Android: 2GiB RAM

[cube]

I bought an Android 2.3 given that ICS was promised for it.

But I still haven't upgraded because, among other things, 512MiB is not ideal.

So I have decided that the next one I get should have at least 2GiB of RAM so that this doesn't happen again.

It should still come from a vendor with good Android support, of course.

 

[RocketRed]

I don't see a question or request in your post... are you asking for recommendations of Android phones? Or are you thinking of switching to glorious iPhone-race?

On that note, you'd have better luck and responses on XDA-developers or an Android forum

 

[cube]

It is not a question, but a reflection.

 

[blackhand1001]

I bought an Android 2.3 given that ICS was promised for it.

But I still haven't upgraded because, among other things, 512MiB is not ideal.

So I have decided that the next one I get should have at least 2GiB of RAM so that this doesn't happen again.

It should still come from a vendor with good Android support, of course.

There are plenty of phones with 512mb and ICS. The HTC one v is one.

 

[cube]

There are plenty of phones with 512mb and ICS. The HTC one v is one.

ICS was made with 1 GiB in mind. There's people complaining about RAM usage on my phone (not just about that).

I'm not talking about running a hacked version which removes bloat.

 

[noteple]

This gives new meaning to drunk dialing

 

[Twixt]

this gives new meaning to drunk dialing

:d

 

[alphaod]

So right now your only choice is the US spec Samsung Galaxy S III?

Anyways I have a International spec S III, with only 1GB of RAM. Seems to run ICS fine.

 

[xAnthony]

Where's my boy Calidude !! This is an Android thread, he should be all over this one.

 

[Jb07]

And..... What are you trying to say? A phone with 512MB of RAM can run ICS just fine. It's you carrier and phone manufacturer saying it can't and not giving your phone ICS.

 

[cube]

So right now your only choice is the US spec Samsung Galaxy S III?

Anyways I have a International spec S III, with only 1GB of RAM. Seems to run ICS fine.

I am not talking about being able to run ICS on a 1GiB RAM phone, but about buying an ICS phone that can run the next major version of Android.

 

[Big.Mac.Daddy]

Where's my boy Calidude !! This is an Android thread, he should be all over this one.

ROFL this had me in tears

Don't forget Vegastouch either

 

[cube]

And..... What are you trying to say? A phone with 512MB of RAM can run ICS just fine. It's you carrier and phone manufacturer saying it can't and not giving your phone ICS.

I don't think you understand.

- My vendor promised ICS for this and other models.
- When the release approached, they warned about the performance on those phones.
- The vendor then released the update, and people who upgraded are complaining, even after a couple iterations.

The CPU seems to have quite a hard time with ICS too.

Note also that I discovered my phone has too little internal storage, because even if you try to install almost every app on the memory card, the built-in fills up quite quickly. (Note that I won't buy a phone that does not have a memory slot).

So it is clear these phones were barely specified to run what was at the time the current version.

 

[cynics]

What phone/manufacture are you talking about? Reason I ask is cause ICS runs pretty well on the Nexus S and that has 512gb ram, the mild stuttering it has should be cleared up with Jelly Bean....

 

[fireshot91]

ICS runs pretty well on the Nexus S and that has 512gb ram

That better run pretty well if it has 512gb of RAM...

I have a Galaxy S2 (ATT Version), and it runs ICS just fine. Granted, it does have 1gb RAM.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

So right now your only choice is the US spec Samsung Galaxy S III?

Anyways I have a International spec S III, with only 1GB of RAM. Seems to run ICS fine.

The reason that the US version has 2gigs of ram is to make up for the fact that the CPU is not as good. It has a weaker CPU because they need the quadcom LTE chip in it and quadcom LTE antenna only works with quadcom CPU's.

It is pretty well agreed apond that that quadcoms LTE chip and chip is by far the best one. Quadcom is use that to push their weaker CPU's

 

[cube]

The reason that the US version has 2gigs of ram is to make up for the fact that the CPU is not as good. It has a weaker CPU because they need the quadcom LTE chip in it and quadcom LTE antenna only works with quadcom CPU's.

It is pretty well agreed apond that that quadcoms LTE chip and chip is by far the best one. Quadcom is use that to push their weaker CPU's

What about the Japan version?