Sunday debate: Do we really need gaming phones?
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- mojojojo
- xhm
- 10 Sep 2018
we need professional looking phone with liquid cooling but optional accessories for gaming mode with added battery and shoulder button and trigger button. who;s with me on this?
- Geric.770
- uSQ
- 10 Sep 2018
xXENDER FREAKXx, 10 Sep 2018I'm not feeling the hype of gaming smartphones really, othe... moreYup.
Only the richest will buy the legit gaming phones with cooling system benefits and clocked speeds.
Same here too, "gaming" phones don't really attracted my attention. As what I've said earlier, all smartphones can game.
Only the hardest core gamers like to buy such powerful devices.
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- sR1
- 10 Sep 2018
Geric.770, 10 Sep 2018Every phone can be a gaming phone. They're just adding the... moreI'm not feeling the hype of gaming smartphones really, other than the better cooling system and the overclocked chipset, there's isn't anything that really stands out as a gaming smartphone. Plus, gaming brands are heading towards the point where they don't use gaming centric designs, but instead they use designs that suit both gamers and business owners
- Fearghast
- Ssj
- 10 Sep 2018
We need good games, that benefit from having a touchscreen on our device ... or AR, VR games.
We do not need another subpar FPS, 3rd person, platformer PC port.
So in general, we don't really need gaming phones, because good games on iOS and Android don't even need powerfull SOC.
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- pravingha
- rJY
- 10 Sep 2018
no
we likes perfect phones
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- FromChinaWithLove
- qnT
- 10 Sep 2018
Gaming phone or not, difference between it is rather or not the OEM really does make a proper flagship phone.
This is coming from someone who is using a Sony's flagship phone ( late 2016 flagship , xperia XZ).
1 less GB or RAM really does make it a hugh different when comes to playing games and handling other apps. The slow down and lag because of the heat and not enough RAM( performance different of phones are vary by OEM) .
Remember that the Nokia/Microsoft Windows phone got liquid cooling ahead of other phones, and that's 2015. But, no other OEM willing to follow right after that.
Now, all of sudden, the so call gaming phone appears with just a better specs. And that make it a gaming phone?
I enjoy playing mobile games on my phone, but I don't agree with the so call gaming phone ( just a phone with better specs year by year, and that they're finally willing to put more tech into the phone).
If every OEM from now on are making phones with these tech as standard ( then you don't need a gaming phone, cause every flagship will be a gaming phones, because everyone are using the same tech, just a different OS tweak ).
BTW, since someone talk about PS Vita, and as someone who purchased one long ago ( now collecting dust). How I wish that Sony would have made the PS Vita with the Android OS ( the PS OS to run games is just platform, so why not a Android OS). But, I do understand the worry of gaming getting pirates it which it will end up on most phones for free!
Otherwise, PS Vita ( Sony) would have make hugh succeed.
- Kiyasuriin
- Hxp
- 10 Sep 2018
-Sam-, 10 Sep 2018As long as pc games are not playable Gaming phones are gimmickThat'd mean the battery needs to deliver ATLEAST 500w/h... it's insane! And how will you fit a GTX 1080TI inside a 6inch phone???
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- Anonymous
- Sve
- 10 Sep 2018
I am not interested in games, but i'm willin gto buy a gaming phone like the one Asus have due to the better functionality and not being a useless fashionphone, which 99% of phones are. Good speakers, good cooling, additional ports and better desktop integration - thingsthat matter with or without games.
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- Anonymous
- Ix1
- 10 Sep 2018
The chipset isn't everything. A good gaming phone should have a flagship chipset AND other features that make up a good gaming phone. Instead of being thin and fragile, it should be grippier, thicker (for better comfort and potentially longer battery life) and made to be durable. Front facing speakers would be great, as well as screens with quick response times, fast storage, and good wireless performance.
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- Anonymous
- PTx
- 10 Sep 2018
>And secondly, there aren't many games to support displays above 60Hz making the 120Hz panel on the Razer Phone useless
lol? A game running at 30fps on a phone is going to look much nicer on a 120hz screen than it does on a 60hz one. Have you ever used a high refresh rate monitor?
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 10 Sep 2018
Voted yes because if not for internals... atleast you can distinguish these from the sea of lookalikes. Plus; NO NOTCH and headphone jack!
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 10 Sep 2018
Anonymous, 10 Sep 2018I don’t see why any should be excluded from the party. Both... moreI agree here. I dunno why but I feel like slamming in that PS Vita II a Snapdragon 845 with 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB of dedicated Graphics ram with 64 GB of storage will be a gurgantuan leap~!
(Just think about it. The previous generation used a Quad core cortex A9 ticking at 1.3 GHz
Merely 512 MB of ram, 128 MB of dedicated VRAM
The graphics is a measly PowerVR SGX543MP4+
And it has 1 GB of storage with a 5inch display that is qHD (yes. Smaller q: 540x960!)
I don't want the display to grow by a lot. 5 is perfectly fine for a vita. However it does need some computational boost)
My source for specs: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/psvita/system/system-specs/
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- imparanoic1
- U$3
- 10 Sep 2018
just wondering to any xperia phone owners, can you use your xperia phone with ps4 dual shock 4 controller for drones? if even possible, any vr mode?
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- imparanoic1
- U$3
- 10 Sep 2018
Luke Atmey, 10 Sep 2018Sony could've done this in a much better way. They could re... morenot as simple as you think, a proper gaming phone would simple cannibalise ps vita even more, considering ps vita sales at 16mil, with a real smartphone with gaming features such as joint venture sony ericsson xperia play, with current flagship spec won't really benefit ps vita sales, maybe during 2019 when ps vita is truly dead, it's possible, but the chances, a sony playstation version of hybrid console such as switch is more than likely than a gaming phone
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 10 Sep 2018
mr.cool, 10 Sep 2018Not really We need phone with poco spec & priceAt premium materials. ;P
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- DQ
- 8IB
- 10 Sep 2018
In my opinion gaming phones without any added feature that enriches the gaming experience is a gimmick, but the Xperia Play back in the day had proper buttons (at least better than touchscreen)...
Right now the only other proper gaming phone in my opinion is the Asus ROG Phone... The shoulder buttons and the extra USB-C port is no gimmick and it surely improves the experience.
Other than that, the other regular features that, IMO makes a phone better at gaming is:
Obviously SOC
Stereo Front Facing Speakers ("front" being the key word, for avoiding blocking the sound)
Big battery
Big storage
3.5mm Jack
Better cooling
And the problem here is that only very few devices tick all these boxes...
So, right now the only proper gaming phone for me is the ROG... Because Razer made it to "normal"...
As for games that gives you a similar PC experience, well obviously old ports like GTA, Bioshock, etc... And some Gameloft games are actually very good... And it goes without saying that your can also emulate (PSP, Gameboy, N64, etc) many old-but-gold offerings.
My 7 y/o kid plays NES, SNES and GB games with my old Xperia Acro S (2012) and he even enjoys playing it on TV with its microHDMI port and a paired Wii controller.
Apple has better offerings, but I love the hardware options you get with Android and a lot of features years before Apple implements them.
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- Anonymous
- v3B
- 10 Sep 2018
I don’t see why any should be excluded from the party. Both have their target audiences and the smartphone market is big and varied. Like many others, I agree that Sony XZ2 with the rumble pack can pass off as a “gaming” phone and vice versa, I think the Razer phone can aslo be called a “non-gaming” flagship.
Personally I wish all future flagships regardless whether gaming or not will have great dual speakers, big batteries & 120hz screens as standard.
And yea, Sony should absolutely make a proper fully featured flagship gaming phone or a new PS Vita handheld
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- Luke Atmey
- SXy
- 10 Sep 2018
Sony could've done this in a much better way. They could release a phone that has compatibility and can play PS2, PSP and Vita and BOOM! Instant cash grab. Half-joking aside, until there is a better alternative for the lithium-ion (looking at you solid state battery, please don't disappoint), I feel like even if mobile chipsets and operating systems are becoming more efficient to save power we're still only looking at a day or two of use on a smartphone before having to recharge (with the exception of the beast known as Mi Max 2).