While the only decent mobile platform for gaming was Apple’s iOS. But as all of us here in India and not always ready to shell bucks for games and that has propelled Google’s Android platform to the pole position and offered a worthwhile gaming alternative. This means you can now buy an extremely capable multi-core phone for anywhere between 15-20K.
So we’ve done a quick comparison of our suggestions of these budget gaming phones. The displays have got sharper and the Android experience itself has improved considerably.
Here, then, is a selection of three great smartphone purchases for all you smartphone gamers who are on a tight budget.
1. Motorola Moto G (Rs 12,499 Exclusively from Flipkart)
A few months back Flipkart launched this phone in an Exclusive launch, unless you’re willing to take a sizeable leap to a higher price point, there’s really no better smartphone around than the Motorola Moto G.
Not only is it the cheapest phone on this list, but it’s also the best. It’s astonishingly good value. The Moto G is a quietly stylish, well-constructed smartphone with solid specifications that will run pretty much any game on the Google Play Store comfortably.
Its 4.5-inch 720p display is bright and crisp, with similar pixel density to the iPhone 5S’s. Meanwhile, it’s powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU – far from the fastest CPU on the market, but plenty fast enough for gaming.
Besides that, you have the stock Android OS, which is fluid and intuitive. What are you waiting for?
2. Samsung Galaxy S III (Rs 19,200 from Amazon India)
You’d think that more older flagship devices would make their way onto this list, but the smartphone industry doesn’t work like that since they hold a certain high price and then disappear from inventories altogether. That’s why this is quite a rare little deal for you. The Samsung Galaxy S III was one of the most powerful Android smartphones two years ago, and it’s still more than up to the job of running Android games.
It’s got a vivid 4.8-inch 720p display, which remains nice and sharp. It’s also an AMOLED display, which means that colours practically pop out of the screen and smack you around the face.
Then, you have Samsung’s custom quad-core Exynos CPU with Mali-400 GPU powering the thing. That CPU was one of the most capable chips of its time. It’s still plenty capable here in 2014.
3. Sony Xperia M2 (Rs 19,140 from Amazon India)
It really is hard to make a case for any phone other than the Moto G if you’re looking to spend less than Rs 15,000.
We’ll give the Sony Xperia M2 a nod because it’s a very solid little handset. It features that trademark Sony style that sets it apart from so many me-too efforts. It’s also got enough power on tap to handle games, with the same quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU as the one inside the Moto G.
Unfortunately, its display isn’t particularly sharp, its 4.8-inch screen lumbered with a sub-optimal 960×540 qHD resolution.
It does have its plus points over the Moto X, though, such as an 8-megapixel camera (albeit a somewhat mediocre one) and the ability to connect to 4G (though a 4G-capable Moto X is imminent for a similar price to the M2).
Plus, the one benefit to having a less sharp display is that the CPU and GPU won’t be worked so hard, so games should run a little better. We’re clutching at straws here.
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