Is Anyone Else Questioning WHY The Generous 2GB RAM?

[BOSSY TEXAS CHICK]

Not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth, but seeing the trend of how RAM has jumped in increments as low as 128K (HTC Hero (384MB) to Evo (512MB) to Sensation (768MB) Evo 3D (1GB) or by as much as 512MB Vibrant and then jumped to 1GB with SGSII so i can't help but but wonder why Samsung is being so generous by throwing a WHOLE GB extra of RAM when the Int'l version is still on 1 GB...

I googled & googled but not any real info on why 1GB included in US Versions... And it puzzles me since the One X is running the same processor our SGS III will (US Version) and it only has has 1GB RAM and is pretty speedy (it does lag occasionally but its running Sense, and most think that is the culprit)

Thanx y'all,

BTC

 

[blitz118]

The One X does not have 2G ram. It has 1GB ram.

 

[bigdaddytee]

And the One X/Evo 4G isn't all that speedy, according to people who use it, at least not in most of the posts that I've read here...Sense, resource hog that it is, gets most of the blame. TW isn't much better, so Samsung decided to alleviate the lag problems, smart move in my opinion.
Disclaimer: All opinions are formed by reading the forums, as I posess and use neither of these devices.


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[moosc]

Well the answer is out. Listen to last weeks AC podcast. Breaks down like this the gpu isn't up to par on lte phones so to make up for the touch wiz lag they counter it with a gig. Just relax its all good.

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[BOSSY TEXAS CHICK]

The One X does not have 2G ram. It has 1GB ram.

yah, thats what i meant 1GB on S4 Processor on One X... (Fixed that, thanx!)

Anyway, i guess what was said on the Podcast makes sense, but just seems like a really big RAM jump that i had never seen on a cell phone, and it surprises me Touch Wiz is MORE resource hungry than HTC Sense... Whoda thunk it? lol

BTC

 

[jcp007]

Well the answer is out. Listen to last weeks AC podcast. Breaks down like this the gpu isn't up to par on lte phones so to make up for the touch wiz lag they counter it with a gig. Just relax its all good.

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OP, please see the above post and the one from bigdaddytee above.

 

[Mercury81]

Yes I heard to make up for the touch wiz lag thats why your getting extra 1gb

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[libb51usmc]

Gotta say... I'm using the one x and 9 times outta 10 never see lag

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[BOSSY TEXAS CHICK]

Gotta say... I'm using the one x and 9 times outta 10 never see lag

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i believes ya : ) i had the One X for approx a week and the ONLY time it would lag is occasionally when i hit home button, i'd get the "loading...loading"... but would only do that on occasion. That phone was very fast, i really liked it, form factor the most beautiful i ever saw (and omg that waterfall edge glass was soooo nice to the feel) but it had a few limitations i was hesitant to overlook, so back it went and here i sit waitin' on SGS III : )

BTC

 

[Mercury81]

Gotta say... I'm using the one x and 9 times outta 10 never see lag

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My partner has the LTE network and he's flying with his...:beer::thumbup:

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[jcp007]

Yes I heard to make up for the touch wiz lag thats why your getting extra 1gb

from Evo4GLTE on Android Central

IMO. I think we get that you like your EVO and Sense. As a new Android owner and a former BB 9810 owner, I am little disappointed to see the "my dog is better than your dog". It is all about personal preference and what works best for you. Slamming someone's choice to go with another smartphone (my opinion is based only on the reviews and videos with no personal experience, the GS3 is better than the EVO) is a bit immature at best. Those reviewers and bloggers can be biased but the successful ones point out the flaws and great things about each device. Those people agree that the GS3 is better than the EVO.

 

[Mercury81]

IMO. I think we get that you like your EVO and Sense. As a new Android owner and a former BB 9810 owner, I am little disappointed to see the "my dog is better than your dog". It is all about personal preference and what works best for you. Slamming someone's choice to go with another smartphone based only on the reviews and videos with no personal experience is a bit immature at best.

I'm not trying to shame anyone just stating the facts about the phone...sorry if you took it that way.

from Evo4GLTE on Android Central

 

[LazrRocketArm]

yah, thats what i meant 1GB on S4 Processor on One X... (Fixed that, thanx!)

Anyway, i guess what was said on the Podcast makes sense, but just seems like a really big RAM jump that i had never seen on a cell phone, and it surprises me Touch Wiz is MORE resource hungry than HTC Sense... Whoda thunk it? lol

BTC

Actually, SENSE is MORE resource hungry. That's why the one X has gimped multitasking! Have not listened to the podcast yet, but from what I understand the gpu shares ram with the CPU, right?
So Samsung is including the extra ram as insurance against lag, not because touchwiz NEEDs it.

 

[Speedygi]

The reason the American versions of the Galaxy S 3 has 2 Gig of RAM is due to the fact they are running on Snapdragons. The Exynos ones from the International versions have 1 Gig.

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[jcp007]

Actually, SENSE is MORE resource hungry. That's why the one X has gimped multitasking! Have not listened to the podcast yet, but from what I understand the gpu shares ram with the CPU, right?
So Samsung is including the extra ram as insurance against lag, not because touchwiz NEEDs it.

I agree. Based upon what I have heard and seen, HOX, which uses SENSE, does have some lag in browsing with really funky text reflow when using screen gestures. What is SENSE an acronym for? Serious replies only please.

 

[Mercury81]

Actually, SENSE is MORE resource hungry. That's why the one X has gimped multitasking! Have not listened to the podcast yet, but from what I understand the gpu shares ram with the CPU, right?
So Samsung is including the extra ram as insurance against lag, not because touchwiz NEEDs it.

Your reference to issues on multitasking is opinion only . I have not experienced any issues with multi tasking in the Evo4GLTE and HTC themselves have started the phone to be working as designed. This is also been
Experienced by many other people with regard to multi tasking. There is no lag with this phone what so ever even though I'm using 3g network....
Mod please delete sd I was speaking of the wrong phone... My badd,
from Evo4GLTE on Android Central

 

[bigbot45]

I'm psyched for the 2Gig's...hopefully it makes the phone easily upgradeable to Android 5.x and 6.x.

 

[cgardnervt]

I look forward to the 2gigs of RAM. Will custom ROMs without TW allow you to run with more RAM available or is it locked down to the chip set?

Not really fully up on this whole 2gigs of RAM thing...

 

[Tom S.]

Your reference to issues on multitasking is opinion only . I have not experienced any issues with multi tasking in the Evo4GLTE and HTC themselves have started the phone to be working as designed. This is also been
Experienced by many other people with regard to multi tasking. There is no lag with this phone what so ever even though I'm using 3g network....
Mod please delete sd I was speaking of the wrong phone... My badd,
from Evo4GLTE on Android Central

The multitasking problem is not an opinion. It is a proven fact. I own the HOX.

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[Mercury81]

Yes, noted as I did explain I was referring to Evo4GLTE which I'm using . I asked mod to delete last post . My partner has the HOX also,but he's not complained about this issue to me . I know he did have an update late last week from HTC.

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