Ram? Am I going crazy over nothing...

[Stelv]

Alot of the newer phones that Verizon is releases only have about 512mbs of ram. Isn't this low? Doesn't this set these phones up for software issues in the future..say a year from now. Wouldn't ram be even more important than dual core processing speed?

Or am I going crazy over nothing. Does the android os handle things so efficiently that 512 is enough?

I know this is all subjective, but I am a power user...i do alot with my phone and need to know if I am wrong in thinking that 512 is too low. What are your opinions?

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[cush2push]

Alot of the newer phones that Verizon is releases only have about 512mbs of ram. Isn't this low? Doesn't this set these phones up for software issues in the future..say a year from now. Wouldn't ram be even more important than dual core processing speed?

Or am I going crazy over nothing. Does the android os handle things so efficiently that 512 is enough?

I know this is all subjective, but I am a power user...i do alot with my phone and need to know if I am wrong in thinking that 512 is too low. What are your opinions?

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From what I hear its computer grade ram in the newer moto devices not sure if it makes a dif but that's what I hear

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[ldopa]

512 is pretty good for me

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[Stelv]

Computer grade ram sounds pretty good. But is the Android OS going to be able to take advantage of this new hardware within the next year? Do advanced apps and games need more than 512mbs? I wonder if ice cream sandwich is going to be more memory intensive.

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[Lex_Luthor]

I think 512 MB (not Mbs) of RAM is plenty for a phone. These phones dont run exactly like a computer so having that much RAM is plenty but you will run into problems when you need to run programs that need alot of memory like some 3D games when the OS is hogging up a lot of it.

 

[Stelv]

I do want to be able to run 3d games in the future, although I run some now on my fascinate and they run fine.

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[bendystrawboy]

my droid 1 doesn't have 512mb of ram..and it usually has about 60mb free

i don't know why everyones clamoring over 512 of 1mb of ram on a phone, most people are sitting at home running xp with 256mb of ram.

 

[Stelv]

You make a good point. XP is a solid OS.

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