap SIM-free Moto - only £179.95
Roll back to Black Friday 2018 and the Moto G6 was sat at the top of our <a href="https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/best-budget-smartphone" data-link-merchant="techradar.com"">best budget smartphones charts. So when we saw Argos knocking the price down, we were delighted. 10 months on and it's now even cheaper still, at <a href="https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-6361382-15618761?sid=hawk-custom-tracking&url=https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8142946" data-link-merchant="argos.co.uk"" data-link-merchant="techradar.com"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a bargain basement £149.95.

2. Carphone Warehouse

<a href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=2264&awinaffid=103504&clickref=hawk-custom-tracking&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.carphonewarehouse.com%2Faccessories%2Fcrystalusion.html" data-link-merchant="carphonewarehouse.com"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unlimited screen replacements for new phones
In the cutthroat world of mobile phone deals, Carphone Warehouse stood out from the crowd with its ongoing offer of unlimited screen replacements on your handset for one whole year (with only foldable screens excluded). It's thinking out of the box and we love it.

3. EE

Free Nintendo Switch with selected phone contracts
Another Black Friday special that really caught the consumers' imaginations. <a href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=31423&awinaffid=103504&clickref=hawk-custom-tracking&p=https%3A%2F%2Fee.co.uk%2F" data-link-merchant="ee.co.uk"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EE started handing out <a href="https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/nintendo-switch" data-link-merchant="techradar.com"" data-link-merchant="ee.co.uk"">Nintendo Switch consoles like they were confetti, and all you had to do was sign up for a contract on your choice of Huawei or Nokia phone.

4. Mobiles.co.uk

The awesome Huawei Mate 20 Pro for only £20 per month
We genuinely had to double check with Phone Deal of the Year title holders <a href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=380&awinaffid=103504&clickref=hawk-custom-tracking&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobiles.co.uk%2F" data-link-merchant="mobiles.co.uk"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mobiles.co.uk that this price was correct when we discovered it. Bills of £20 per month and less than £100 upfront for one of the very <a href="https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/best-phone" data-link-merchant="techradar.com"" data-link-merchant="mobiles.co.uk"">best smartphones in the world. 

5. Smarty

Cheapest ever SIM only deal
<a href="https://www.techradar.com/uk/sim-only/smarty-mobile" data-link-merchant="techradar.com"">Smarty has become a growing force in the crowded field of cheap SIM only deals, which culminated in offering its cheapest plan for as little as £3.12 per month (thanks to its flexibility and second month free promotion) earlier this year.

6. Three

<a href="http://store.three.co.uk/view/basket/SIMOnlyD15052019T130712?manufacturer=Three&ID=1666&ty=aff&aff_id=3713&link_id=fc&link_ref=hawk-custom-tracking" data-link-merchant="store.three.co.uk"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unlimited data SIM only deal for £20 per month
Three took this title two years ago, and its ridiculous £20 per month unlimited data SIM is in contention again this time around. The sheer value on offer here only improves when you consider that you can currently get the first six months of the contract for half price!