Hotselling on the Gear best: Best Xiaomi phones of 2020: these are the top Mi, Redmi and Pocophone devices

The best Xiaomi phones combine impressive specs with low price tags, so it's no wonder the Chinese company is quickly becoming a bigger deal in the west. So if you're looking for a new smartphone that won't break the bank, but still gives you access to top features, you're in the right place.

Xiaomi is quickly becoming a major player in Europe thanks to its aggressive pricing, with savvy phone buyers seeing the brand as a way to get a device with the latest design and top-end specs, without paying flagship prices. Could 2020 be the year it takes on top competition like Samsung, Huawei and Apple? Only time will tell.

BEST PHONES BY BRAND

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Xiaomi markets its phones under three brand names: Mi, Redmi and Pocophone; Mi tends to be its main mid-range brand, with Redmi and Pocophone being its budget series. Well, Pocophone used to be a sub-brand until it 'declared independence' so to speak, but we've included the one phone it put out while it was still part of Xiaomi.

This list is due to change soon; the Xiaomi Mi 10 smartphones were launched in China in February 2020, and we'd expect them to come to come to the rest of the world soon. Since the Mi 9 topped our list for a long time, it's likely its successor will displace the current reigning champion. The Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max were also launched recently so they'll likely find their way onto this list before too long.

At the time of writing, our list is mainly populated with Mi smartphones, as that's the brand Xiaomi has focused on in Western markets. However, the company seems to be ramping up releases of Redmi devices, and Pocophone handsets have proven popular too, so we could see a wider mix in the future.

If you're wondering where the Redmi Note 8T and Note 8 Pro are, absent as they are from this list, we'll tell you: they're in our labs still. We'll only add them to this list when we've written our respective reviews, so we can decide exactly where they rank.

Here's our ranking of the best Xiaomi phones, including Mi, Redmi and Pocophone handsets, that you can buy right now.