Top BEAST & BUDGET Android Mobiles to run Apex Legends Mobile

Top picks for Best and Budget Android Mobile Phones to Play Apex Legends Mobile in the USA.

Whereas Apex Legends Mobile is a high graphics game yet it supports a wide range of Android mobile and Mobile gaming devices so far that close to flagship phones are available for quite an attractive price. The Snapdragon 888 chipset is the absolute flagship for Android as of now, but some previous Snapdragon chipsets are still powerful enough to run high graphics games at 60 FPS.


Official Android System Requirements (As of now, soft launch)
  • Soc: Snapdragon 435/ Hisilicon Kirin 650/ Mediatek Helio P20/ Exynos 7420
    Android 6.0
    Open GL 3.1 or higher
    4 GB free space
    At least 2 GB RAM

Here are the top picks -

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Some fancy-looking companies cleverly hide the core heart of a gaming phone that chipset and showcase other features to declare it a gaming phone, you need to avoid these mobiles, and here is the list of best phones for Apex Legends Mobile and high graphics competitive games in general.

4| POCO X3 PRO

In the past, POCO made a gaming sensation with a flagship mobile called POCO F1, a flagship phone at that time with the flagship chipset 845 (The latest available chipset from snapdragon at that time) at a low price that none even tried to compete with. Well, past is past but they tried to carry forward that with SD 860 chipset POCO X3 PRO in just 300$.

For now, SD 888 is the latest and most powerful chipset only after Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 which was announced Dec 2021 (We have the mobile latter in this list), and POCO X3 Pro comes with SD 860 quite close, and how close? find that in this comparison website. 

SD 860 vs SD 888 Performance Comparison

Now let’s get straight to the point, about its performance in Apex Legends Mobile.

The ExtremeHD Graphics in Apex mobile gives you around 50 FPS and some frame drops sometimes as of now in this Apex Legends Mobile Soft Launch Phase where optimization is still going on.

This gives a comprehensive idea about what an SD 860 Chipset is capable of since the next mobile phone will have a higher version of the SD chipset but comes at a higher cost.

Key Features :

  • 6.67” FHD+, 2400x1080, 395ppi, 20:9 ratio, 120Hz refresh rate

    • Wide Screen size and resolution compared to standard Full HD (1920 x 1080) Maximum 120 FPS You can get while Apex Mobile soft Launch supports Max 6) FPS as of now. 6.67” Screen Size


  • 256GB Storage + 8GB RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (7 nm)

    • 8GB Ram is more than what you need, storage is good and SD 860 (You can see the comparison with 888 in the above link)


  • UFS Storage 3.1


  • Liquid cool Technology 1+

    • Graphite copper D5 heat pipe is there to cool it.


  • 240 Hz Touch Sampling rate

    • High Touch sampling rate ensures your tap doesn’t miss and high touch response time.


  • Gorilla Glass 6


  • 33W fast charging

    • The 5160mAH battery takes nearly 1H to get fully charged from zero.


  • 4G: LTE 

    • Doesn’t support 5G.


  • International Model, which Does not have US Warranty, will work with GSM SIM cards in the U.S. and the world including AT&T and T-Mobile. Will NOT work with CDMA Carriers Such as Verizon, Sprint, Boost.

    • Make sure it supports your SIM, or just use it with wifi, that's best for gaming anyway.

3| RED MAGIC 6R 5G 

We were talking about the SD 888 flagship chipset and the mobile with it, Red Magic 6R 5G. SD 888 is still the flagship beast at gaming performance at 479$. This is a budget phone where we get Shoulder touch controls (side panels for in-game controls) and a multidimensional cooling system.

Key Features :

  • 144Hz refresh rate, 6.67” FHD+ OLED, 2400x1080 Screen resolution.

    • Going beyond 120FPS, This mobile can support up to 144 FPS if that’s available in-game, again Apex Mobile support 60FPS as of now (Soft Launch)

    • Wide Screen, 2400 Pixels Wide and 1800 height.

 

  • 360Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate.

    • Higher Touch sampling rate than poco x3 pro, higher means faster touch response time. (These numbers are already so high, makes little difference though)

 

  • The Gaming Phone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 

    • The SD 888 is the flagship beast, you can see the difference compared to the 888+ and Gen1 in the links provided.

 

  • 8GB RAM and 128GB Storage (LPDDR5 RAM and UFS3.1 storage technology) 

    • 8 GB RAM is quite enough for high-end mobile games, not just Apex Legends Mobile. 128 GB is not very high but manageable.

 

  • Multi-Dimensional Cooling System combines 5 different cooling methods such as VC Liquid Cooling, Graphite Cooling, Thermal Conductive Gel.

    • Poco X3 pro has one cooling system in place but this mobile claims to have 5 different cooling methods. Having a good cooling system is the key to making the chipset work to its fullest.

 

  • Supports 5G with a 4200mAh battery with a 30W fast charge


  • Shoulder Controls with  400Hz touch sampling and 8.3ms latency

 


2| ASUS ROG 5


Asus ROG phones have a very good reputation in mobile gaming. They have always been focused as a gaming phone, totally branded as a gaming mobile not just at flagship level Chipset, RAM & cooling but at game playing convenience with buttons, UI & powerful tweak app for games. But ROG phones didn’t represent them as a budget mobile gaming segment.

An 888+ and 888 performance comparison - https://nanoreview.net/en/soc-compare/qualcomm-snapdragon-888-plus-vs-qualcomm-snapdragon-875

So the ROG phones come with a high price point considering nowadays there is competition at low prices. Still, this phone is on the list because of the ROG mobile reputation in Mobile gaming.

Key features :

  • 6.78" Full HD+ Which is 2448 x 1080 Screen Display (AMOLED) 144Hz, 300Hz touch sampling rate.

    • This is also a widescreen with a width of 2448 Pixels and Height of 1080 Pixels. Support up to 144 FPS and 300 Hz Touch Sampling rate.


  • SD 888 Plus Chipset

    • 888+ is slightly better than the 888 which has the chipset Redmagic 6R has.


  • 16GB RAM (LPDDR5) 512GB Storage UFS 3.1 Technology,


  • 6000mAh dual-cell battery with 5G connectivity


  • Airtrigger 5, Multiple controls, with AeroActive cooler 5 (Which is probably add on, you need to buy separately)

1| RED MAGIC 7

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset the latest chipset was announced in December 2021 and we got a mobile with that called Red Magic 7, so the Chipset wise best performance in Android you can get with Red magic 7 as of now for 799$.

SD 8 Gen 1 vs 888 Comparison

Key Features :

  • Refresh rate 165Hz, 6.8” Screen 2400x1080 AMOLED, 720Hz touch sampling rate.

    • 165 FPS max possible with this phone, total champ in the least if you care with 700 Hz Touch sampling rate which is way above than others.

 

  • Snapdragon SD 8 Gen 1, 16GB RAM with 256GB Storage.

    • The latest and greatest chipset from snapdragon, announced Dec 2021, with 16 GB RAM to support that, to put it in perspective, Gaming PCs can run on 16 GB RAM, although don’t compare it directly. 16GB is slightly overkilled though it gives you nice satisfaction.

 

  • This mobile incorporates new aerospace-grade phase change materials (PCM). Heat is said to be stored inside the material and then released slowly. This mobile also has a Built-In Turbofan.


  • 30W charger takes 65 min to charge 0-100% and can support up to 65W fast charging.


  • Ice 8.0 Multidimensional cooling system


  • Has shoulder triggers

List of phones in Order -


Note: These gaming phones are totally judged based on gaming performance in general, make sure what types of SIM they support, considering if you need that instead of WIFI in gaming mobiles, types of camera, and another aspect of the phone.

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