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Andrius
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November 27, 2012
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iPhone 3Gs vs lower end Android devices

  • November 27, 2012
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Hello,

can I assume that my app (which uses Stage3d) will run smoothly on lower end Android devices if it runs smoothly on iPhone 3Gs?? Basicaly are there any major performance diferences between them. Ofcource we can't speek for every Android device but at least for most of them.

Thanks

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Gaius Coffey
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November 28, 2012

Don't say I told you, but iPhone 3GS runs on iOS and lower end Android run on... Android.

Performance is really only one dimensions of this, iOS AIR is entirely recompiled and introduces any number of restrictions where Android AIR doesn't need to be recompiled in the same way, but introduces any number of _different_ restrictions...

For example, compare and contrast the behaviour of basic text editing between iOS and Android and you may just weep a little...

Better, I think, to splash out a few pennies on a representative Android device to go with your 3gs iPhone so that you have all bases covered.

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AndriusAuthor
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November 29, 2012

Thanks allot for an answer Gaius. I assume you are mobile developer so I will ask very straightforward question: what is the best, cheapest, minimum devices combination (incluting both tablets and phone in both ecosystems: iOS and Android) to have for full-fledged testing? We should keep in mind that cheaper and older Android devices don't run new versions of Android which is important for me.

Thanks allot, Andrius

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Gaius Coffey
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November 29, 2012

Wish I could help, but most of my stuff is tablet oriented - I have a Xoom for Android and an iPad2 for iOS.

I only have one customer who needs me to look at phones and they are a biggish crowd that accumulate test machines as a harmless way to keep count of the passing years... Which is quite useful. I've been using an HTC Desire for phone testing for no better reason than they had one lieing around that wasn't doing much.

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