Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,194,990 members, 7,956,695 topics. Date: Monday, 23 September 2024 at 05:00 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Science/Technology / Phones / This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones (3006 Views)
Are People Still Reacharging Their Lines With Paper Recharge Cards / Universal Charger: Do People Still Use This? / ***You Still Use 2go?, Hop In! A Thread For 2go Users*** (2) (3) (4)
This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 8:00pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ojas3utyY Is Free RAM wasted RAM? Free RAM is wasted RAM. The first time I saw that statement it bothered me, because I was using a phone with 2GB of RAM. What did they mean by free RAM is wasted RAM? What were these people on? RAM space was premium to me. It is also very important to a lot of other people. Lots of people have complained that they have no apps in use but yet, their RAM is always occupied. Why is that? Before we begin, lemme ask you this question, do you think that your phone needs free RAM or do you think it should use up all the RAM space? In the recent past Checking how much RAM I had available used to be one of my favorites pastimes. In fact I was obsessed with checking it. This was during the mid 2010s when I used phones with 512MB, 1GB and 2GB RAM. This was especially true for my Tecno Pouvoir 2. It usually had barely 700MB out of 1.8GB which always annoyed me, especially if I had no apps in use. If I chose to load up a game like PUBG onto the 700MB free RAM, the game would refuse to load due to a lack of memory. In the end, I resorted to using RAM managers and task killers just to eke out enough free space. At least 1GB or so, so that I could at least play the 2 or 3 games before it crashes. Upon which, I’ll redo the whole process all over again. Today Even recently, with all my apps closed, I still see information like 2.8GB/6GB and I’ll laugh and remember when I used to eke out space. Lots of people have complained that this happens to them to. They have no apps in use but yet, their RAM is always occupied. Why? is something wrong with their device? The answer is no and there’s a good reason why this happens. Read: What is smartphone multitasking? Preloading There’s a phenomenon called preloading. Preloading is when your operating system loads apps into memory automatically before the user requests for it. Android/iOS nowadays is smarter than ever and tends to take note of user patterns. It’s the same user-pattern algorithms that social media giants like Meta (Facebook/IG), Snapchat and Alphabet (YT/Google) use as well. This is why my FB feed will be very different from your own. The OS on your phone monitors you, and takes note of your most used apps. When it’s gathered enough data, it then takes the liberty of starting your most used apps for you and keeping them in the RAM. This is so that as soon as you tap on that app, it opens very quickly. No lag, no fuss, no delays. When a lot people scream about phone A or phone B is so fast, sometimes its not alway about the SoC on board. A phone’s OS may simply be very good at preloading apps into memory (RAM). Note that this doesn’t work with big games because they occupy too much space in memory. But for other apps, they are usually kept in RAM so that they open almost immediately and even when you exit such apps and swipe them away, Android doesn’t wipe them. It simply caches them and keeps them on the RAM, zRAM or virtual memory. The aim of most OS today is to make sure that the available RAM in use is distributed or allocated to all necessary apps. This is to ensure that users have a wonderful user experience (UX). The OS would ensure that unused RAM space is allocated accordingly. Free RAM is best used to better improve user experience. Read: What is zRAM and swapping? So is free RAM completely bad? So if that’s the case, does it mean that android should choke the RAM and not leave any space free? Well no. Absolutely not. What happens if a user wants to load an app that has not been preloaded into the RAM and there’s not enough space? That would be a problem in itself. To combat this, many OS, especially Android, usually maintains a healthy balance between using up free RAM and leaving some free space for new apps. Many OS also quickly swap preloaded apps into zRAM or virtual memory inorder to create more space. In order words, free RAM is not entirely wasted RAM. https://inquisitiveuniverse.com/2022/06/18/free-ram-is-wasted-ram/ 7 Likes |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by DONFRANSKID(m): 12:32pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Nice one boss |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by PericomaNwankwo: 2:43pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Good stuff |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by DesChyko: 3:38pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Headline is inversely proportional to the content. 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by Rexymania(m): 6:33pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Read and get educated. Nice one boss |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by Dramadiddy(m): 7:08pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Educative |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by Sageez(m): 7:13pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
ikotunblog: You de mad ni? I read your post over 4 times trying to make sense out of it only to discover I just wasted those precious time 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by bukatyne(f): 7:15pm On Jun 19, 2022 |
Nice one, OP 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 7:58am On Jun 20, 2022 |
bukatyne: Thank you. |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by IzuKiba77: 5:05pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
The RAM size is just an additional feature to the phone,it doesn't mean it's more classy or more durable 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by PotterJokes44: 5:16pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
FACTS!!! Because most people think RAM is everything, there's actually a lot to consider in a phone,not just RAM or even the Camera clearity and sharpness 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by KeplersCross: 5:39pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
The RAM is not really a major feature in determining the strength or reliability of the phone, clearly it works hand in hand with the CPU core and also the OS which means the processor is what you should be looking at 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 7:49pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
IzuKiba77: Exactly |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 7:49pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
PotterJokes44: Swears. Na them take dey deceive pipo. |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 7:49pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
KeplersCross: Full summary in a nutshell boss |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by 0xAaron: 7:50pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
This is educative. Nice 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by Franktom247(m): 7:56pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
It's really more than just the RAM size of a phone plus there are now improvement to Tecno devices |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by KingUka: 8:02pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
We really need to understand the specifications of phones especially in terms of the RAM size .This was insightful 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 9:15pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
0xAaron: Thank you. |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 9:15pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
KingUka: Indeed it was |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by YangaBabe: 9:34am On Jun 23, 2022 |
This is good information At least I've known something cool today 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by Okikiafoo: 5:00am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Very insightful, thank you. 1 Like |
Re: This Spec Is Very Overrated Yet People Still Use It To Judge Phones by atheistandproud(m): 6:42am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Okikiafoo: You're welcome |
(1) (Reply)
How Much Would I Need To Add To Iphone 6s To Swap To Iphone X / See amazing promo for valentine (photo) / 11 Ways Smart Watches Are Better Than Smart Phones
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 27 |