Buyer's Guide: The best gaming phones to get (Summer 2022)

You are looking for a gaming phone, but you don't know where to start? Here's ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about our picks for the best gaming phones of the year - tried and tested by GSMArena's staff.

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00:00 - Into
00:17 - Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro Max
01:10 - Xiaomi’s Poco F4 GT
02:33 - Black Shark 5 Pro
03:26 - Nubia Red magic 7S pro.
04:38 - Asus’s ROG phone 6 pro.
06:20 - Conclusion

[chandu]

The Iqoo Neo 6 is also a monster. The Snapdragon 870 is more incredible than its 8 Gen 1 chip.

[Phoenix]

Poco F4 GT is an overheating mess. The best value for money here is the redmagic 7s pro.

[superfingers]

phones with mediatek 8100 have great thermal control

[epicruindkid]

Mobile phones aren't for gaming in general, because the games themselves suck, and any good game that has a mobile version is just there to sell thier skins and items in the game they don't care about the experience you have on your phone

[nykxian]

Always wanted an ROG 6 Pro and had money to buy one but I went for the 13 Pro Max instead because of software optimization on ios plus I don’t need a hefty cooler whenever I play resource hungry games, size is not that big too

[chrisb]

He has been lateral raising tons of phones lately 💪

[gotechakash]

1:02 omg is this you 💪🏼🔥👌🏼 I'm surprised and happy, Boi working out nowadays! I still remember that thumbnail 👍🏼 I was surprised then only 😄 all the best dude.

[mahidharreddy]

Definitely Iqoo phone should have been there in this list for their gaming capabilities 😄

[nkululekondaba]

Make a gaming phone on a budget review as well and please go in depth with some of the gaming settings available on these devices. Most gamers want to see these things in action. It would really help make our choices far easy to decide, thank uou

[Allride_]

The lesson for me here: want good battery life, wait for a SD 8+ gen 1 phone that suits you

[anglo-saxonconnor]

These so called gaming phones cost over a grand. One might as well just use that money to buy a portable pc system which have been coming out in slew nowadays which can play much more games instead.

[ShinichiKudoQatnip]

The Poco X4 GT is the true gaming phone for the masses.

[TheAaronJP]

For those on a budget, it has to be the black shark 4. The overheating on the 8 gen 1 is not welcome. The 870 is still powerful in 2022.

[joshdannieltiamzon]

wait where's the Black Shark 5 Pro review video? 🤔

[GFourGadget]

Gotta go with the Red Magic 7 Pro. It performs like a beast with little issue and has a great price.

[kierjonathansuperales]

So is Black Shark 5 Pro a better choice than F4 gt?

[zyanchuah]

Ive never ever thought iPhones are also considered “gaming phones” since their target audience is literally general public and not gamers

[bobotmeister]

7s pro red magic for me.. Better performance than an asus and does not break the 1k usd barrier. You get this phone for gaming and pure computing power of course. Complaining about cameras on a gaming phone is... 🤦‍♂️

[abhipmgr]

Therefore, Apple is the best to get for gaming also for the camera

[axineus]

You should add US carrier compatibility to your reviews.