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Suitable for playing games?

My 15 year old nephew wants a mobile phone and I was thinking of suggesting this one, the mini. His basic use apart from phone calls will be playing games. Is the mini worth it? Can it play games well. He has a net connection at home and can download using WiFi so that is not an issue. Is the processor and GPU good enough? Can the memory store many games?
Apart from this there don't seem many choices in this price range for Android phones and I feel Android is the best choice.
If anyone has other phone suggestions, please let me know.

if u r intrested in high graphics games..den it lags..high graphics games lags in this device..

arfu34 said:
if u r intrested in high graphics games..den it lags..high graphics games lags in this device..
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Don't know much about which games are high graphics. Can he play simple games like Angry Birds? Which games would lag?
Any other phone suggestion in similar price range?

jesrani said:
Don't know much about which games are high graphics. Can he play simple games like Angry Birds? Which games would lag?
Any other phone suggestion in similar price range?
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yea angry birds wouldn't lag..but high graphics games like NFS Shift, Ashphalt would lag..

LG Optimus One, HTC Wildfire S, ZTE Blade - these phones are little bit better than Samsung galaxy mini.
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[Q] Is xperia T good for heavy 3d gaming?

Hi im thinking of buying a nice phone for playing games is xperia t right thing. How are games like modern combat 4 , nfs most wanted, spiderman, dark knight rises running on this device . Plz give a quick response

Out of the box, it works OK until it gets hot. There have been numerous threads about thermal throttling kicking in after a while and killing performance - do a search rather than creating an 'urgent' new thread next time.
Having said that, if you are prepared to root then this thread may keep your performance up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937329

This phone gets HOT when playing games? i thought its 28nm cpu will stay cool. Should i buy xperia T or should i buy htc one XL for gaming
by the way i researched alot and could not find a similar threat.

Most new phones have some sort of heat issue and thermal throttling. I would recommend trying the games on the handsets to see exactly what you feel about it.
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I am running now at 192 - 1458MHz, both cores always on, when the heat is going over about 65°C, CPU is throttled to 1188MHz (and less), still with both cores on. When I am gaming a little longer, CPU temperature is going up to 75°C and battery temperature does not exceed 50°C while connected to wall charger.
All games I know are running smoothly this way.
These temperatures should be fine. If anything goes wrong with these temperatures, then it's a bad device.
Thing that is low on T, is RAM. I would recommend something with 2GB. I believe there will be games with 2GB requirement soon. And T has only 640MB available RAM for applications. And system is using about 300 - 400MB. The rest of RAM is low even for browser and low for future gaming, at least now in ICS.
And internal memory chip has not very good performance. For example SenseMe Slideshow (plastic frames) never makes smooth slideshow. Opening phone or SMS app takes almost 2 seconds. Opening NFS Most Wanted takes about 15 seconds (and this procedure kills all opened apps, very nice. Etc.
I am not telling it's a bad device, I like it (except wifi, that one drives me mad. But I recommend something else for heavy gaming.

peetr_ said:
I am running now at 192 - 1458MHz, both cores always on...
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Out of curiosity, ¿what rom/kernel combo are you using?. I'm interested in undervolting and underclocking my device.
I used Siyah kernel while I was on Timin8r's stock rom, but now I'm running AOKP and I don't know any current kernel compatible with that.

Siah kernel, but works on stock kernel too (except 192MHz). Values are changed manually.

i have already ordered the Xperia T But hope that it will not dissapoint me Devices with 2GB are out of my reach and in my country i found xperia T the fastest in my current budget

You won't be disappointed. It is good device. But has some disadvantages. Just like other devices.

waleed794 said:
i have already ordered the Xperia T But hope that it will not dissapoint me Devices with 2GB are out of my reach and in my country i found xperia T the fastest in my current budget
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I'm sure you will enjoy it. The Xperia T is quite fast and capable.

One more question , Does modern combat 4 run smooth on this device ? And are the graphics high like s3?

waleed794 said:
One more question , Does modern combat 4 run smooth on this device ? And are the graphics high like s3?
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Please answer...

My exp. with mc4, laggy. We do only have 1g RAM
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tr33z said:
My exp. with mc4, laggy. We do only have 1g RAM
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Its got f*** all to do with ram. 1gig is enough. We get full effects like the galaxy s3, and as mentioned in earlier comments adjusting the throttling works wonders. This game never lags for me.
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I basically want every game till date to be playable. Possible?
Bit worried about new Modern Combat 5 and Dead Trigger 2 though.
I can get xperia T (or TX) for 320$ in my country and it is a really really great phone (I tried it in one shopping mall) so...

Option58 said:
I basically want every game till date to be playable. Possible?
Bit worried about new Modern Combat 5 and Dead Trigger 2 though.
I can get xperia T (or TX) for 320$ in my country and it is a really really great phone (I tried it in one shopping mall) so...
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Gameloft have started adding graphics setting to their games which is a good move, so I imagine MC5 will have them. Dunno about dead trigger 2 but they normally optimize their games well. I have a lot of games, they all work fine after reducing the thermal throttling. Only problems you might face is games being unavailable such as a few flu titles, but device spoofing takes care of that. My phone sometimes shuts down from online gaming because the battery can't take the stress, but as long as the throttle allows 12420000 or lower it rarely happens unless battery is low. Plus a friend is trying to make a fix for it, by putting out a voltage based on averages, rather than having a voltage that is too high then it dropping too low under pressure . Also its the same chip as USA version of GS3
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Dead Trigger 1 plays smooth on my Cortex A5 800Mhz and Adreno 200. :\ Few lags here and there but nothing noticeable... I think this will handle Dead Trigger 2... Subway Surfers lags like hell though.
How about N.O.V.A 3 and MC4? I just worry about constant non-playable frame rates. I can't judge by YouTube. Do you get smooth experience with Adreno 225?

Option58 said:
Dead Trigger 1 plays smooth on my Cortex A5 800Mhz and Adreno 200. :\ Few lags here and there but nothing noticeable... I think this will handle Dead Trigger 2... Subway Surfers lags like hell though.
How about N.O.V.A 3 and MC4? I just worry about constant non-playable frame rates. I can't judge by YouTube. Do you get smooth experience with Adreno 225?
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Yeah its pretty good. My shutdowns are getting bad though. If you get one of these get one with a 1780mah battery, the 1850mah is fatally flawed
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I am actually getting 1750mah Xperia TX.

Good! @peetr_ is going to replace his with a 1780mah variant, if this solves the problem I may have to do this too
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Should i Buy this Mobile for Gaming?

Should i Buy this Mobile for Gaming? 8.4inc

davc said:
Should i Buy this Mobile for Gaming? 8.4inc
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Dedicated gaming and that's it? I can tell you that any game I have played it's smooth fps, but if I were getting a tablet for gaming I'd probabally go with the nvidia shield tablet. But if you plan to watch movies and stuff there is no denying the screen on this baby is the best bar none.

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Dedicated gaming and that's it? I can tell you that any game I have played it's smooth fps, but if I were getting a tablet for gaming I'd probabally go with the nvidia shield tablet. But if you plan to watch movies and stuff there is no denying the screen on this baby is the best bar none.
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yes gaming only and only android games from google play
nvidia shield table is bad dont think i can play all new games like Zenonia 6 : Online / Dungeon Hunter 5 ...
there aren't many Android games that support the K1 graphics potential

davc said:
yes gaming only and only android games from google play
nvidia shield table is bad dont think i can play all new games like Zenonia 6 : Online / Dungeon Hunter 5 ...
there aren't many Android games that support the K1 graphics potential
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The tab S gets hot alot when playing graphical games. Keep that in mind. So when it gets hot, the cpu and gpu throttle down and lose performance..

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
The tab S gets hot alot when playing graphical games. Keep that in mind. So when it gets hot, the cpu and gpu throttle down and lose performance..
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so which tablet do you recommand me for playing all new games from google play ? DH5 / Zenonia 6 / Heroes Charge ...

davc said:
so which tablet do you recommand me for playing all new games from google play ? DH5 / Zenonia 6 / Heroes Charge ...
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Wait for new galaxy tab s2 or xperia z4 tablet.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
The tab S gets hot alot when playing graphical games. Keep that in mind. So when it gets hot, the cpu and gpu throttle down and lose performance..
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True, :/ i have to stop & rest every 30min just to cool it down and charge the battery

fifthelement said:
Wait for new galaxy tab s2 or xperia z4 tablet.
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i want now 1 tablet dont gona w8 1 year to come at europa

davc said:
i want now 1 tablet dont gona w8 1 year to come at europa
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Then buy a nvidia shield tablet or nexus 9. Galaxy tab s is not a good choice for gaming.

fifthelement said:
Then buy a nvidia shield tablet or nexus 9. Galaxy tab s is not a good choice for gaming.
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but will K1 support all new android games ? if not is useless for me i want play this year DH5 / Zenonia 6 / Need for Speed: No Limits/ Crashlands .... and more

davc said:
but will K1 support all new android games ? if not is useless for me i want play this year DH5 / Zenonia 6 / Need for Speed: No Limits/ Crashlands .... and more
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Yes, you will be OK with K1. It will support all those games.
You may also consider buying an iPad. It may be a better choice for gaming if you like ios.

davc said:
so which tablet do you recommand me for playing all new games from google play ? DH5 / Zenonia 6 / Heroes Charge ...
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I have the Nexus 9, the Shield Tablet and the Tab S 8.4. If you want a tablet for gaming the Shield is far and away your best choice. Make sure you get a good size micro SD card with it to move your games on to.
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This is my opinion, but if my main use were gaming I would not get this tab. For one, I think the processor is a bit underpowered. Not a lot of head room for lag free gaming. Also, playing any kind of graphics intensive game just eats up battery like crazy. Like I play NFS for five minutes and it drops 10%. And it gets kind of warm too. Luckily I'm a very casual gamer and get bored quickly.
I would get the shield or wait for the 2015 version of the tab S.

I have the tab s 10.5, I never ever have issues gaming. I play all the games you listed and it works great. The screen is beautiful, have no battery issues what so ever and it never gets too hot even with max brightness... Not sure why everyone else is getting bad results gaming.
I play a lot of online fps and racing games with the moga controller and Jay bud Bluetooth headphones because I travel a lot for work. Highly recommended this tablet.

I love my tabs 8.4
i play wit psp emulator,,
still no lags and best display for movie,,

barth2 said:
This is my opinion, but if my main use were gaming I would not get this tab. For one, I think the processor is a bit underpowered. Not a lot of head room for lag free gaming. Also, playing any kind of graphics intensive game just eats up battery like crazy. Like I play NFS for five minutes and it drops 10%. And it gets kind of warm too. Luckily I'm a very casual gamer and get bored quickly.
I would get the shield or wait for the 2015 version of the tab S.
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Yup this guy is right. Battery drain kills but it is lag free though! Wait for thr lollipop update, read some good reviews in the thread. so good luck!!

Gaming on Atrix HD

Hi guys,
Since you already know our device is getting older and now it is being categorized among the lower-end handsets in the android community. Games on android have never been so much better. The visuals on some recent games are breathtaking. I know the device we own is not so much of a gaming one and continuous gaming can adversely eat up the battery life and heat up the phone so please don't bring this up in the discussion which will follow since everyone knows it.
I want this thread to be a gaming thread for AHD. I would like you people to discuss about some latest and graphic intensive games and their performance on our phone. I actually want to determine the real life performance and reach the upper limits of this phone. Stats and benchmarks are just numbers and real life performance can be different. I will comment on the games which I have played on my AHD and share my experience with them. I suggest you do the same. For best performance you should restart the phone before launching the game and never run any apps in the background.

The games which I have tried personally are(I'm listing all the graphics intensive games here not the ones which are like Candy Crush):
- Asphalt 8 ( A great fun racing game with some breathtaking visuals. Overall this game runs fine on AHD. Can sometimes lag a bit when running other apps in the background but overall the experience is lovely)
- Leo's Fortune ( One of the most top rated and liked games on mobile platform. The game runs without a hitch. Can sometimes stutter on levels where there is snowfall or rain but it can be tolerated. I just loved playing it on my phone)
- Dungeon Hunter ( A lovely RPG. It performed okayish when I started playing it but after few levels it just stuttered randomly at some points which I couldn't bear and so didn't play it further on the AHD)
- Plants vs Zombies 1 & 2 ( They both run great. Love playing them every now and then)
- Riptide GP 1 & 2 ( Awesome Jet ski racing games. The visuals are amazing for a game which acquires such a low space on your phone. Try them out)
- GT Racing 2 ( Runs fine for the most part. Performance can be compared to Asphalt 8)
- Real Racing 3 ( I played this game an year ago on my AHD and the performance was not so good. It is such a great game, probably the best racing game on a mobile platform right now but for me it stuttered every now and then due to which I didn't play it further on AHD. I recently asked a member here about RR3 performance in CM11 thread since he mentioned he was playing it. Maybe its gotten better I think I should try it out again)
I've played lots of other games as well but I think these are enough to get the thread going. Please share your experience as well.

- Modern Combat 5 on this phone makes it feel that its getting really old. GFX aren't great (pixilated with textures) and its laggy too, the problem was starting the game or hoping it doesnt crash while doing a very intense level. I ran this game in Blisspop 2.2 (very stable and quick btw) and was surprised that it ran that bad.
- Madden Ultimate Team Mobile (It was a huge problem to start the game even in stock it was a problem it would just freeze and reboot) Cm11 I had better luck it would crash when loading but would load the game when I was lucky enough. Playing the game was okay too, wasn't all impressed or that since its a sports game. I think the problem is when its getting alot of data from the internet for managing the ultimate team, it would just crash there. When using Cm12 and Blisspop (especially Blisspop) It loads more often than not and managing the team would still be an issue, but you must load it one step at a time and not all at once, good enough. Best tip is to restart this device and then just run it, before other apps try to run.
Mincecraft- It just runs the game as if the phone was in the mid range category and im fine with that. Cm12 and Blisspop run it much better thus a slightly better view distance seems fine before the device lags when you put the view distance higher. Cm11 and lower (including stock) just take it down a notch and it runs fine.
I could understand why its now in the lower part of the spectrum and is compared to the moto g of last year and the moto e of this year. (judging from benchmark rankings, just slight differential)
The newer devices will always have some type of edge because it processes things much better due to the chipset architecture, management, optimization etc....

Gaminh Performance

Can someone comment on gaming performance of the Blu XL? Comparisons to older flagships like the Note 3, LG G2, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Scott

I can't make any comparisons to the phones that you have listed, but i can comment on the gaming.
I don't game much, but I have found a game that makes the phone struggle. Its the Pokemon trading card game. It stutters a lot. I was surprised and slightly disappointed.
It handles games like clash of clans and clash royale easily.
Hopes that this gives you some insight. Even if it is little insight.
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The.Penguin said:
I can't make any comparisons to the phones that you have listed, but i can comment on the gaming.
I don't game much, but I have found a game that makes the phone struggle. Its the Pokemon trading card game. It stutters a lot. I was surprised and slightly disappointed.
It handles games like clash of clans and clash royale easily.
Hopes that this gives you some insight. Even if it is little insight.
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Thanks for the reply. My son is using my old galaxy nexus and it gets a bit choppy with some games and some new games don't support it any longer. We're trying to figure out if we should get a used HD2 or the Vivo XL for gaming.
Can anyone else some experiences with gaming?