Many of the phone today, have accelerometer chips and they all seem to be sourced from a handful of manufacturers. Cell phone manufacturers also change their favorite chip and since each of them have slightly different characteristics, it is likely that they will give different results.
Here is a list of Cell phone manufacturers, their models and their accelerometers chips.
Manufacturer | Phone | Accelerometer Chip |
Samsung | Galaxy S III | LIS3DH |
Samsung | Galaxy S III | LSM330DLC |
Samsung | Beam | Bosch BMA220 |
Samsung | Galaxy Nexus I515 | Bosch BMA220 |
Samsung | Galaxy Note | STMicroelectronics LIS3DH |
Nokia | 808 Pureview | STMicroelectronics LIS302DL |
Pantech | Element Tablet | Bosch BMA220 |
Apple | iPhone4S | STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH |
Apple | iPhone5 | STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH |
Apple | iPad4 | STMicroelectronics A233 / 33DH |
Apple | iPad3 | STMicroeletronics 33DH |
Apple | iPad2 | STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH |
Motorola | Xoom tablet | Kionix KXTF8 |
Motorola | Razr | STMicroeletronics LIS3DH |
Motorola | Droid 3 | Kionix KXTF8 |
Lava | Xolo | Bosch C3H |
Xiaomi | Mi-2 | Bosch C3H |
RIM | Blackberry Z10 | STMElectronics |
RIM | Playbook | Bosch Sensortec BMA150 |
Toshiba | Thrive tablet | Kionix KXTF8 |
Asus | Eepad | Kionix KXTF9 |
Interesting comparison’s here. For example Apple, Blackberry and Samsung have much in common with their accelerometer electronics.