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?

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    10 months ago

    Yeah for someone buying today, I’d say 16GB is the bare minimum. ~10y is what most people should be getting out of their computers, rather than buying multiple worse ones in that same timeframe.

    You know that in another 10 years, if it’s still running, your computer is going to be very far below the bare minimum for someone buying then. That’s not to say it’ll be useless, just not what anyone would recommend