Best Android Gaming Smartphones
Betamax vs. VHS. Mega Drive vs. SNES. CD vs. Minidisc. Everybody loves a good hardware contest, and in modern terms, few rivalries attract the same level of interest and passion as Android vs. iOS. The two smartphone formats have grown in tandem, with Apple’s approach favouring a tightly-controlled ‘walled garden’ in terms of both hardware and software, while Google offers more freedom and a diverse selection of handsets to choose from. If you’re the sort of person mystified and annoyed by the omission of key features such as expandable storage and USB support from the iOS products, maybe it’s time to take a look at what Android has to offer: it’s swiftly evolving into an incredible games platform. Although Apple lovers and ‘Fandroids’ fight tooth and nail to assert the dominance of their respective brand, in terms of consumer awareness and cachet the iPhone is arguably way ahead right now. The iPhone has become as instantly recognisable a trademark as Walkman or iPod, and there’s a very good chance that even your most elderly relative has a vague idea of what it is and what it does. Android doesn’t have that level of penetration yet, despite holding a numerical advantage over Apple’s format. 200 million Android phones have been sold worldwide, with daily activations now totalling 700,000. That’s nearly a million brand new phones (Google only counts a device’s initial activation) being purchased every 24 hours. Read more…
