I am having problems with phone deployment stuff. I DONT HAVE ANY PHONES 
I remember I could test visual studio apps on a emulator. can I do this with unity somehow?
Emulator has nothing to do with Unity. You should look for it in your SDK tool. If you’re using Android Studio, it has its own emulator, and if you’re using Xcode, it also has its own emulator. I’ve never used emulator before, so I really don’t know where exactly you can find it in your IDE.