In recent years, an increasing number of people have begun playing games on their mobile devices, sometimes more, sometimes less demanding ones. So, how do you know which phones are able toĀ run your favorite 3D games smoothly without incurring into lag or dropped frames?
Obviously, it doesn’t only depend on one factor alone, every component of the phone has to work togetherĀ to achieve the best gaming experience possible. The UMi Z from the recently renamed UMIDIGI is a deviceĀ withĀ high-end hardware and a very affordable price, so what about we have a closer look at its gaming capabilities, through some benchmarks and real gaming scenarios.
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Before that, a short sum up for those who aren’t aware of all the phone’s details. The UMi Z is powered by the latestĀ MediaTek Helio X27 deca-core SoC clocked at 2.6Ghz, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of memory. Knowing this, let’s see how the phone actually performed. Here’s the Antutu score:
Followed by a processor benchmark on GeekBench 4.
In GFX Benchmark we have a look on how the UMi Z compares to other phones in the most popular games.
To end with theĀ Vellamo Benchmark which benchmarks the general speed of the phone in Chrome browsing, Metal and multicore loads.
As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, we weren’t going to show you just benchmark scores but some real gaming scenarios as well.
Here’s aĀ video of the UMi Z running Real Racing 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uWekypaXI
This is how it runs Hellgate London:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr5ANeXRGf8&t=32s
and finallyĀ N.O.V.A. Legacy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2rd15xl100&feature=youtu.be
Overall, the UMi Z seems to deliver solid gaming skills, it can power through most demanding games without suffering and it comes at a price that makes it a very appealing choice for gamersĀ on a budget. If you’re interested in buying one, you can get the UMi Z over here at $50 off retail price.
I can’t help but wonder how much you were paid for this advert. Is this the only phone that can handle heavy 3D games at a relatively cheap price?
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“UMi Z: The CHEAPEST alternative to play demanding 3D games on?”
I am not sure about pricing or do I care about those cheap brands. I only care for ZUK Le Eco Xiaomi etc..
But Tom “the writer of this topic” said that it is the cheapest phone not the only phone. Since I don’t know the prices of those brands I will assume this topic is true.
I have the Coolpad Cool 1 Dual powered by the Snapdragon 652 and I’m pretty sure it’ll perform better than the Umi Z while costing quite lower.
Man that thing is cheap af!! I wish to import it and resell here.. I already forgot what we were talking about and all I am seeing is, Coolpad Cool 1 Dual… Can you please tell me everything you know about this phone? The camera, speaker, display, battery, performance etc..
I want to import few of those to sell here, but I am not sure if it is good enough. I only import Xiaomi tbh so it is a good first try. :p
but it works well i have to say….i didn’t even expect it.. hope it will not cause problems in the future.
Zuk z2….Xiaomi mi5, le eco le max 2…..All have sd820 soc’s. Pretty sure they can handle games for less
This is really pathetic & T880 MP4 works even far worser than A510 & throttle down much more. There are 120$ cheaper phones that will work better in 3D GPU tied workloads.