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hey guys this is Austin what's the best phone for gaming to find out I gathered a few the latest flagships the Samsung Galaxy s7 LG g5 iPhone 6s plus and the Nexus 6p they each have their strengths the s7 has a beautiful glass and metal build that's packed with features the g5 has a modular design and dual cameras the iPhone has a big display with incredibly well optimized hardware and the Nexus 6p is running pure stock Android marshmallow that being said the 6p and the iPhone are a few months older than the g5 and s7 which means they're at a slight disadvantage but don't come the magis yet the three Android devices do an advantage when it comes to screens with high resolutions though compared to the iPhones still sell out 1080p they all take different approaches to specs - with the iPhone sporting a dual-core processor the g5 and s7 sharing a quad-core chip and the Nexus rocking an octa-core CPU things aren't quite so simple when you actually benchmark things though Geekbench 3 shows the Apple a9 inside the iPhone is pretty solid but the Snapdragon 820 in the g5 and s7 is right up there move over to the graphics side with GFX bench and the g5 and s7 are the clear winners where the Nexus falls a fair bit behind one important thing a benchmark might not capture is temperature since there are no fans inside to keep things cool performance and a phone really relies on the rest of the chassis for passive cooling heat is almost always a limiting factor with a smart phone as it might technically be possible to run hotter but companies aren't exactly going to let you burn your hand on a phone to test I'm using a thermal camera to not only see the temps but which parts get hottest being a big foam made out of aluminum the Nexus 6p gets only slightly warm where the plastic coated metal finish of the g5 performs very similarly the glass back of the s7 does get fairly warm while gaming but it's concentrated by the processor where surprisingly the iPhone temperatures rise to the point where it's almost uncomfortably hot all this is important but the real test is how these things work in real use The Walking Dead Michonne is a great example of a game it's essentially the same across everything from a phone to a PC while Telltale's engine is getting a bit old it still works well Lara Croft go was a much more laid-back puzzle game that's fun for a quick blast when you've got a few minutes where modern combat 5 does its best to be a Call of Duty style FPS which while it looks great the touchscreen controls let things down Minecraft Pocket Edition has been around for years and it steadily become one of the most solid versions of the game where geometry wars 3 is a great mix of solid controls with bite-sized gameplay and impressive graphics while most games are shared across iOS and Android the iPhone has quite a few exclusives like badland 2 the Infinity Blade series might be a few years old at this point but it still looks fantastic where Warhammer freeblade takes advantage of 3d touch to let you zoom in on enemies depending on how firmly you press down the big advantage on Android or emulators older systems like the Super Nintendo are no problem at all it's the same story for the PlayStation 1 right out of the box the emulation is rock-solid and while the n64 isn't quite as smooth you can absolutely still get playable games out of it so put it all together and what is the best film for gaming the iPhone has the best selection of titles but having emulators is a big advantage for Android the Nexus is able to run most games but you're losing out on performance compared to the g5 it's a solid foam but the nicer design and compatibility with gear VR give the edge to the galaxy s7 this time around speaking of I recently rounded up a list of the 5 best smartphone light packs so definitely go check out that video and I will catch you in the next one