Dual sim phone on a budget? Is it worth buying a used or refurbished phone to keep within the budget of around £200-250?

Worth looking at some the deal comments (there's always mentions if what good/bad and alternatives) in here hotukdeals.com/tag…ere bound to be something better than a p80 in that budget

You should consider a Very Good / Almost New phone. Many times, these are unused and pristine. Look for deals from GiffGaff, Cex, etc.

Plenty of new phones within budget, no point of getting used

e.g Moto G84
Xiaomi X6 5G (edited)

If not urgent wait for the next model of a mid range phone and then wait for the previous model to drop in price . Managed to grab a OnePlus Nord CE at a very reasonable price almost a couple of years ago. Still going strong..

btw Dual physical sim slots on Android handsets is pretty much the norm and has been for a number of years, going back 10 years Chinese market handsets like Cubot/Eliphone etc used to be the goto for a dual sim handsets.

You'll probably struggle to get an Android handset from the last few years that doesn't have Dual sim support of some kind be that dual physical or single with e-sim

Lot of Xiaomi phones have dual SIM

Just got myself a Xiaomi 12 for 175 in eBay which has Snapdragon gen 1 which is a high end cheap only a year ago

Cubot are bit cheapo end