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?

  • SubArcticTundraEnglish
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    10 months ago

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

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      It is overkill in iOS perhaps, but Android is very RAM hungry, I’d say if you use just a few apps in the tablet then yeah, it is overkill.