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Nubia Z20

Price: £449 (inc VAT) from fave.co/2v6pncS

I suspect I’ll always have a soft spot for dual screen phones. It’s the most absurdly over-engineered solution to a simple problem – minimizing the impact of a selfie camera on the display – but the sheer, unadulterated novelty of having two screens on one phone is hard to overstate.

The first dual screen phones admittedly weren’t great, but the Nubia Z20 feels like a surprisingly mature example of a charmingly immature design, and the best case yet for slapping an extra screen on the back of a phone, thanks to a combo of attractive design, clever interfaces and a strong price point.

Screens: Two for the price of one

So yes, this phone has two displays. The main one is a 6.42in AMOLED FHD+ panel that covers the whole front of the phone, free of any notches, bezels, or pinholes – though it’s worth noting that there is still some black bordering, as it’s not quite edge-to-edge.

It’s a bright, responsive panel with inky blacks and vivid colours. It’s not the brightest I’ve tested – and the auto brightness setting is a little screwy, requiring manual adjustment more often than I’d like –

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