What is the best phone for pokemon go?
My current phone is a three yr old sony xperia z5 premium, it is very laggy and overheats all the time. So I want to know which phone is the best for pokemon go, that doesn't overheat and has good smooth performance?
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I'm not an apple fan either but my wife has an Iphone 6 and has never had any issues. So what I did was rather than switch phones, I just bought a budget no contract Iphone SE from Walmart and use a wifi hot spot on my main phone.
This way I have a dedicated Pogo phone, no interruptions from calls/texts while I'm playing. Battery life is extended because it doesn't have all of the background stuff going on. And I don't care if it gets wet when I'm out in the rain at community day like today.
It may be a bit of an extreme solution for some but it works well for me. I still have an Android phone I use too when I want to use Calcy. But the Iphone is what I use whenever I leave the house.
I picked up a Nokia 8 a few months back and like it a lot - heavily reduced because they brought out a new glass backed version with longer format screen. Both have Snapdragon 835 processors though. The older metal bodied version also has a heat sink built in - runs very cool. Performance is a big leap on my old Motorola G4.
I haven't tried every phone on the market, so I can't say for sure which one is the best.
But I personally just played the first Community Day with my new Oneplus 6 and it was really nice.
The game loads quickly (I had an Galaxy S7 before and the game has loaded on the OP6 before I get past the "Niantic"-screen on the S7) and I don't remember having to restart the game at any point during the three hours.
I started the CD with a full battery (maybe 99%) and after three hours of intense playing, including one raid, I had about 50% left.
Sat down for a short rest afterward to evolve my Pokemon and plugged in a power bank for about 20 minutes. Continued playing all the time and went on to do so for about 90 minutes after the CD ended.
When I got home I still had like 50% left. After playing some other games this evening (it's about half past seven here, so about 5½ hours after the CD ended), I'm at 35%.
I think there's some kind of battery efficiancy mode on it that could save me more, but I haven't tried it.
Anyway, it didn't run hot at any time today, barely even warm-ish, and I even have a pretty thick cover on it.
So I'm really pleased with it.
There are however other phones that have a bigger battery.
And I've heard that the Pocophone (Pocophone for Pokemon sounds great) is really strong. It lacks certain features, like a good camera, great screen and such, but that's just because they've focused on making a fast phone with a good battery without having it cost a fortune.
It costs like 360 dollars on Amazon and it's probably as fast as some of the top class phones on the market, maybe even faster.
