Truth be told, there are very few (if any) cell phones out there at the time of writing that deserve being mentioned in the same sentence as the word gaming, so we don't have any test material suggesting that one specific cell phone is the best for gaming. That's about to change though, as chipsets for cell phones will soon offer the integrated graphics power required to take it all to the next level. Both Broadcom (Nokia partner) and Qualcomm (Microsoft partner) have announced new chipsets of this kind that should appear in cell phones in 2009, so we wouldn't be surprised to see Nokia and Microsoft go head-to-head in the mobile gaming market soon.
As for cell phones capable of gaming today, most manufacturers offer models that support a range of mobile game titles from leading game publishers. Nokia have already gone as far as launching a dedicated gaming service, N-Gage, for N-series models such as the N95 and N82. But none of the supported N-series models are really optimized for gaming, and the same applies for other manufacturers' cell phones with gaming support.
In order to get a better view of the mobile game title support in new cell phones, we've created four carrier charts based on EA Mobile's portfolio, and let the numbers speak for itself:
AT&T Wireless:
Motorola RAZR2 V9----- 39
LG Trax----- 38
Samsung A737----- 37
Sony Ericsson Z750----- 33
LG Shine----- 31
Nokia 6555----- 28
Motorola Z9----- 19
Samsung BlackJack II----- 17
Verizon Wireless:
LG VX8550 Chocolate----- 28
Samsung u740----- 27
LG Venus----- 23
Motorola RAZR2 V9m----- 22
LG Voyager----- 20
Sprint:
Motorola RAZR2 V9m----- 27
Sanyo Katana DLX----- 26
Sanyo PRO 700----- 16
LG Rumor----- 8
Samsung UpStage----- 8
T-Mobile:
Nokia 5300----- 20
Motorola RIZR Z3----- 18
Samsung Blast----- 17
Special mention: Samsung “Blade” a900
Subject: Best cell phone for gaming 
Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:29 pm
