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?

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Because modern apps are heavily bloated. Just look at the apk size of some of the most popular apps: facebook, its messenger or other apps, microsoft’s outlook, etc… The two are not necessarily connected, the apk size can be big without consuming a lot of ram, but often it is connected showing the negligence if these app’s developers, that the only goal is to churn out features and vacuum up your data at every moment possible, and saving on your resources is not at all a priority.