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Android Devices.asciidoc

High ends

Samsung Galaxy S4

CZK 15,990

Display: 1920 x 1080 [xxhdpi]

Samsung phones are more and more popular, so it’s probably a good idea to test it on Samsung’s flagship. It also runs TouchWiz UI and when S2 was released, they had their own web browser rendering implementation (not sure if this still applies). This phone has powerful CPU and GPU and lot’s of memory.

Sony Xperia Z

CZK 12,790

Display: 1920 x 1080 [xxhdpi]

Note
 This phone was not that much common. It might not be representative then.

This phone is not as popular as Galaxy S4, but is cheaper and still offering the 1920 x 1080 resolution. Its Android should be very similar to Vanilla Android, as Sony stated they’d like to have it almost clean.

HTC One

CZK 15,390

Display: 1920 x 1080 [xxhdpi]

Similar to Galaxy S4, but not that popular. It has Sense UI, which is heavy modification of Android. I have experience with one change in the API, which is not documented anywhere. It’s possible, that there are more changes like that. Also we should check if Sense has its own web browser implementation like Samsung does.

Nexus 7 2013

CZK ~6,490

Display: 1920 x 1200 [xxhdpi ?]

This is not a phone, but a tablet with phone-like UI (some apps use the increased screen estate, some doesn’t). It’s very popular among users due to its low price. It’s also Vanilla Android so it might be a good reference device.

Nexus 10

CZK 9,999

Display: 2560 x 1600 [xxhdpi]

Note
 As this resolution isn’t common, so it might not be a good way to cover the market.

Also a tablet, but this time with proper tablet UI for all apps that are writen for tablets. Like the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, it has clean Android without modifications.

Mid ends

Nexus 4

CZK 9,990

Display: 1280 x 768 [xhdpi]

I’d recommend this as reference device. Because of Vanilla Android OS, what works on this, should work on other devices (although it’s not always true, because of undocumented API changes from manufacturers). Also, it’s cheaper than many phones in the same category.

Low ends

Alcatel One Touch 3040D

CZK 1,490

Display: 320 x 480 [mdpi]

The lowest end as of today. Has 128MB ram and only 260 MHz CPU. This makes it great phone to test how will the app behave under extreme conditions.

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