What devices are you using for development?

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socialnetis

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Let's talk about the cellphones/tablets you use for development, and how you feel them for such purpose.

Currently I use:
- Motorola Defy with Custom MIUI V2 rom
- Sony Ericsson Live with Stock Gingerbread rom
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with Stock ICS rom

My main device is the Defy, which I found it extremely slow for development, I need to reboot it once a day otherwise is unusable. The Sony Live is from my brother, and is very acceptable for development, but it gets a little choppy from time to time. And the tablet is just perfect in terms of speed (and its just a 1ghz dual-core with 1gb ram).

I'm planning to buy a new cellphone, but I live in Argentina and the prices are just crazy (S3 = 600u$d, S4 = 800u$d, Moto X = 800u$x; all with a 2 year contact of 50u$d/month). So I'm thinking on buying online in a near future an unlocked one (maybe a Nexus 4, S3 or Xiomi MI2s)
 

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socialnetis said:
Let's talk about the cellphones/tablets you use for development ... So I'm thinking on buying online in a near future an unlocked one (maybe a Nexus 4, S3 or Xiomi MI2s)
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I currently use a Samsung Vibrant, an LG Optimus One P500h, an HTC Amaze, an Acer A500, and a Nexus 7.

I got both the LG and HTC "used" on eBay. Both were listed as "Fair" condition – to me, they both look almost new. The sellers had significant numbers for feedback (5000 or above) and very positive ratings (99% or above).
 

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab PT-1000 (the first Tablet Samsung brought on the Market) with Android 2.3.7 and a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2.
Both work excellent.

Rolf
 

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For me, the ideal range of devices would be: a slow device, a fast device, a device under Gingerbread, a device under ICS, a device under JellyBean, a device with a low resolution, a device with a high resolution, a device with a 160 dpi screen, a device with more dpi, a device with a small screen (4"), a 7" tablet, a 8" tablet, a 10" tablet, an Android box for TV, an official Google device (Nexus), a Samsung and a HTC (for the UI layer added by the manufacturer). For budget reasons, devices can match many of these criteria (a slow device under Gingerbread with a low resolution and a small screen).
I bought my devices with that idea in mind. Are still missing: the 8" tablet, the TV box, the Samsung and the HTC devices.
 

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I've got my current phone, HTC One X and tablet, Notion Ink Adam. I also deploy to a couple of other friends' devices as well, an HTC Wildfire and a Sony Experia Z.

For me the minimum is a phone and a tablet.

In addition a small screened device and a large screened device (especially now that 1080p screened phones are out).
 
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Interesting, but the budget is a killer reason. Anyway, I guess you can cover many variations with an emulator if you are not using any Hardware accelerated feature, Or at least test the UI. But you are right about the UI layer added by some manufacturers.
 
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