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Anon thinks about Google (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Android 12 took up 700MB RAM, leaving some space for non-sytem apps on lower end smartphones.

Android 13 takes up easily 1.2GB, leaving almost nothing at the benefit of having a somewhat "snappier" interface

[–] pumpkinseedoil 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lower end phones usually already have 8 GB RAM (example: Galaxy A54 5G, 300€ new).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I would consider the A-Series of Samsung "mid-range". I know you said "lower" and "mid-range" is lower than "high-end", but I suspect tetris11's issue mostly applies to "low-end" phones. Something like a Motorola Moto G Play 2024

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

You consider that a good thing... Phones shouldn't have this much RAM.

[–] pumpkinseedoil 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would higher RAM be a bad thing? That's like saying phones shouldn't have more storage, faster processors, better camera, ...

Sure, they worked before that already. But isn't technological advancement still good?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

To a certain point.