Which Android Device Should I Buy For Testing Apps...?

I want to develop some apps on Android and I need to buy an Android Phone or Tablet for testing my apps. Which model should I buy? Do you think it is better to buy a tablet direc

Solution 1:

Android comes in numerous screen resolutions and sizes. So whatever phone you are buying you can test only for minimal number of user-group.

So buy any good phone with high hardware facilities to test functionalities. To test UI, the Android emulators will help you a lot. Create various screen size emulators and test your UI on them.

I think this link will help you to design for multiple screen sizes:

Supporting Multiple Screens

Solution 2:

Why don't you try emulator? From my experience almost everything will work faster on Android device. Thus if something works ok on emulator it would probably work better on real device.

If you do want to buy some hardware I recommend a phone or tablet with good support from manufacturer. The device should work for a long time so it's good to be able to upgrade Android in the future. There is no sense in buying a phone with Android <= 2.3 if it has no chances for upgrades to 4.0+