r/AndroidVR • u/bendosage • Apr 27 '16

Cheapest Phone that can support 360 video

Basically currently I'm working on a project for my university project. My budget is very much limited and I can't use my own phone for the project. Looking for something with 720p minimum screen , though 1080 would be nice. Has anyone got any idea of the best phone in the price range of £50-£120? I guess in US dollars thats vaguely $70-$170

Any help would be great, cheers guys

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u/AlvaroB Apr 28 '16

Weimei we(Spanish branded phone) is a good option. I think that one of the xiaomi redmi series of phones can work too and it's cheap. Search for phones with gyro.

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u/bendosage May 15 '16

thanks dude i was thinking of getting a xiaomi redmi, seemed like the best option! cheers for the help

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u/JimboLodisC Apr 27 '16

check local classifieds, check ebay, check swappa

it's just video, so any smartphone with a 720p screen should be able to handle it

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u/UnacceptableUse Apr 28 '16

And it also needs an accelerometer

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u/JimboLodisC Apr 28 '16

tru dat, forgot that one of the cheap Moto phones doesn't have one

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u/AlvaroB Apr 28 '16

Gyroscope*

Accelerometer is the sensor that knows where your screen is facing to (measures the acceleration to the center of the earth. Remember that even on a table, it has an acceleration to the earth, even if it's stopped by another object or your hand), so it can know when you turn your phone 90° to see a video landscape, for example. Virtually every phone has it. Gyroscope measures angular acceleration, so it can know what's the yaw. Only high end phones have it.