Best Smartphones for Gaming
Gaming has come a long way since the Atari days especially mobile gaming. Gone are the days where the best game you could play on your phone was Snake or Space Impact. Now from your mobile phone you can play console quality games on the go like Max Payne and Grand Theft Auto.
Best Smartphones for Gaming
Smartphones are getting bigger, more powerful and are more affordable. The major smart phone manufacturers are constantly battling it out every year and always upgrading the RAM and processors of their devices. But it is really up to you to choose. And we are here to help, these are the best Android phones for gaming.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Samsung always make great smartphones and they haven’t disappointed with the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. It is a beautiful device with a 5.5 inch curved screen so your games will look amazing on this screen. It also has 4GB RAM and is available in either 32GB or 64GB variants and you can expand the memory using a micro SD card up to a massive 200GB.
The S7 edge features dedicated tools for gaming like the Game Launcher which conveniently places all your games in one folder and Games Tools like screen recording and screen shots so you can prove to all your friends how good you are at Angry Birds.
Another great thing about the S7 edge is that it has a long lasting 3,600 mAh so your long gaming sessions on your phone won’t leave your phone battery drained. The phone takes full charge in just over an hour and a half. This is probably one of the best if not the best Android phone on the market. The only downside of the S7 edge is the price, it is pretty pricey but for what you are getting it is definitely worth it. However this has to be one of the best smartphones for gaming.
LG G5
Over the years LG have built up quite a reputation for delivering some of the best smartphones in the phone market. The G5 is powered by a 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and 4GB of RAM. This makes sure that the LG G5 will deliver better images and stunning graphics when playing those graphically demanding games.
It can handle multi tasking and demanding graphics and makes it look like a walk in the park. The LG G5 has a 5.3 inch screen and 2560×1440 IPS LCD display. In terms of processor and CPU the LG G5 matches the S7 edge. However the G5 does have a smaller battery then the S7 edge.
Google Pixel XL
This is the latest phone from search engine giants Google. It runs the latest version of Android (Android 7.1 Nougat). It has a sleek aluminium finish to it and is very well built. The design is superb but you can’t help but notice that it does appear to look a lot like the iPhone.
But in terms of gaming the Google Pixel XL has a 5.5 inch Quad HD AMOLED so games will look outstanding on this screen. The screen is also reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 so the screen has damage resistance. It also has a 4GB RAM and comes in either 32GB or 128GB storage. This means you can store tons of games on your phone without the worrying if the storage will run out.
Another good thing about the Google Pixel XL is that it supports Google Daydream, the virtual reality platform developed by Google. This is another competitor to being one of the best smartphones for gaming.
Sony Xperia X
The main feature of the Sony Xperia X is the astonishing camera in that it has a 23 mega pixel back camera and a 13 mega pixel front camera. This trumps any of the smartphone cameras on the market right now. The Sony Xperia X will also receive an upgrade to go onto the latest version of Android 7.1 Nougat.
The Sony Xperia X has a 5 inch Full HD IPS LCD display and is perfect for watching demanding content and playing imposing games. Graphically it is a excellent phone and is equiped with a Adreno 510 GPU unit and a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 and a 3GB RAM and is available in either 32GB or 64GB and has can have up to a 200GB through external memory card.
Huawei Mate 8
Last but definitely not least is the Huawei Mate 8. This is probably one of the lesser known phones on this list but it still manages to pack a punch. Huawei uses a operating system which is a modified version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It has a full HD 6 inch display and supports a 3GB or 4GB RAM and is available up to 128GB storage size.
In terms of graphics the Huawei Mate 8 doesn’t match up to the big boys like Samsung or Apple but it is a lot cheaper than those phones. In our tests the Mate 8 disappointingly came in towards the bottom.