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

[O.T.I.S.]

Look into Xiaomi phones , you can expand the ram using the phones internal memory or a flash card. Either the note series 15 and up or the new Xiaomi 17 pro max. I got a note 14 and the new 17 pro max and the run like flagship phones. My wife got the new iphone and likes mine better the screen is brighter and the battery last longer and it has a screen on the back camera bezel.

I fukk with Xiaomi though.. just not they phones


If you asking this OP just cop the iPhone and be set for like 3-5 years

I’m still on the 15 pro and couldn’t give a fukk less… might upgrade just to switch carriers.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Look at your performance menu in your current phone and see how much ram you're currently using. The amount of ram you need will be determine by what apps and widgets are running on your phone. If you're just using your phones to make calls and take a few pictures here and there and browse the internet I say keep your current phone.

Knowing damn well that phone can’t handle all those pornhub tabs he leaves open

 

[ba'al]

Knowing damn well that phone can’t handle all those pornhub tabs he leaves open

Hilarious. I think OP is fine. He can upgrade if he wants to though but right now I would say save that cash.

Something else I was thinking about is planned obsolescence for some of these devices. The manufacturer could have designed or patched his phone to run slower in hopes he upgrades to a newer model. If he running the same tasks he been doing it could be just that. Or maybe he tight on storage that's something else that can slow your phone down.

 

[BunchePark]

I just had to Google all of this but I'm on the pixel 10 which is 12GB

The pixel 2 was 4 GB of RAM in like 2017

So I just confirmed you def in here trolling nikka

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Hilarious. I think OP is fine. He can upgrade if he wants to though but right now I would say save that cash. OP using his phone for just ordinary tasks.

Something else I was thinking about is planned obsolescence for some of these devices. The manufacturer could have designed or patched his phone to run slower in hopes he upgrades to a newer model. If he running the same tasks he been doing it could be just that. Or maybe he tight on storage that's something else that can slow your phone down.

That negro on JBO



But yeah, everytime a new patch comes out with a new phone, it’s designed to fukk up older models from what I’ve noticed.

I just upgraded to 26 and thinking about going back



fukk it though… I usually rock with my iPhones until they stop working or I find a deal… or if an ex destroys it

 

[ROFL_GUY]

I just had to Google all of this but I'm on the pixel 10 which is 12GB

The pixel 2 was 4 GB of RAM in like 2017

So I just confirmed you def in here trolling nikka

 

[CopiousX]

everytime a new patch comes out with a new phone, it’s designed to fukk up older models from what I’ve noticed.

I just upgraded to 26 and thinking about going back

And this is the argument for getting a $1000+ flagship phone. It's future proofing.


@UpAndComing If you're the type of person that likes to keep your phones a very long time, the software won't allow you to do so if you get the basic phones. It's a case of being "Penny smart and pound foolish". Because you'll have to be buying multiple $700 phones instead of just one 1100 phone.



You might wake up one day and Android 18 is released requiring 12gb of ram. And all the apps on your phone from your banking app to your social media apps will stop working if you don't upgrade. But if you upgrade in this situation , your phone will be bricked and too slow for practical usage

Spoiler: A tangible example of cheapness back firing....

Personally I don't even think ram is going to be the big restricting factor for you, it's going to be the chips. Tsmc and samsung are working on two nanometer chips specifically for AI which will give the updates to all your current apps more functionality .

Your cheap phone won't be able to do this. And just because your phone can't use the new functionality, doesn't mean you won't have to update the app and take up more RAM , processing power, and more storage despite getting no benefit.

Today's high end chips at 3nano meters will still be competent , but will lag in performance. You're older/cheap phone might still be using 5nm or God forbid a 7nm chip processor which will be completely unusable. And let me remind you that the power consumption savings (longer battery life) and processing power of only single nanometer is astronomical. Its not linear.

So you are shooting yourself in the foot by getting an older chipped(cheaper) phone.

@melraH , getting that Chinese phone is the absolute worst thing you can do for future proofing if you are either in America or Europe. Both regions are currently in a technological trade war with China and each other's technologies are quickly being banned. Let me remind you the story with Huawei, where millions of people suddenly found their cool Chinese phones useless because the federal government decided to ban them from all the national networks in America.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

And this is the argument for getting a $1000+ flagship phone. It's future proofing.


@UpAndComing If you're the type of person that likes to keep your phones a very long time, the software won't allow you to do so if you get the basic phones. It's a case of being "Penny smart and pound foolish". Because you'll have to be buying multiple $700 phones instead of just one 1100 phone.



You might wake up one day and Android 35 is released requiring 12gb of ram. And all the apps on your phone from your banking app to your social media apps will stop working if you don't upgrade. But if you upgrade in this situation , your phone will be bricked and too slow for practical usage

Spoiler: A tangible example of cheapness back firing....

Personally I don't even think ram is going to be the big restricting factor for you, it's going to be the chips. Tsmc and samsung are working on two nanometer chips specifically for AI which will give the updates of all your current apps more functionality with your phone won't be able to do. And just because your phone can't use the new functionality, doesn't mean you won't have to update the app and take up more RAM , processing power, and more storage.

@melraH , getting that Chinese phone is the absolute worst thing you can do for future proofing if you are either in America or Europe. Both regions are currently in a technological trade war with China and each other's technologies are quickly being banned. Let me remind you the story with Huawei, where millions of people suddenly found their cool Chinese phones useless because the federal government decided to ban them from all the national networks in America.

That’s why I never believe that cap dudes be on here talking about iPhone users always trying to upgrade to the newest phone and pay “1000$” everytime…

Idk anyone with an iPhone who does that. And definitely not me. I usually rock my iPhones until the wheels fall off.. and still got my old ones that still work.

I skip at least about 3-4 Gens before I even think about upgrading seriously. I pay for the quality and longevity.

Usually when an update comes out with a new phone along with it, it gradually fukks up the previous Gens top to bottom, getting worse if your phone is older until the point where the updates can’t be applied. Which then you will need a refresh it to upgrade to the latest OS. At least, from what I can tell

Planned obsolesce like someone said earlier. But the only people upgrading EVERYTIME are fanboys, people who work for them, and people that like to flex their material shyt everywhere. People without major priorities.

If my phone is working fine, I have no desire to upgrade anything. It’s just a phone… just not a cheap ass phone with low RAM and snot bubbles

 

[O.T.I.S.]

And the only people I know to get Androids are really non-tech savvy people


Like, in reality. Some here and there are tech savvy as like a hobby maybe for sure, but a lot of those buyers are old people and people not really interested in tech like that. Also getting them because they are cheap/er.


I’ve had non-iPhones before.. I’ve been cool with Apple for the past 15+ years now, and I have not had that many phones. Definitely not all of them, and barely remember if they are on 17 or 18 right now.

 

[10bandz]

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

well if thats the case clearly 8gb ram should be good enough

 

[sayyestothis]

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

 

[Givethanks]

I have a current phone with 4gb of RAM, it's kind of slow and gets confused when I open too many apps



Is 8gb of RAM a big improvement from 4GB of RAM?

Should I buy more than 8gb of RAM, or would it not make a difference?

What are you using for your phone for? I know a lot of guys who just use them for texting/calling/porn/dating apps that swear they need all the bells and whistles.

 

[boogers]

Look into Xiaomi phones , you can expand the ram using the phones internal memory or a flash card. Either the note series 15 and up or the new Xiaomi 17 pro max. I got a note 14 and the new 17 pro max and the run like flagship phones. My wife got the new iphone and likes mine better the screen is brighter and the battery last longer and it has a screen on the back camera bezel.

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.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Just get a iphone made in the past few years.

I never thought about ram on a phone.

 

[UpAndComing]

What are you using for your phone for? I know a lot of guys who just use them for texting/calling/porn/dating apps that swear they need all the bells and whistles.

Honestly, I don't even connect "Bells & Whistles" with a cell phone lol
I remember when I wanted to apply for a job online. I literally had to do a full on questionnaire, give exact dates/numbers of previous job which required me to use Google alot, as well as upload my resume in PDF form. Also had to edit the PDF to update info. If I had to do ALL of that with my cell phone, I would be like

That is why I have my $1000 laptop, shyt is just 100x easier to do with a Laptop. A great filing system, can do alot of editing, much easier to type on. Even trying to make a Coli thread on a cell phone is tiring lol

And if I want to watch a movie, I have my big screen tablet. No need for an Iphone 87 or whatever is out right now lol