Weekly poll: do you think gaming phones have a future?

15 April 2018
Will the Razer phone, the Xiaomi Black Shark, the nubia Red Magic and other entrants win or fail?

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  • Nokia super fan
  • KSE
  • 15 Apr 2018

I shall say no because we already got gaming desktop and laptop running at core i7 8th with GTX1080 which is hundred times powerful than the SD 845. And what's the point of putting the camera on a gaming phone where gamers does not takes photos/vidoes.




Until today, I still own my Acer predator 300 running i7 7th Gen with GTX1060 at the reasonable price of $800 and it performed better than my Razer phone and the iPhone X.


    Sadly mobile gaming sucks so hard thanks to freemium contents ads and robbery IAPs. Looking back at shadow fight 2, leo's fortune, monument valley 1&2, asphalt 7 heat,asphalt 6 adrenaline. The best games I have ever played on android.

      Naah if i want a portable gaming station I'd go with gaming notebooks

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        • Anonymous
        • I8m
        • 15 Apr 2018

        DonAlduck, 15 Apr 2018I think that the Xperia Play is the best concept for a gami... moreIt was a good idea but was basically released outdated and left barely supported and never had a successor.
        Typical Sony fashion

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          • CM3
          • X{v
          • 15 Apr 2018

          How the hell does a true gamer not want a gaming phone?

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            • flower
            • 0nD
            • 15 Apr 2018

            what gaming could be on the phone, if almost all games for phones don't have an ending and are all the saaaame. the battle between consoles and PCs was about somethnig, but phone gaming is a lame

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              • AnonD-558092
              • r7b
              • 15 Apr 2018

              The amount of AAA games on mobile devices is... too low. Also, Any real gamer knows that a big screen is important, which is impossible in a phone for obvious reasons. And laptop gaming keeps getting better and better (hexacore i7, Max-Q, thin laptops and eGPUs). A good gaming laptop serves as much and even more

              Also why everyone keeps saying 120GHz screens? There's absolutely no graphics card that can do 120GHz (okay maybe a Pxx GPU on Windows 2000 desktop). 120GHz= 120Hz× One BILLION.
              It says a lot about the lack of knowledge and manipulation by companies, and a fake sense of expertise of some.
              (Because you need higher FPS to make use of the higher refresh rate)

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                • Fayth
                • Lfs
                • 15 Apr 2018

                N-Gage reborn please

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                  • Anonymous
                  • bJb
                  • 15 Apr 2018

                  Anonymous, 15 Apr 2018will gaming phones have a future? will the games even have?... morecan you use a full stop or a comma in your sentence next time?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • KSE
                    • 15 Apr 2018

                    why will anyone want a gaming phone look at the freak pokemon go wannabe so lame no fun at all have you see just how loyal the base players are pffttt

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Js{
                      • 15 Apr 2018

                      GSM Arena Reader, 15 Apr 2018Processors and GPU are all the same for flagships, so no co... moreYou mean 60-150Hz..

                      GHz is impossible

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                        • Anonymous
                        • m5N
                        • 15 Apr 2018

                        Not to tread on nintendos toes but yes a gaming phone needs to able to connect to a tv. So a docking station should come with the phone with this capability. But as far as the rest of the features as its been said all phones can "Game"
                        Making a gaming phone would be no different to making a camera phone. as all phones have cameras. well almost all.
                        Everyone is just playing around with the same ideas now. What about something new and original.... the next big this is....?????????

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                          • Anonymous
                          • KSE
                          • 15 Apr 2018

                          will gaming phones have a future? will the games even have? look at pirates masters of the sea look at starwars iron blockade anoat all terminated why they only want to milk the cash cow and fools pay and pay so much for a mere app that is not even a dedicated gaming pc game or nintendo gameboy or sony psp games true classics that no gaming phones can replace gaming phones go to hell and burn where they belong

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 0rY
                            • 15 Apr 2018

                            Maybe a smartphone without camera etc and just the requirements for gaming, but why buy that if you can buy a multimedia smartphone flagship that can do all. Also yes for heavy use a liquid cooling system would be nice and larger battery, but just apply this on the flagships. No need for a special gaming category.

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                              • Avovymous
                              • UD{
                              • 15 Apr 2018

                              GSM Arena Reader, 15 Apr 2018Processors and GPU are all the same for flagships, so no co... more100% on point, these gaming phones are just like those flagships out in the wild, only difference is that they have gaming-phone modelname

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                                • AnonD-737741
                                • 3sg
                                • 15 Apr 2018

                                A question: which would be the best screen technology (please list variant of said technology if applicable) for gaming phones?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • KSE
                                  • 15 Apr 2018

                                  sad reality gaming phones have so much gold to be made but makers only keep around for so long the cutthroat pace of the phone industry makes a mere year old device obsolete how to play around with a gaming phone as long as a gaming pc can

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                                    • GSM Arena Reader
                                    • f{X
                                    • 15 Apr 2018

                                    Anonymous, 15 Apr 2018an even more bleak future consumed by corporate greed gone ... moreOh, I just remembered the Ready player One movie.

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                                      • GSM Arena Reader
                                      • f{X
                                      • 15 Apr 2018

                                      Anonymous, 15 Apr 2018gaming phones will never have a proper future as do gaming ... moreYou can't bring a PC or play on your PC while in a train.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • KSE
                                        • 15 Apr 2018

                                        an even more bleak future consumed by corporate greed gone were the days when people made games with passion and fun for the masses in mind, now all they ever do is to make people pay and pay more gamble away with casual trash in app stuff no wonder gaming pcs will always be better than gaming phones just look at the kind of people who play them so concerned only with profit no fun at all