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Android testing device
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 1:24 pm
by Mag
Hello everyone, I have to develop a photo app for Android. Having an iPhone as a primary phone I was thinking of buying a cheaper Android phone. I was thinking of an LG E460 L5II as the samsung are quite expensive. I was wondering if it could be a good testing device.
Some of you could give me some advice? Any idea is welcome!
Re: Android testing device
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 4:28 pm
by CoffeeCone
From the
GSMArena specs, it seems you'll be getting most features present on latest Android phones today. Although I'm a bit wary of the combination of a non-dual core CPU and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The more common cheap Android phones nowadays have dual core at least. So without knowing the actual performance, I can assume that it will struggle a bit with Jelly Bean once a handful of apps have been loaded onto it. Also the lack of front facing camera means you won't be able to use face to face video chatting.
Re: Android testing device
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 2:48 am
by Mag
Thank you so much CoffeeCone.
In the end I bought a Sony Xperia Sola. Unfortunately it hasn't the front camera but it's dual core and supports Android 4 (also that actually I have not found a way to upgrade from Android 2.2 on the Mac). It's cheaper but it seems to me that it works well.