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?

  • WIZARD POPE💫
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    110 months ago

    Yeah I got a redmi note 12. Worst mistake of my life. MIUI is hot garbage. I literally went beack to my 5 year old OnePlus6 and installed Lineage OS on it. Even with a bad battery it still runs better than that piece of crap. At least it was not that expensive.

    • Kokesh
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      310 months ago

      I’m happy with my purchase, I always buy a flagship and Xiaomi is actually the first for me that I bought the second time from the same manufacturer. MIUI is crap, but I always root, so it makes it bearable.

      • WIZARD POPE💫
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        110 months ago

        I thought about just installing a different distro on it but I need my banking apps to work sadly.