Both working device and emulator are equally important. People usually divide in two camps depending on their role in the project: device lovers and emulator lo

Both working device and emulator are equally important. People usually divide in two camps depending on their role in the project: device lovers and emulator lovers. Solo developers, product leads and testers tend to choose the real device as their first destination. Linear coders and logic writers usually choose emulator. Add a device variety testing. It's very hard to do right without emulator. Having all those device variations in physical form may be expensive and consume a lot of space.