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I don’t get why Android phones have so much ram.

They often have more ram than my wife’s MacBook and the same or my as my desktop.

How much ram is needed if you’re not gaming or video editing?

In my case, it’s a very occasional picture or video recorded and then just social media apps and web. Do I need to get a phone with 12gb? Or is that just thrown in there for marketing?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

My Pixel 6a has 6GB.

I'm very happy with it.

I think 4GB is ok but on the lower end.

8GB is plenty.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've got 6GB in my phone. It's been plenty for me even though Android eats half of it. The most resource intensive thing I do is use Firefox with a few tabs open though.

I can't believe how bloated Android has gotten. My first Android tablet only had 256MB and it ran fine on that. Now my phone uses 3 times more memory than my desktop at boot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can’t believe how bloated Android has gotten. My first Android tablet only had 256MB and it ran fine on that.

Retina resolution graphics need more memory.

3 times more memory than my desktop at boot.

Phones don't have virtual memory and desktop PCs often have dedicated video RAM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just for the sake of correctness: phones almost definitely do have virtual memory, that's how any modern memory allocation works. You probably meant swap files/partitions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You probably meant swap files/partitions.

Yes. I used the term I've read years ago a German version of Windows used. I wouldn't want to assume everybody knows Linux terminology.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, they actually do name it so! https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-virtual-memory-size-windows-10

I was under impression Linux uses the term swap partition (or swap file if it's in a file which is much less common) while Windows calls them either swap files or paging files. Looks like you're right and Windows uses these terms interchangeably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I had a 4GB phone and after an update, processes were constantly swapping or closing because I was bouncing off the limit. I later got a 6GB phone and I was able to get multiple updates and run more programs without any issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

My tablet has 6GB and that feels like overkill. My phone has 3GB