Weekly poll results: 8-12GB of RAM is the sweet spot for current smartphones

10 December 2023
Nearly half of voters would buy a phone with 8GB, around a third want more - 12GB. But few feel the need for more (and few are okay with less).

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  • 10 Dec 2023

rizki1, 10 Dec 2023Lots of RAM is helpful in the Nintendo Switch emulator that... moreThat's an extremely niche use case though, as I'm guessing maybe a tenth of a percent(maybe less) of all smartphone users emulate the Switch on their phone. Personally, I'd rather do that on a PC.

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    • 10 Dec 2023

    rizki1, 10 Dec 2023Lots of RAM is helpful in the Nintendo Switch emulator that... moreyuzu already optimized for 8gb ram and add android 14 background optimization which reduce background apps freeing ram, as long the device have android 14 8gb ram is enough

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      • 10 Dec 2023

      AnonymousCRL, 10 Dec 2023Having virtual RAM enabled makes my camera viewfinder laggy... morevirtual ram is a no brainer outside multi tasking, virtual ram decrease cpu perf since it use cpu to put ram into the internal memory, also the internal memory speed also reduced because of the virtual ram. For optimal use virtual ram need flaghship level hw like ufs 3,1/4.0 and high end cpu which they def will be accompanied with huge ram. In the end virtual ram is just a non useful gimmick

        Lots of RAM is helpful in the Nintendo Switch emulator that easily eats 12GB. If you have 24GB RAM on your phone, the rest can be used for background applications.

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          • 10 Dec 2023

          the only thing that heavy on ram requirement is emulator but thx to android 14 and optimzation of the emulator ( can't say the name ) the ram req down back to 8gb so it seems we are bit by bit going to ios level ram requirement which is a good thing

            Having virtual RAM enabled makes my camera viewfinder laggy in MIUI while in custom ROM with no Virtual RAM feature, it doesn't lag at all (Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G).

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