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RUN . 41 active pipelines . phonearena.com live

Mobile device specs,
normalised at scale.

We extract comprehensive device specifications, benchmark results, battery test data, and editorial reviews from PhoneArena. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Devices extracted
12.4K /run
Spec points
1.8M /24h
Benchmark scores
89K /run
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from phonearena.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Basic Info and Launch objects from phonearena.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

device_idbrandmodelaliasesstatusrelease_dateform_factordimensions_mmweight_gmaterialscoloursip_ratingpage_url
basic_info and launch
● 200 OK
"device_id": "12082",
"brand": "Samsung",
"model": "Galaxy S23 Ultra",
"status": "Available",
"release_date": "2023-02-17",
"dimensions_mm": "163.4 x 78.1 x 8.9",
"weight_g": 234,
"colours": "['Phantom Black', 'Green', 'Cream', 'Lavender']"
# device_idbrandmodelaliasesstatusrelease_date
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Complete list of extractable fields for Display and Hardware objects from phonearena.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

device_idscreen_size_inchesresolutionpixel_density_ppirefresh_rate_hzscreen_to_body_ratiodisplay_technologychipsetprocessorgpuram_gbinternal_storage_gbexpandable_storage
display_and hardware
● 200 OK
"device_id": "12082",
"screen_size_inches": 6.8,
"resolution": "3088 x 1440",
"pixel_density_ppi": 501,
"refresh_rate_hz": 120,
"chipset": "Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2",
"ram_gb": "[8, 12]",
"internal_storage_gb": "[256, 512, 1024]"
# device_idscreen_size_inchesresolutionpixel_density_ppirefresh_rate_hzscreen_to_body_ratio
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Complete list of extractable fields for Camera and Battery objects from phonearena.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

device_idmain_camera_mpultra_wide_mptelephoto_mpfront_camera_mpvideo_recording_maxois_supportbattery_capacity_mahcharging_speed_wwireless_charging_wreverse_chargingremovable_battery
camera_and battery
● 200 OK
"device_id": "12082",
"main_camera_mp": 200,
"ultra_wide_mp": 12,
"telephoto_mp": 10,
"video_recording_max": "8K @ 30fps",
"battery_capacity_mah": 5000,
"charging_speed_w": 45,
"wireless_charging_w": 15
# device_idmain_camera_mpultra_wide_mptelephoto_mpfront_camera_mpvideo_recording_max
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Complete list of extractable fields for Benchmarks and Tests objects from phonearena.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

device_idantutu_scoregeekbench_singlegeekbench_multigfxbench_car_chasegfxbench_manhattan3dmark_wild_lifebattery_web_browsing_minsbattery_video_playback_minsbattery_3d_gaming_mins
benchmarks_and tests
● 200 OK
"device_id": "12082",
"antutu_score": 1241531,
"geekbench_single": 1566,
"geekbench_multi": 4972,
"battery_web_browsing_mins": 1152,
"battery_video_playback_mins": 571,
"battery_3d_gaming_mins": 435
# device_idantutu_scoregeekbench_singlegeekbench_multigfxbench_car_chasegfxbench_manhattan
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Complete list of extractable fields for Reviews and Ratings objects from phonearena.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

device_ideditorial_scoreuser_ratingreview_countprosconsreview_summaryreviewer_namereview_dateverdictreview_url
reviews_and ratings
● 200 OK
"device_id": "12082",
"editorial_score": 9.0,
"user_rating": 8.8,
"review_count": 412,
"pros": "['Incredible zoom camera', 'Excellent battery life', 'Top-tier performance']",
"cons": "['Expensive', 'Large and heavy']",
"reviewer_name": "Victor Hristov",
"review_date": "2023-02-15"
# device_ideditorial_scoreuser_ratingreview_countproscons
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Capabilities

Complete mobile device intelligence

Our PhoneArena scraper extracts deeply nested specification tables, normalises benchmark metrics across generations, and captures editorial sentiment with full JavaScript rendering and proxy management.

Full Spec Sheets

Dimensions, materials, IP ratings, and every hardware specification mapped to a clean relational schema.

Hardware Details

System-on-chip configurations, RAM variants, and internal storage tiers extracted per device model.

Display Metrics

Screen size, resolution, refresh rates, peak brightness, and panel technology captured accurately.

Camera Arrays

Sensor sizes, apertures, focal lengths, and video recording capabilities for front and rear modules.

Battery and Charging

Capacity in mAh, wired charging speeds, wireless charging support, and proprietary battery test results.

Benchmark Scores

Geekbench, AnTuTu, GFXBench, and 3DMark scores extracted from dynamic comparison charts.

Editorial Reviews

Official PhoneArena scores, pros and cons lists, and full review text for sentiment analysis.

User Ratings

Aggregated user scores and comment extraction for crowd-sourced product feedback.

Cellular and Connectivity

Supported 5G bands, Wi-Fi standards, Bluetooth versions, and NFC availability.

Device Status

Track lifecycle phases from rumoured and announced to available or discontinued.

// engagement pipeline

From device list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide brand lists, device categories, or release years. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy crawlers, Playwright sessions, and proxy rotation for phonearena.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, unit normalisation, and spec outlier detection before launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

Handling nested specifications and unit variances

PhoneArena's data structure evolves with mobile technology. Here is how we maintain schema integrity across a decade of device history.

pipeline-monitor · phonearena.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Unit normalisation
Converting raw text to numeric types

Mobile specs are often presented as strings like '5000 mAh' or '6.8 inches'. We parse and cast these into strict numeric fields, ensuring your database receives clean integers and floats ready for analysis.

Dynamic table parsing
Adapting to shifting spec categories

As new technologies emerge like foldable displays or under-display cameras, PhoneArena updates its table structures. Our pipelines use flexible extraction logic to map new fields without breaking existing schemas.

JavaScript rendering
Extracting benchmark charts

Performance metrics and battery test results are rendered via client-side JavaScript charts. We use Playwright to execute the page scripts and intercept the underlying JSON payloads powering these visualisations.

Change detection
Tracking OS updates and retro-specs

Devices receive OS updates or retroactive benchmark scores months after release. We maintain a hash index of previously scraped devices, pushing only the modified fields to keep your dataset perfectly synced.

Anti-bot layer
Bypassing rate limits during full sweeps

Scraping the entire historical catalogue of 12,000+ devices triggers rate limits. We distribute requests across residential IP pools with randomised intervals to maintain high throughput without blocks.

Applications

Who uses PhoneArena data

Teams across industries use phonearena.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Competitive Analysis

OEMs track competitor spec sheets, release cadences, and pricing tiers to inform their own product development.

02
Retail and Telecom

Carriers and electronics retailers enrich their online product catalogues with standardised, accurate specification data.

03
Accessory Manufacturing

Case and screen protector makers track exact device dimensions, camera bump placements, and release dates.

04
Market Research

Analysts track hardware trends like average battery size, RAM capacity, or charging speeds over time across the industry.

05
AI Training Data

ML teams train hardware recommendation engines on spec relationships and editorial sentiment scores.

06
Review Aggregation

Consumer guidance platforms ingest editorial scores and pros/cons lists to build meta-scores for mobile devices.

Why DataFlirt

"PhoneArena holds the most structured historical record of mobile hardware evolution, requiring rigorous schema normalisation to query effectively."

Extracting device specifications sounds simple until you encounter ten years of changing form factors, shifting benchmark versions, and inconsistent unit formatting. DataFlirt handles the normalisation, proxy management, and schema maintenance so you receive clean, queryable hardware data.

Technical Spec

PhoneArena scraper - technical capabilities

Everything supported by our phonearena.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions required for benchmark charts and dynamic comparison data
Supported
Spec table normalisation
Casting string values to numeric types for dimensions, weights, and capacities
Supported
Benchmark chart extraction
Capturing data points from interactive performance and battery graphs
Supported
High-res image scraping
Extracting URLs for official press renders and 3D device models
Supported
Historical device archiving
Accessing specs for discontinued devices dating back to the early 2000s
Supported
Multi-region proxy rotation
ISP-grade residential IPs to prevent rate limiting during large sweeps
Supported
Change detection diffs
Hash-based diffing to only emit records with changed fields since last run
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per record or batch for real-time downstream processing
Supported
User account settings
Gated personal profile data and saved device preferences
Partial
Private forum direct messages
Authenticated user-to-user communications within the community
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the PhoneArena pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows for dynamic charts.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across multiple regions. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required to bypass rate limits.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda and ECS. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested - schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns - Excel/Sheets compatible
XLS
Excel workbook format for business analysts
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery - compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
REST endpoint to query your extracted dataset
Postgres
Upsert into your existing schema with conflict resolution
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About phonearena.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping PhoneArena legal?

Scraping publicly available information from PhoneArena is generally permissible for non-authenticated data. DataFlirt targets only public specifications, benchmark scores, and editorial reviews. We do not extract personal data or circumvent authentication walls.

How do you handle inconsistent specification formats?

Our pipeline includes a dedicated normalisation layer. We parse string values like '6.8 inches' or '5000 mAh' into strict float and integer fields, ensuring your database receives clean, structured data regardless of how it was typed on the site.

Can you extract data from the interactive benchmark charts?

Yes. We use Playwright to execute the client-side JavaScript that renders these charts, allowing us to capture the underlying numeric scores for Geekbench, AnTuTu, and battery tests.

How often can the data be refreshed?

For active devices, pipelines can run daily to catch new benchmark additions or status changes. Full historical catalogue refreshes are typically scheduled weekly or monthly depending on your requirements.

Do you extract user comments as well as editorial reviews?

Yes. We can extract the aggregated user rating score as well as paginate through user comments on device pages for sentiment analysis.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

Our smallest packages start at a defined brand list or release year window with weekly delivery. For full historical catalogue extraction, we price based on volume and delivery frequency.

Can I request a sample dataset before committing?

Absolutely. We provide a sample run of up to 100 devices as part of the pre-engagement scoping process so you can validate schema fit, field completeness, and normalisation quality.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=phonearena.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off historical device dump or a continuous feed of new mobile hardware releases, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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