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[ComputerMKII]

That's as much RAM as my Macbook Air

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...e-world-s-first-phone-with-4gb-of-ram-1194621

The Samsung Galaxy S5 news is picking up the pace, with more whispers on the sorts of specs we might be getting on the next flagship.
Last week it was looking more hopeful that the S5 will come with a 64-bit Exynos processor to rival the iPhone 5S, with word that the chip was in the final stages of development.
Now Digital Times Korea says that this will be the first of the Exynos 6 series, and will also come paired with 4GB of RAM - double that of the Galaxy S4 - making it a world first (so long as no one beats Samsung to it).

The only other phone to come close to 4GB was the Ubuntu Edge which, sadly, died an early death on Indiegogo, unable to raise enough funds to get off the ground.

Burning the apples

That could be a serious burn for the iPhone and its mere 1GB, especially considering the criticism launched at Apple's phone for offering 64-bit architecture without the sufficient memory to really put it to use.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 hosts 3GB of RAM and that's mighty speedy, so we're looking at the possibility of Samsung pushing out an absolute powerhouse in a few months time.
There's no further word on the release date, with Digital Korea Times claiming "the first half of next year". However we've heard it could be here as early as January. Here's hoping.

 

[Fatalah]

In a shiny plastic!

 

[BertramCooper]

In a shiny plastic!

Nope.

In hideous faux-leather plastic with fake stitching!

 

[Amon37]

available right when I'll get rid of my S3. So gud.

 

[Yoshiya]

god even android memory management isn't that fucking terrible. i'm getting by just fine with 4GB on my mbp.

 

[Dennis]

You phone will never need more than 2GB of RAM.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Nope.

In hideous faux-leather plastic with fake stitching!

looks mad tacky

 

[Jibbed]

You phone will never need more than 2GB of RAM.

People were saying the same about PC's and 8GB a few years ago.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

You phone will never need more than 2GB of RAM.

Err, never say never, but 4GB suggests a fusion of hardware & software that has become even less optimised. God knows where Samsung will go next.

 

[brotkasten]

TouchWiz will need it.

 

[MarkMclovin]

It's no more than a marketing buzzword if true. If my GS3 handles Android just fine with 2gb, then why does an even better optimised OS verison need more? Unless Samsung plan on using even more bloatware? Any 2gb phone handles the multitasking just fine.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

People were saying the same about PC's and 8GB a few years ago.

How many cases outside of those running VMs legitimately need more than that? I only have 6GB of RAM, and I can have Chrome open with about 20 tabs and 10 extensions running, Firefox, Lightroom, and still run BF3 without running out of RAM.

 

[ComputerMKII]

How many cases outside of those running VMs legitimately need more than that? I only have 6GB of RAM, and I can have Chrome open with about 20 tabs and 10 extensions running, Firefox, Lightroom, and still run BF3 without running out of RAM.

I bet you don't watch much porn

 

[plasmasd]

I wish the note 3 had 4gb. 3gb is much better than 2gb, but its not hard to hit that wall where everything starts to get slower and you need to free up ram

 

[Yoshiya]

what's up with 3GB memory in the note 3, is it not dual channel?

 

[gogogow]

People were saying the same about PC's and 8GB a few years ago.

I agree with this.
XP required 128MB of memory
Vista up to 8.1 required 1GB for 32 bit and 2GB for 64 bit. So the requirements stayed flat, but does 2GB of ram give you a smooth experience?

 

[Gonff]

god even android memory management isn't that fucking terrible. i'm getting by just fine with 4GB on my mbp.

Android memory management isn't terrible at all.

In fact, it uses a unique way of managing memory where if you have available memory, the phone is being used wrong.

 

[Somnid]

People were saying the same about PC's and 8GB a few years ago.

Still largely true. Even gamers aren't seeing big gains and certainly that aspect is even more limited on phones.

 

[rezuth]

I wish the note 3 had 4gb. 3gb is much better than 2gb, but its not hard to hit that wall where everything starts to get slower and you need to free up ram

Seems like they would need better memory management instead of just cramming more RAM into it.

 

[Bomber Bob]

google play no crap edition or bust

 

[Omni]

4GB? Hah. My laptop only has 6 and I never come close to maxing that out.

Why would a phone ever need that much?

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

I bet you don't watch much porn

Perhaps I should have said "Firefox (w/ Noscript enabled)"

 

[Yoshiya]

Android memory management isn't terrible at all.

In fact, it uses a unique way of managing memory where if you have available memory, the phone is being used wrong.

memory efficiency then, apologies.

 

[Whitechocolatekrispies]

4GB? Hah. My laptop only has 6 and I never come close to maxing that out.

Why would a phone ever need that much?

Touchwiz!

 

[kharma45]

I agree with this.
XP required 128MB of memory
Vista up to 8.1 required 1GB for 32 bit and 2GB for 64 bit. So the requirements stayed flat, but does 2GB of ram give you a smooth experience?

Seems to on the Dell Venue 8 Pro at least

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87650074&postcount=2569

 

[Nakazato]

this phone will have more ram then my pc.....


time to get a new PC

 

[GreatMightySymp]

The only reason it'd need that much RAM is because of how unoptimized TouchWiz is and for the "new" features the Samsung copymachines add to the S5.

 

[faridmon]

Gosh, my Ultrabook is 4GB....

 

[Defuser]

4 GB RAM but 3.5 GB dedicated to bloated unoptimized OS.

 

[Hieberrr]

4GB of RAM? That's overkill unless we expect to see apps that use 100s of MB of RAM.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Nope.

In hideous faux-leather plastic with fake stitching!

Beautiful!

Finally, some classy phones.
None of that aluminum nonsense - I want a gentleman's communication device, not a metal brick.

 

[mackattk]

the memory helps out a lot on image-heavy websites, especially the pics that make you laugh page.

Battery technology hasn't been able to keep up with everything else, so Samsung is just upgrading what it can to set it apart from the previous iteration of the device.

 

[diggmcbadass]

Are there people in this thread actually arguing against more ram?

 

[darkwing]

upgrading from my Note 2 to Note 4 would be awesome

 

[snacknuts]

I wish the note 3 had 4gb. 3gb is much better than 2gb, but its not hard to hit that wall where everything starts to get slower and you need to free up ram

As a fellow Note 3 owner, your post seems nonsensical.

 

[Ty4on]

Beautiful!

That is plastic you know?

It's more a "leather looks expensive, let's make it as cheap as possible".

 

[gcubed]

I can't imagine all the useless, shit features Samsung can cram into 4gb!!

Maybe you can type by drawing in the air over the camera!

 

[LeleSocho]

Meanwhile phones with 2GB or less will run better than the S5.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Are there people in this thread actually arguing against more ram?

phone wars lolz, new ipad only had 1GB so there's shit to sling

 

[jokkir]

Not really surprising considering the advancements in the mobile industry.

I can't imagine all the useless, shit features Samsung can cram into 4gb!!

Maybe you can type by drawing in the air over the camera!

Sign language interpretation coming to a Galaxy product near you.

 

[Mook1e]

Are there people in this thread actually arguing against more ram?

Yes, because they love reloading web page tabs with their 1gb ram devices.
It's not hard to think of good uses for more ram without resulting to smart alec remarks, but then people wouldn't have an excuse to ignorantly bash things.

 

[brotkasten]

Are there people in this thread actually arguing against more ram?

I don't think anyone here really argues against 4 GB RAM, but whether or not it's needed at this point. The only reason for Samsung to put 4 GB RAM into their phone is because they can and not because they'll have some magical software feature that will utilize the 4 GB RAM and the 8-core CPU.

 

[Bad_Boy]

well.. i guess skipping the S4 has it's benefits. I don't really need a new phone though, my S3 has been great.

 

[TUSR]

Wonder if it will still look like hot garbage, they should hire a competent designer.

 

[haZethew0rld]

And even with the 4GB of RAM it will prolly still lag.

 

[Ninja Dom]

Are there people in this thread actually arguing against more ram?

It's just dick-waving and doesn't really mean that much to most customer. It will have 4GB Ram and a 64 bit processor but as of yet, Android isn't a 64 bit OS and doesn't have any 64 bit optimised apps.

 

[KHarvey16]

More nonsense about the benefit of 64bit being addressable memory space.

 

[Maxrunner]

I don't think anyone here really argues against 4 GB RAM, but whether or not it's needed at this point. The only reason for Samsung to put 4 GB RAM into their phone is because they can and not because they'll have some magical software feature that will utilize the 4 GB RAM and the 8-core CPU.

So what's the point of apple's arm 7 64bit cpu announcement? I think its more stupid to put a 64bit cpu on a device and then not having the amount of ram that will actually give any reason to use that same cpu, no?

 

[battousai11]

I'm interested to see how it performs. As for now, I'm definitely still more interested in the Nexus 5 for my next upgrade.

 

[KHarvey16]

So what's the point of apple's arm 7 64bit cpu announcement? I think its more stupid to put a 64bit cpu on a device and then not having the amount of ram that will actually give any reason to use that same cpu, no?

Why do you think addressable memory space is the only benefit of the 64bit architecture?