Building a Device Lab: Choosing Devices

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1. Choosing Devices
2. find your visitors’ devices
4. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
5. Get the most bang
   for your buck
6. focus on the 20% of devices that produce 
 80% of your traffic
7. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
8. cover your visitors’ screen sizes and operating systems
9. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
10. buggiest:
    Kindle, older Android
11. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
12. Does usage differ
    if you segment by audience region
    or target market?
13. combination of
    touch and cursor
14. retina/DPI
15. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
16. Device OS Version % Total Sessions Size Apple iPhone 7.1 40% handset Apple iPad 7.1 7.9% small/large tablet Apple iPhone 7.0.6 4.9% handset LG Nexus 5 4.4.2 4.5% handset Google Nexus 4 4.4.2 4% handset Apple iPhone 7.0.4 3.2% handset Apple iPhone 7.1.1 3.2% handset Google Nexus 4 4.3.1 2.5% handset Google Nexus 7 4.4.2 2.1% small tablet Apple iPhone 6.1.3 1.5% handset
17. purchasing devices
18. used devices better- represent battery life
19. wifi-capable vs. data plan
20. eBay, Amazon,
    local cell phone dealers
21. our devices
22. In our lab: • 12 Android phones (a range of operating system versions and major manufacturers) • 3 Android tablets (a range of screen resolutions) • 1 Blackberry phone • 1 Firefox phone (developer preview) • 5 iPads (including 1 mini, different generations)
23. In our lab (cont’): • 5 iPhones/iPods • 1 Kindle Fires (range of screen resolutions) • 1 Windows Phone, 1 Windows Surface, 1 Dell laptop • 1 Google Glass, 1 Chromebook Pixel • 1 Raspberry Pi, and some Kubis
24. More reading • Strategies for choosing test devices: 
 http://stephanierieger.com/strategies-for-choosing-test- devices/ • How to build a device lab, with a thorough first section on choosing and acquiring devices:
 http://dmolsen.com/2012/06/26/how-to-build-a- device-lab-part-1/