You don't need to spend a fortune on a top-spec smartphone, if you don't mind taking a chance on a company you've never heard of - just look at the Vernee Apollo.

The Chinese company has only been around for about a month, but its first phone sounds like an absolute corker.

For starters, that 5.5in display has an ultra-sharp QHD resolution, and borrows the 3D Touch pressure-sensitive screen tech from the iPhone 6s.

It's built entirely from metal, with looks that fall somewhere between Huawei's recent efforts and an HTC One, complete with a fingerprint sensor on the back. That's a 21MP Sony camera sensor on the rear, too.

Underneath, you get a whopping 6GB of RAM and a 10-core (yes really, 10!) MediaTek CPU running the show. That basically means it'll go like lightning.