
Top 10 gaming phones
Achin Chandra
We bring you a list of top 10 gaming phones in India
Top 10 gaming phones
Published on May 16, 2011
Mobile gaming is growing at a faster pace in India and new technologies are introduced these days to make mobile gaming more enjoyable for the users. The upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has already caught the attention of the gaming freaks in this part of the world and everyone is eagarly waiting for this device's launch in India.
Already, there are many smartphones available in the market which offer superb gaming experience to the users, we have listed some of the best devices that you can look forward to play games on the move.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
The new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is built on the lines of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) platform, which features dedicated PSP keys other than a captive joy pad. This is a complete gaming device which also comes under the category of touchscreen phones.
This marvelous gadget is powered by a 1 GHz processor and dedicated graphics engine, for making it a better gaming phone. Besides a gaming device, it is also an excellent smartphone running over Android 2.2. The Xperia play also sports a big 3.7-inch display that provides clear view, that you actually enjoy a lot while playing games on your phone.
Sony offers a few popular PSP games for its Xperia Play and is providing them free of any charge with the phone; however, the device will integrate new games in the near future as well.
The Apple's iPhone 4 runs over the powerful 1GHz processor, iPhone 4.0 (iOS4) and a 3.5 inch large touchscreen with Retina display that supports 960 by 640 resolution. The Apple's latest creations is known for its excellent 5-megapixels camera and gaming features.
There is a game center icon provided on the home page of the device that allows you to expand your social gaming network. Users can also assign some email addresses to the Game Center app that helps your friends to find you.
It allows the users to download any games you see just through tapping the links in Game Center app. One can also compare game achievements with their friends, by checking out leaderboards. Heavy hitters such as EA and Kojima Productions are already present on the iPhone with their games.
All these attributes makes it an excellent device that offers you excellent gaming experience over the phone.
The new Samsung Galaxy Ace comes in an attractive casing with Gorilla glass display. This touch phone integrates TouchWiz v3.0 UI and Touch-sensitive controls. It runs Android 2.2 froyo that is upgradable to Gingerbread.
The new Galaxy Ace is powered by 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset that makes it an excellent device for gaming. However, it already comes preloaded with some exciting games, but you can also store number of games as per your desire.
The Nokia N97 offers a big 3.5 inch touchscreen and 434 MHz ARM 11 processor, which makes this flagship phone ideal for gaming purpose. Unlike various other touchscreen Nokia gadgets, it actually supports N-Gage apps that provides mind-blowing gaming experience.
This beautiful sliding device from Nokia allows fabulous other features too other than gaming, such as a 5-megapixels camera, full QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, internal memory of 32GB with further expansion option up to 16GB and many others.
Sony Ericsson Yari
The Sony Ericsson's Yari is another new handset desiged particularly for the gaming purpose. The Yari is the latest gaming phone that comes with motion gaming features, which has already won the hearts of numerous gamers.
This Sony Ericsson device has been made with games firmly in mind. The Yari is considered as an ultimate Java gaming phone. It has a 2.8 inch screen that displays the action, where as a rock-solid circular D-pad offers assured controls. The most exciting thing in this device is its dedicated gaming controls for landscape gaming.
Micromax Gamolution G4
The name Gamolution gives a clear picture of this phone into your mind that it is a gaming phone. This Micromax device is a phone that is focussed over gaming features and is preloaded with some exciting games. The Micromax Gamolution G4 offers advanced gaming attributes that include motion sensor based games.
The G4 offers unuaual gaming experience quite similar to the Nintendo Wii console that too at an affordable price. It can be connected to the laptop or desktop to play four preloaded games, which comprises tennis and badminton.
HTC Desire HD
The HTC Desire HD comes with a biggest 4.3 inch display. This wonderful smartphone is embedded with a 1 GHz processor that makes this phone extremely powerful. There is a dedicated graphics engine, a mighty 1.5 GB ROM, and 768 MB of RAM provided in the Desire HD, which makes it a complete gaming mobile phone.
Moreover, the device also has Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancements to offer excellent quality audio that will definitely help you enjoy while playing games. It is counted as one of the most capable smartphones, when it comes to mobile gaming handsets.
Motorola Milestone 2 is the successor of its earlier released Milestone, which performed well in the market. This smartphone is powered by 1 GHz Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP3630 chipset and runs Android 2.2 (Froyo).
The strong internal storage space of 8GB and 512MB RAM, which can be further increased up to 32GB. It comes with side lider QWERTY keyboard, which makes playing games over this device more fun. The Milestone 2 includes MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets and Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate.
The new Nokia N8 sports a 3.5-inch attractive display with 360 x 640 pixel resolution, while the device stands out of the crowd due to its clarity and brightness. The Nokia smartphone is integrated with a 680 MHz processor and a dedicated Broadcomm graphics engine, which gives it edge over many others.
The N8 comes pre-installed with full versions of games like Real Golf and Need for Speed, whereas users can also install new games as per their own desire. The Nokia N8 is also popular for its powerful 12-megapixels camera, which is considered as one of the best cameras fixed in any phone.
Google Nexus S has recently arrived in India, which includes various advanced features like Android 2.3 and a powerful 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird Processor. Moreover, it sports a 4-inch Super Clear LCD display and a 16 GB of internal memory.
The Nexus S also includes an Accelerometer, digital compass, proximity sensor and light sensor. This touch screen phone comes with some excellent pre-loaded games and also allows you to install some more games as per your desire. This Google device allows you to experience more advanced gaming over the handset and makes it a fun to play games on phone.





