True enough, but aspects like memory consumption can still be tested on an emulator. Due to differences in x86 and ARM code gen, it can be beneficial to get act

True enough, but aspects like memory consumption can still be tested on an emulator. Due to differences in x86 and ARM code gen, it can be beneficial to get actual numbers. There are also aspects like ease of automating. An emulator running on a desktop is easier to fiddle with than an actual device.