Despite I more or less handle myself in the PC world, I am a complete ignorant when it comes to Android, and in my country for some reason the Xioami Note 12 have a very good (I’ve never had a Xiaomi device) and I would like someone to help me decide if it is a good purchase or not in my case, and even better if someone can give me details that I am not taking into account, and I say this because according to some forums and comments I read, depending on the processor of the device sometimes Yuzu does not run and sometimes Skyline either. And also in many comparisons that I found people in the comments for reasons I do not understand defines the power of the device according to the amount of storage it have, as they say “The 128GB version of the Xiaomi Note 12 is worse than the 256GB version”, does that make sense?

As I mentioned, I’m really lost on how to decide a good purchase of a device, the most logical is to look for generic comparisons but it’s a bit more complex than PC, or so it seems to me.

For example, in my country they have the Xiaomi Note 12 (128GB 8GB, Snapdragon 685 6nm) at the same price as the Xiaomi Redmi 12 (256Gb 8Gb RAM, MediaTek Helio G88) and I do not see any sense that they cost the same because according to what I researched the Xiaomi Note 12 has a better CPU, then the price difference with the Xiaomi Redmi 12 is compensated with double the storage?

I want to clarify that I have no expectations of playing BOTW at 4K or any of the latest Pokemon, my expectations are to play quiet things like Celeste or Hollow Knight or some rogueslike, do you think any of these devices are able to emulate Switch with a playable experience?

Edit: Something I forgot to mention, why some models say 6GB+4 RAM or 4GB+6, etc. What does that mean?

Thanks!

  • seriousslayerguy
    3·
    1 year ago

    For emulation and overall gaming I would choose phones with Snapdragon chip. For now it’s the best/most compatible/fastest option.

    • Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks, I will take that into consideration. I’ve been looking for used devices and I’ve seen a few Huawei (like the P30 Pro) that have “Kirin” chipset, do you think it’s a good idea to get that device? From what I’ve seen in general it’s a good phone but I’m afraid of losing emulator compatibility because of the chipset.

      • seriousslayerguy
        1·
        1 year ago

        For(immediate) compatibility only snapdragon or you’ll have to wait longer for other chips to get support. Snapdragon is the most popular right now so everyone works with it first. Edit: I can’t suggest any particular model, I’ve been out of mobile gaming(and overall mobile tech) for a few years. You can learn a lot on youtube. I was dreaming of buying Pocophone, it was the best(relatively cheap but also high end) like 3 years ago(not only for gaming).