Xiaomi's upcoming Black Shark 3 5G could be the first phone with 16GB RAM

11 January 2020
When 12GB just isn't enough.

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  • 13 Jan 2020

Anonymous, 13 Jan 2020Nope. Instead let's not have any company offer anything ext... moreexactly. this is geared towards gaming so it could use the extra ram.

i just hope they could up the screen to 120Hz refresh rate, keep the 240Hz touch sampling rate, give it bigger and individually amplified stereo speakers, and bigger battery. if this happens i'll be happy to ditch my asus rog phone 2 for this.

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    • 13 Jan 2020

    Anonymous, 13 Jan 2020Nope. Instead let's not have any company offer anything ext... moreright
    it is not like they are increasing or selling these phones at a huge price like a pixel or a galaxy
    let them whine and complain all they want
    if it was for them, we would not even have smartphones

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      • 13 Jan 2020

      Gusta, 13 Jan 2020So? What's the point of having 16GB of RAM on mobile? App m... moreNope. Instead let's not have any company offer anything extra or futureproofing. Instead let's just let them keep charging more while barely upgrading and even while downgrading. In fact let's just go back to 64mb ram, and 128mhz single core. You'll never need more than that.
      Oh well. You might not use it all for a while. Boohoo. As long as it's an extra in the device at a fair price then why are you making it a negative thing? And it simply means they shouldn't run into ram issues for years to come.

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        • 13 Jan 2020

        Turning into a PC lol

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          Gusta, 13 Jan 2020So? What's the point of having 16GB of RAM on mobile? App m... moreAgreed !

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            • 13 Jan 2020

            [deleted post]Blind people can see no point.

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              • 13 Jan 2020

              AnonD-754814, 12 Jan 2020Samsung use cheap hardware ! Sony and Apple use better RAM ... moreI think you should also include Huawei. Specially to Honor devices.. Ram management is terrible as f..k :->

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                AnonD-889996, 12 Jan 2020Your comparison of mobile games and PS4 games really blows ... moreSo? What's the point of having 16GB of RAM on mobile? App mutlititask? OMG.. What kind of app is that?

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                  • 13 Jan 2020

                  Anonymous, 13 Jan 2020That would clearly be you not knowing anything. There is n... moreGPU(newer) limitation shouldn't considered as lag because you can decrease the settings to solve this.
                  Now the thing is, Everything is laggy. Even the keyboard connected to a computer has lag.
                  But in general we consider it lag when it's badly noticeable. If the CPU is good then the lag can happen because of poor RAM, slow storage, slow network connection and mainly it happens for weak CPU, poor optimization of that device or the app has poor optimization. I am wondering what lag is in you dictionary.
                  This is one of the reason for having negative impression about online. People can get away with anything. People can be a pro techy without knowing the key things here.

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                    • 13 Jan 2020

                    IAM using Black shark 2 but lots of cons

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                      • 13 Jan 2020

                      Anonymous, 12 Jan 2020Lol, you don't know nothing, dude...That would clearly be you not knowing anything.
                      There is no such thing as perfection. iPhones have and will lag things. Wp sure had them. But most phones hardly ever have them. And an unoptimized game or let end gpu dropping frames and throttling...as related to what they were saying.... Is not the same thing as lag.
                      And again no phone if immune to any of the above. Grow up and get over yourself. And maybe do some research

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                        • 13 Jan 2020

                        AJ_74, 13 Jan 2020Why would "power users" appreciate the additional RAM when ... moreIf you can't figure that out then why are you even here?

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                          • 13 Jan 2020

                          Why would "power users" appreciate the additional RAM when it serves ZERO purpose? Unused RAM never, EVER improves performance, and no "power user" phone ever utilizes more than 6 to 7GB at any given time. Maybe it helps their ego?

                            guess how much blotware xiaomi packs in their gaming phone that now needs 16gb ram to run

                              Rex Tech, 12 Jan 2020Xiaomi Shark series a success ? Literally nobody bought the... moreLots of people did buy them. Problem is... All the best phones are in China. And carriers don't have anything other than apple and Samsung.

                                You need that sort of ram for live streaming with Discord or Twitch.

                                  Excellent news! - Finally a brute beast of 865 snapdragon with a pure 16GB of Ram. Thank God! Somebody has finally lifted up the benchmark!

                                  Great for the power hungry user. Especially if running several games and other apps such video processing/converting.

                                  Well done. Overkill. We welcome you in the name of Android! 2020. What a great achievement.

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                                    • 12 Jan 2020

                                    yo, 12 Jan 2020I haven't seen an android phone really lag in about 2 yearsLol, you don't know nothing, dude...

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                                      Anonymous, 12 Jan 2020If it lags (never tried that phone) then probably because m... moreI haven't seen an android phone really lag in about 2 years

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                                        • 12 Jan 2020

                                        Multitasking with IM app and calculator approves of this! Android the Windows XP of mobile phones.