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Galaxy S2 or Xperia Play?

Hey guys. I will be able to change my phone real soon and I'm kinda in a dilemma on which phone to get, the Xperia Play or S2. I'm planning to use my new phone for gaming LOL. Xperia Play has 1Ghz processor and 512mb of ram, but has that fancy looking controller. S2 on the other hand, has 1.2Ghz processor and an amazingly 1gb ram, to compensate for the controller, it is a ridiculously thin smartphone and a better processor. I'm looking for the smartphone which is optimised for gaming.. I want to know you guys opinion!
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well lets put it this way if the galaxy S II had a controller built in it would be the clear winner. xperia play i think has most game compatibility but every game ive tried on my s2 plays beautifully and lag free

eddies92 said:
well lets put it this way if the galaxy S II had a controller built in it would be the clear winner. xperia play i think has most game compatibility but every game ive tried on my s2 plays beautifully and lag free
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+1 For great gameplay on my s2 - There is always the option of a bluetooth controller if you are REALLY into games

I have a play.. its nice for gaming but would rather have the S2. I'm getting the galaxy nexus next month and cant wait to get rid of this phone.
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Alright thanks guys guess I will go with S2!
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Android 2.3.4 DXKPD
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The device you pick should really depend if you really want to play a lot of games on your cell phone. I have both the xperia play and the T-Mobile galaxy s 2 that I use for T-Mobile.
The galaxy s 2 is really great phone that you wont be disappointed in because...
.1 gig of ram really helps multitasking (compared to 512)
.2gb of space storage compared to 512mb(really like 400mb for you to use)
. You can connect the phone with an HDMI cable to an HD TV with the help from an adapter.
The xperia play is a really good phone because...
.to play so many games from the android market, emulators that play Playstation 1, N64, SNES,NES, etc.
. It has surprisingly good battery for gaming.
* I like both phones but since I am on T-Mobile I use the galaxy s 2 more because of the 4G connectivity. If I could use the xperia play for faster internet I would pick that one. Pick the xperia play ONLY if you really like playing a lot of games on it like me.
Since the galaxy s 2 is newer compared to the xperia play it is technically better but since games on the galaxy s 2 are okay, they are better with actual hardware controls.
I hope I helped. Sorry for the long post.
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Is my s2 great on gameplay

buy this
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/gametel-gaming-controller-turns-any-android-phone-into-an-xperia-play-but-better/

qwerty warrior said:
buy this
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/gametel-gaming-controller-turns-any-android-phone-into-an-xperia-play-but-better/
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Love that thing, I wonder if they will make something larger for tablets - saw an iArcade at best buy recently which was funnnny

sativas said:
Love that thing, I wonder if they will make something larger for tablets - saw an iArcade at best buy recently which was funnnny
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I was just in awe that anyone would buy the iArcade when I saw it in the deals on slick near black Friday.

Yea getting the SGSII would be better,plus it has a big screen so,your fingers will have enough room to game

Thanks for the info ppl. But there are several games I heard which S2 doesnt supprt while Xplay supports it? Like Samurai Vengeance2? It will only work on S2 if its rooted and chainfire enabled and I dont wish to root my new phone
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Android 2.3.4 DXKPD
ROM : TheMythICS Lite Beta 2
SCRIPT : SlaidMod
Don't just say 'thanks', use d 'THANKS' button.
[XDA RULE]

CNghost said:
Thanks for the info ppl. But there are several games I heard which S2 doesnt supprt while Xplay supports it? Like Samurai Vengeance2? It will only work on S2 if its rooted and chainfire enabled and I dont wish to root my new phone
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Android 2.3.4 DXKPD
ROM : TheMythICS Lite Beta 2
SCRIPT : SlaidMod
Don't just say 'thanks', use d 'THANKS' button.
[XDA RULE]
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those are called tegra games
just buy the tegra 2 version of the S2
or any other tegra device

qwerty warrior said:
those are called tegra games
just buy the tegra 2 version of the S2
or any other tegra device
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There's 2 different S2?!?
I just did some research on it. It's model is i9103 right?

Wait. On the first quarter of next year SE will probably launch a new play, probably with their new NovaThor SoC, which is just as graphically capable as the Exynos, but the processor is a little worse, eveb though is still dual core.
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The xperia has a more outstanding design but I would get a SGSII (if I wouldn't be in love with my Optimus 2X), as the lifestyle factor is much higher ;-)

sgs 2 cause of performance and look
sgs2 wins in all areas

SG 2 is better in performance, and overall, but Xperia Play is made for games so it's up to you, obviously is more comfortable to have the buttons to play the games, so in the end you will have to decide between that, overall performance vs comfort in a specific area.

gs2 plus if u have a ps3 or Xbox 360 you can connect it via Bluetooth.
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Galaxy S2 allthe way...SGS 2 is better in performance.

S4 I9500 (Exynos) Gameplay video thread

Here are some gameplay vids showing how the S4 I9500 (Exynos) handles some of the top games right now.
Note: I will update this thread when more gameplay vids are available.
Modern Combat 4
Real Racing 3
Shadowgun Dead Zone
Into The Dead
Commando D-Day
Grand Theft Auto 3 & Real Racing 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Sonic 4, Ravensword 2, Modern Combat 4

I think it's too early to tell whether games run well. Most of them won't be optimised and hence lag(as seen in RR3).
Anyways, thanks for the videos!

Lag!
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It's not that laggy, but it's certainly not looking all that great at the moment. Maybe that will get sorted later on.

handle it pretty nice

It`s fake. This guy uploaded a clip with the settings menu. As you`ve seen in the reviews the settings menu has a white background, in this guy`s video is all black, so it`s probably an S3 with a custom ROM.
This is the clip i`m talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6EckHlI_s

That's not an S3, look at the bezel and the sensors.

Maybe, but he didn`t show the whole phone, only the front, so i can asume it`s some modified S3 variant or something.
Anyway, the black background of the menu definitely isn`t present in the S4`s TW.

i.razvan said:
Maybe, but he didn`t show the whole phone, only the front, so i can asume it`s some modified S3 variant or something.
Anyway, the black background of the menu definitely isn`t present in the S4`s TW.
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I think you should look around more, just watched a danish review of the S4 and settings menu was indeed black.
Edit: http://youtu.be/qAVPqI-C8kM?t=7m56s

DramatikBeats said:
I think you should look around more, just watched a danish review of the S4 and settings menu was indeed black.
Edit: http://youtu.be/qAVPqI-C8kM?t=7m56s
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Yeah, my bad. :silly:
Then i only hope that this is not the final version, its very laggy especially in RR3.

i.razvan said:
Yeah, my bad. :silly:
Then i only hope that this is not the final version, its very laggy especially in RR3.
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I should hope so too.

Well, I don't think it's going to change much from whats seen here, what may happen though, is improved optimization on the game developer end.

RR3 never runs smooth on any Android device, true story.
It's pretty like a port from iOS version.

The first page has been updated.

Another video with GTA3 and RR3 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nJz4aL6wg

This video is for i9505 snapdragon version. We want to see how exynos octa will handle those games.
Wysłane z Galaxy S3

Oh, yeah , i forgot .
So then we have a confirmation that the snapdragon handles better RR3 than the Exynos version

We have to wait for the final exynos firmware on galaxy s4 and then we will see which one is better.
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Gaming review of Sonic, GTA VC, RavenSwords 2 and MC4
Exynos 5 Octa version(i9500)

i.razvan said:
Another video with GTA3 and RR3
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system.img said:
Gaming review of Sonic, GTA VC, RavenSwords 2 and MC4
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Updated the first page with the videos.

Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) - Games Focus

Hi all, for those of you interested, I shot a video focus on the GT-I9505 performance while running cpu/gpu intensive games like Real Racing 3, Need For Speed Most Wanted, Asphalt 7, Dead Trigger, etc
http://youtu.be/Ibj_o5YahhM
Ciaoooooo

Very nice video!
One concern that I had, and now after watching this video is an even bigger concern, is gaming performance. Overall all games are somewhat lagging, I believe that this is due to the high resolution, that not only it has to process more pixels, but also requires additional video memory, which I believe is shared with the system memory.
I got very excited to buy this phone after S4 GE announcement, but now I'm skeptical, I have seen the Nexus 4 running games a lot smoother than this and I'm worried I will have to upgrade again soon in the future for a phone with a better GPU like Adreno 330 to be able to play newer games in 1920x1080 while the Nexus 4 could still play the same game smoothly.
What do you guys think? are you also disappointed with gaming performance?

sniperbr0 said:
Very nice video!
One concern that I had, and now after watching this videos is an even bigger concern, is gaming performance. Overall all games are somewhat lagging, I believe that this is due to the high resolution, that not only has to process more pixels, but also requires additional video memory, which I believe is shared with the system memory.
I got very excited to buy this phone after S4 GE announcement, but now I'm skeptical, I have seen the Nexus 4 running games a lot smoother than this and I'm worried I will have to upgrade again soon in the future for a phone with a better GPU like Adreno 330 to be able to play newer games in 1920x1080 while the Nexus 4 could still play the same game smoothly.
What do you guys think? are you also disappointed with gaming performance?
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Frankly speaking, I'm disappointed for the whole performance experience with my GT-I9505. The whole system it's not perfectly smooth and there's some stuttering here and there. The same issue obviously happen during games, although it's not so noticeable.
To be honest, any device I tried with the recent Qualcomm architecture (I mean both APQ8064 and APQ8064T Snapdragon 600), screen resolution apart, was not completely smooth during games like NFSMW or Real Racing 3. And, just to give a term of comparison, I had: PadFone 2, Nexus 4, Xperia Z, Optimus G, HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505). On Android OS, I could just see the Galaxy Note 2 (Exynos and Mali of course) running almost perfectly smooth Need For Speed Most Wanted. Then, I wouldn't be that worried about games and even more about general performances of GT-I9505. Samsung it's relatively new to APQ8064(T), then I guess it can only get better in the next updates.

Any game not running perfect on this phone just needs optimization that's all. The soc is relatively new in most regards, and aside from the mali-t6, has the most capable graphics card out there. The mali 400 used in the s2 through the note 2 handle every game just about prefect.
Swyped from a minimalist S2

how abouti9500 one and is it better:? they gave me this version im so sad and i forced to chose this phone

I think octa is more for gamming, gpu have more Power, some games really need optimizations
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matheus_sc said:
I think octa is more for gamming, gpu have more Power, some games really need optimizations
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Dont think so
The 320 is on the same level as the power vr , according to some sites , the adreno is little bit better
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Playing real racing and fpse and had never a lag and a slow down.
Most people which say s4 is slow use the crappy touchwiz interface.
I can tell you guys its not the phone or the hardware which is laggy,its just touchwiz.
Get rid of it and you will never have a lag,launcher redraw or a slow down anymore
Edit:
I run a superslim deodexed and pre rooted 4.2.2 rom and have no lag and perfect battery life.
Just try it guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
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MultiLockOn said:
Any game not running perfect on this phone just needs optimization that's all. The soc is relatively new in most regards, and aside from the mali-t6, has the most capable graphics card out there. The mali 400 used in the s2 through the note 2 handle every game just about prefect.
Swyped from a minimalist S2
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Yeah I think it's this and a combination of the Touchwiz interface and other bloated apps / processes.
optimising games for the phones hardware will increase performance in terms of average fps and that sort of thing but these random dips and microstutters we see are caused by background processes and services. Touchwiz is the main culprit but not the only culprit.

kamranhaghighi said:
how abouti9500 one and is it better:? they gave me this version im so sad and i forced to chose this phone
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The 9500 uses the Octacore. It's a little bit more powerful than the APQ8064T you can find into the 9505.
On the other side, you will just have HSPA modem, not the LTE one. Only in korea for what I can remember, Samsung release an Octacore version together with an LTE modem.
If you don't need or you can't use LTE, you should have a slightly better device than the 9505.

Aratheba said:
The 9500 uses the Octacore. It's a little bit more powerful than the APQ8064T you can find into the 9505.
On the other side, you will just have HSPA modem, not the LTE one. Only in korea for what I can remember, Samsung release an Octacore version together with an LTE modem.
If you don't need or you can't use LTE, you should have a slightly better device than the 9505.
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in iran we dont even have 3g we have 2g or edge that max speed is 10kb/s! that means 80kbps! seems they are alsmot same anyway i dont ahve performance probelms and happy whit my s4 expext I FORCED TO PAY a lot of money i was goign to buy nexus 4 they gave me wrong version (8gb) they told me w dont have the 16gb so i forced to chose that! btw it wroth screen is freakigna wesome and thin and light (i dont care about weight and thin!)

devgee said:
Dont think so
The 320 is on the same level as the power vr , according to some sites , the adreno is little bit better
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Both have their advantages. Power VR can push out more FPS but the adreno has a better hexagon fill rate. The adreno 320is the newer chip and unfortunately many games are not optimized for it yet. The power vr on the I9500 is older and thus why some games will play more smoothly. If you try a game like real racing 3 you will see what I mean. However, a game like asphalt 7, both devices should handle well.

But why should Asphalt be no problem? I played it and it plays smooth Like it should. The game Epoch is running smooth but a simple game as carmaggedon has frame drop. Epoch is unreal powered and looks awsome.
Could this be because of optimizing games? I sure hope so. I love the device.
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[Q] Does Dead Trigger lag only for me? o.O

Hello guys i am new to XDA and i have just a question in mind......
Before purchasing my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 i saw some gaming reviews as i am a gamer and games like Dead Trigger [My Fav.] and MC4 did not lag at all but when i finally purchased it Dead Trigger showed noticeable but negligible lag. I did not expect lag from this! Am i the only one? Need help guys
Info:-
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3100
Rooted
No custom ROM installed!

All dead?
All dead?

The graphic really lagging. So just play with Note

No lag at all with mine.
Even when I was in stock 4.0.3 I used to play MC4 and Deadtrigger just fine. The auto-graphic was set to low, but I manually changed to high and also didn't have any problem with lag.

royal_rocker said:
Hello guys i am new to XDA and i have just a question in mind......
Before purchasing my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 i saw some gaming reviews as i am a gamer and games like Dead Trigger [My Fav.] and MC4 did not lag at all but when i finally purchased it Dead Trigger showed noticeable but negligible lag. I did not expect lag from this! Am i the only one? Need help guys
Info:-
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3100
Rooted
No custom ROM installed!
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Our SGT2 7.0's family tab doesn't "lag" unless if I'm changing guns. Its the same with my iPad
(All on High graphics setting). The zombie in the black suit/jacket spits out a ball with blood on the iPad version whereas its only blood on Android.

It was smooth at low graphics!
MrAndroid12 said:
Our SGT2 7.0's family tab doesn't "lag" unless if I'm changing guns. Its the same with my iPad
(All on High graphics setting). The zombie in the black suit/jacket spits out a ball with blood on the iPad version whereas its only blood on Android.
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It was though smooth on low graphics but i want to play with high graphics. Will installing a custom ROM help me?
The lag is negligible but it irritates me
If i had a good pocket i could get a Note for me

royal_rocker said:
It was though smooth on low graphics but i want to play with high graphics. Will installing a custom ROM help me?
The lag is negligible but it irritates me
If i had a good pocket i could get a Note for me
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Custom Roms do help but have you tried Samsung's 4.1.2 yet? I don't have negligible lags on it but changing guns.
You should have gotten the Nexus 7, its round about the same price but a lot more fragile.
Doesn't have negligible lags even while changing guns unless graphics is on Tegra 3 settings (pity)

MrAndroid12 said:
Custom Roms do help but have you tried Samsung's 4.1.2 yet? I don't have negligible lags on it but changing guns.
You should have gotten the Nexus 7, its round about the same price but a lot more fragile.
Doesn't have negligible lags even while changing guns unless graphics is on Tegra 3 settings (pity)
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I needed 3G Calling so....
My Tab came with Android 4.1.2.

royal_rocker said:
I needed 3G Calling so....
My Tab came with Android 4.1.2.
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If you're willing to avoide your warranty, try this:
CyanogenMOD
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Tilapia_Info
AOKP
http://aokp.co/devices/tilapia
Most reliable custom roms of all
Than install a custom kernel and overclock

Lenovo K900 - All about Games

Hello All K900 owners,
I am starting this thread so that we can have a little more focus on K900, while the admins sleep over the requests to have a dedicated K900 forum.
I used to enjoy Real Racing 3 on my old Android phone with 512 RAM, and i had high expectations of this phone with 2 gig RAM, but since then RR3 updated version has stopped working on K900, it simply crashes and shuts itself down after running for initial calibration/test, can't go past the even 500 meters in the very first initial run with Porshe 911.
Anyone else who knows about any workaround to get this working on K900 or can provide the apk for old version of RR3.
It would be interesting to also know about other games which are known to work perfectly fine. I am not a big games on phones, but would be happy to know about them and give them a try.
thanks

Good, will be getting mine soon... :laugh:

As per my Phone NFS MW works like charm !
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Virtual Tennis 4 works too....!!
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Driftmania 2 works smooth like butter, and ITS FREE!! Haha
Enviado desde mi Lenovo K900 usando Tapatalk 2

First for the the ones who didn't saw it .
ArchenzeEL's tweak for K900 .
visible improvement in game performance
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2424784
- Galaxy on fire 2 HD is not listed as compatible on Google Play but does in fact work like a charm.
- Max payne and GTA work but are not super duper smooth ( thougt i tried max payne after tweaking it was much better )
-Riptide gp2 is smooth after tweaking.
-spider man work run great too
-batman work but is not very smooth ( maybe it is with tweak , didn't try yet )
-Infinite flight run way better with the tweak but still not perfect
-blitz brigade with graphics maxed out run better with tweak but still not perfect ( hard to tell with buggy wi fi and constant lost of signals )
-Respawnables is smooth
i was pretty disappointed by in-game preformance on some games at first (with such a Hardware ! (and my tendancy to forget that 1080p is demanding even for a desktop computer )) but that tweak really put a smile on my face.

i tried to run GTA : SA on my K900 but it force closes while loading anyone having same problem

When about to open "Jelly Splash", it close and jump out immediately, any solution for that? Well, my Waze also can't work either.

intel processor plus low battery :good: