How Well Do Apple Phones Work As Gaming Phones?

Having made their name with the iPod music devices and the first iPhone being released around the same time as the first iPod Touch - Apple phones have always been synonymous with music. They were designed as a way for people to not have to carry around both an iPod and their phone in their pocket and instead just have one device. However, with the advent of Spotify and with almost all new phones having good sound systems, their niche has been taken away.

Apple phones are known as good all-rounders, able to do anything you'd want from a phone at a good level. Not only that, but they in a sense have a captive market as their iCloud system makes it very easy to sync all your data across other Apple devices, but not so easy if you were to try and transfer that data to a different model. While that is all well and good, the world of mobile phones is changing, and there is more and more demand for specialist phones that excel in one particular area - for example, gaming phones.

With the increase in cost and scarcity of game consoles as well as the cost of buying games for the thing, people are looking for a cost-effective alternative. With a specialized gaming phone, you get all of the functionality of a mobile phone (which practically everyone uses every day) as well as a platform on which to play the latest games. Screens on phones now are bigger than the screens of most handheld game consoles that have ever existed, so it's no surprise that some companies have switched their focus to making phones that are exceptional at playing games.

Herein lies the problem for Apple. People don't think of their phones as "gaming phones", they think of them as "Apple phones". They're currently losing out in the marketing war to the companies that are dedicating their time and resources to making specialized gaming phones - people just don't think of iPhones as gaming phones! But is there a reason for that? Just how suitable is the iPhone for gaming compared to some of the other models on the market?

The Apple iPhone 13 Pro is one of the latest phones from Apple and should be a great benchmark to see whether this version and later versions have the capacity required to be a gaming phone. With a 6.1" Super Retina OLED screen, the 13 Pro has a beautifully crisp display and the colors just pop off the screen. It also has a 120Hz refresh rate and an 1170 x 2532 pixel resolution, one of the best on the market, so you can be sure that no matter what game you're playing there won't be any lag in the visuals.

Getting into the nitty-gritty, the processor it uses is the Apple-made A15 Bionic compared to the more conventional Snapdragon 888 that other gaming phones use. So how do they compare? Comparisons have shown that even with fewer cores, the A15 Bionic actually outperforms the Snapdragon in terms of CPU and gaming performance with the processor being a big factor in the iPhone 13 outperforming the Galaxy 22.

Battery life is an important part of any phone, with users quick to bin off a phone that doesn't last very long. The 13 Pro does exceptionally well in this regard thanks to its A15 Bionic processor being extremely efficient - so whether you're in the middle of an online match, sending an email, or betting on the horses, you won't have to worry about running out of battery. Come Grand National Day, the 13 Pro will be able to keep up with you as you check the changing odds and browse the best sites to bet with. The best betting sites will even offer welcome bonuses for their new players, as well as special promotions for big events. With new sites being made all the time, it's a good idea to research horse racing betting in SBO before deciding to sign up. If you do, you'll be safe in the knowledge that the 13 Pro will be able to support any app you download.

While gaming phones are a relatively recent development path for phone brands, Apple is clearly capable of making a phone that can keep up with the competition in terms of technical specs. Also, with the release of the Apple Arcade and its own gaming network called "Game Center" Apple are showing their intent to move into this market and remind everyone how good they can be.