Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28169398-20180626011201/@comment-35531341-20180626133732

I wouldn't bother with a phone that lacks Oreo. Older phones are missing security patches for things like blueborne, meltdown and spectre. As for processor I wouldn't go lower than the snapdragon 820/821, since it can play every Android game. Phones such as the LG G5, G6, V20, S7, Google Pixel, and OP3 are dirty cheap nowadays. All of them have Oreo, or are alated to receive it. All of these are within the $90 - 300 used range.

If you need a tablet buy the Galaxy Tab S3, S4, or Huawei M3 and M5. Nvidia Shield is another option.

Going forward, app support will be an issue for older processors. There's also the lack of vulkan for games, which was added in Nougat.