Thinking of buying a new phone, is 8gb of RAM good enough, or should I get one with more than that?

[melraH]

that sounds like its just using unused disk space as a swapfile, which would sorta help. it would let you use that space for swapping off ram, clearing the actual physical ram you have. it wont be as fast as actual ram since it has to reread the file from disk and copy that data back to ram. im not sure if android requires root permissions for swapfiles or not... pretty sure linux does (i havent used swap files/partitions for years since i upgraded to more ram+SSD)

at any rate OP, you should try one of the apps that create a swapfile for you first.

Xiaomi's come with that feature enabled.

 

[boogers]

Xiaomi's come with that feature enabled.

thats what im saying. OP should try it on their phone before buying a new one. there are also alternatives to other apps that are less resource hungry. firefox on android is great imo. unless you need chromes features or its rendering for a particular website. its a ram hog

RAM Swapper - Apps on Google Play

RAM Swapper can create a SWAP file on your device.

play.google.com

if you are rooted theres tons of guides on xda

[GUIDE][HOW TO] How to create a swap file for expand the ram without apps!

Hey guys! Today i am showing to you how to create a swap file for ram expansion without any app. Easy and simple! ;) Also i will give you an init.d script that will enables and starts the swap at all the boots! What you need: - Installed Kernel...

xdaforums.com

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Nah I have a standard phone, just don't see the use to buy a so called top notch phone
If I were to spend $1000, it would be on a Laptop, because you can do so many things with a Laptop than you can with a phone

The only thing I do on my phone is talk on the phone, text, browse a couple pages in the internet, use Google maps, etc. That's it. Why the hell would I pay $1000+ for that? It's idiotic

Cant tell if you trolling or not

 

[DapMeUp!]

There's nikkas that are still running off 8RAM on their Laptops my guy unless your planning to do some graphic design or music production on your phone you should be good lol

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

As a general rule. Avoid anything that has 4gb of ram. 8 is basically the new standard of minimum quality.

 

[Strapped]

Get a damn $200 to $300 phone & stop wasting your money on bs op

 

[jesc07]

Get a refurbished flagship that 2 years old off eBay for 200-300 and it should last you 2.5 years minimum.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

We got some washed posters on this forum. Op sound like a clueless grandpa

 

[R=G]

You need a smooth phone...Google pixel 10 pro xl..s25 ultra..fold 7...iPhone 17 pro max...those will definitely run smoothly in 2025 with no issues at all. They all come with 12gb or better i think....