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46 points

Only?

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They have 16GB of RAM physically, 3GB is reserved for AI. So yeah, only 13GB is usable by regular apps, even if you don’t care about any of the AI stuff.

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Seriously, what app is capable of saturating 13GB?

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So then why does it have 16GB?

Have you noticed how expensive these things have gotten? Doesn’t it seems like charging you for more RAM than it necessary and then locking 20% of it away for “features” no one wants is a bad thing?

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It’s not about a single app, it’s about multitasking without having to reload apps.

At various times I’ve juggled between 4 apps at once on my phone. Say something like Messaging, Firefox, maybe a lemmy app, and Bitwarden for logging into something.

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19 points

Adding to what others said it is beneficial to load an app from RAM.

  1. Loads faster for user convenience
  2. Lower power usage so you’ll have better battery life
  3. More RAM reduces disk writes for cache / temporary files / from cold started apps that could write to storage.
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I think it’s more to do with app switching without having to reload or losing your state in minimized apps.

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If this is enabled by default it’ll certainly be needed, especially in cases like multitasking.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/08/adding-16-kb-page-size-to-android.html?m=1

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2 points

Ollama server running in termux

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3 points

I assume 13GB shared with all active apps and not 13 per app.

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12 points

I know how RAM works

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Sure about that?

https://fedia.io/m/android@lemdro.id/t/1119259/Tested-Google-s-Pixel-9-Pro-models-only-have-13GB-RAM/comment/6949769#entry-comment-6949769

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Barely enough for the OS and one app

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