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Not disagreeing, but answering the question of are all phones ARM: no, there Intel too. Source: had to add Intel build support for our Android SKUs to run on said phones. Some Unity stats from about 6 months ago indicated:

    ARMv7: 98.1%
    Intel x86: 1.7%

I think a lot of the Intel stuff has been discontinued, not sure what is actively being developed outside of ARM right now.

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I'm wondering how much of this 1.7% are x86 Chromebooks as they support Android apps for some time.

This is strange. Maybe like a Windows phone? Where does it get those device metrics? < 2% makes me think it might just be that Androidx86 emulator project.

I have an Asus Zenfone 2, complete with its "Intel Inside" logo. Not particularly special but when I bought it met the critera of "gorilla glass + pokemon go for below $150". Nice case too.

There have been a few Intel Android phones. For example, this one: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/03/28/possibly-last-intel...

Tablet list: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/devices-sys...

(and there were a lot of small brands that used to make them, that I don't believe get represented in that list)

Having said that, for it to reach >1%, it was more likely a combination of Intel Android tablets (which were fairly common for a while) and Chromebooks.

I remember some android phones using intel atom cpus, IIRC made by asus.

There really are android phones running Intel atom CPUs. Can’t recall models off the top of my head but adding x86 support was a thing we had to do.

There were a few x86 tablets dual booting Android and Windows, mostly from Chinese brands.

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