[Q] what is the big deal? - Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

What is the big difference between the 16 and 8gb besides the ram ?

there really is no other differnce
(besides ram and storage)

yes. the internal sd goes from 8 to 16gb and then the working ram from a half a gig to a full gig. maybe the later gives it a tiny speed boost ? maybe...

There's a bit more to it than that. Fattire broke down some of the key differences when the 8GB launched.
Also, one should note that no version of B&N's OS before 1.4.2 will work on the 8GB and there are quite a few roms (I think all of the cm7 based ones) that will not work on the internal memory of the 8GB model without some modification.
Also, less RAM = less multitasking capability. Someone actually made a point the other day that we oddly enough differentiate between the two based on the internal memory size (8GB vs. 16GB) when in reality, the important difference is actually the RAM, as this actually has performance implications on the device.

karrb said:
What is the big difference between the 16 and 8gb besides the ram ?
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I found my way here while trying to make an informed decision. I could be totally wrong, but it looked to me like the 16GB has 2X the support from this amazingly talented pool of xdadevelopers. (SOLD! )
Oh, yeah. And the 8GB is cheaper, too.

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there really is no other differnce
(besides ram and storage)
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If that's the case, then does the difference between the 8 and the Nook Color come down to the processor and the price?
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Nook Tablet is lighter, has better battery life, a microphone (though it doesn't have bluetooth and the nook color does, albeit short ranged) and as you mentioned the better processor, which is kind of important.

So I should I even root my nook tablet (8gb) yet, will it just give me the market?

It depends on what you want.
Just rooting will give you access to the google play store which has a ton more apps than the B&N app store. You could install a custom launcher (like go launcher or adw launcher) to give it a full user interface change as well. Or you could install a custom rom like cm7/cm9 for a complete OS change.

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Prime RAM will be like Xoom?

Look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145032
Xoom got 1GB of memory, but, 256MB for dalvik vm, 256MB for GPU, 512MB for apps)
So, now with 4 cores, 512MB for apps will be enough?
Or maybe ASUS will be more generous and will give us a full 1GB memory for apps, without dalvik ou GPU?
I don't own a asus transformer (old version), I don't know how tegra 3 will work too. So I really don't know.
Anyone have a clue about it?
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navossoc said:
Look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145032
Xoom got 1GB of memory, but, 256MB for dalvik vm, 256MB for GPU, 512MB for apps)
So, now with 4 cores, 512MB for apps will be enough?
Or maybe ASUS will be more generous and will give us a full 1GB memory for apps, without dalvik ou GPU?
I don't own a asus transformer (old version), I don't know how tegra 3 will work too. So I really don't know.
Anyone have a clue about it?
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Interesting question, I heared that multitasking with 512 MB of RAM isn't very good because apps close very soon due the lack of memory.
When Windows 95 shipped, a typical PC had 8MB of RAM, and now this tablet has 125 times that much.
I'm guessing the nature of Android requires less RAM that a desktop OS:
http://davidquintana.com/entry/mobile-multitasking
I hope not!
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Ectoplasmic said:
When Windows 95 shipped, a typical PC had 8MB of RAM, and now this tablet has 125 times that much.
I'm guessing the nature of Android requires less RAM that a desktop OS:
http://davidquintana.com/entry/mobile-multitasking
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I know a tablet require less memory, they should at least...
But if we got more ram, more complex applications/games can be developed!
We have now some restriction about compress/uncompress files because of the amount of ram free/avaliable at the device.
Let's wait some one put their hands at the tablet and say to us
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Every Android device is like this: some RAM is used by the system, some RAM is used by the video frame buffer, and some RAM is used for applications. Every time a new device is released, this forum and others are filled with complaints like "I don't have 1GB RAM!!! ASUS screwed me!!!" The fact is that there IS 1GB of RAM, it's just being actually USED as it's supposed to be. And, if we had only 512MB of RAM, then far less would be available for running applications.
Furthermore, the number of cores has nothing to do with this--it's not like there's a linear relationship where more cores equals the ability to run more apps. Or, that we're somehow going to be crippled vs. a device with a dual-core processor. We'll be able to run the same number of apps as any other 1GB device, only more efficiently and quickly.
It would be nice to have 2GB, of course, but then the device would just be more expensive.
Plus honeycomb and Especially Ice Cream Sandwich do a great job of memory management. You could always root n use some app to freeze some apps/system processes you don't need or use to free up ram. I think using those free ram apps does more harm than good with later dated android OS versions. Of course more RAM would be ideal but 1GB is good enough for the prime. There is nothing or any type of apps or games out now for any tablet that truly demands more of that. People don't need that much multitasking going on to have a million things running in background. All that'll do is burn up the battery..lol
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Plus honeycomb and Especially Ice Cream Sandwich do a great job of memory management. You could always root n use some app to freeze some apps/system processes you don't need or use to free up ram. I think using those free ram apps does more harm than good with later dated android OS versions. Of course more RAM would be ideal but 1GB is good enough for the prime. There is nothing or any type of apps or games out now for any tablet that truly demands more of that. People don't need that much multitasking going on to have a million things running in background. All that'll do is burn up the battery..lol
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I think if will be the same number of memory modules, don't have any relationship with battery time.
Some websites eat so much ram and processing (bad developed sites), so, I think the navigation will be more smoother if we get more RAM.
Anyway, I'm thinking in buy one too, but, maybe I will wait for a version with 2GB.
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The RAM in this tablet is hell of a lot faster than the previous TF101. Along with the faster GPU, and CPU, this thing should multitask a lot better than previous dual-core tablets.
navossoc said:
I think if will be the same number of memory modules, don't have any relationship with battery time.
Some websites eat so much ram and processing (bad developed sites), so, I think the navigation will be more smoother if we get more RAM.
Anyway, I'm thinking in buy one too, but, maybe I will wait for a version with 2GB.
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You are right about websites. Web browsers n sites can eat up RAM fast as he'll. More tabs open, more ram eaten up. SH!?, my iPad only has 256MB RAM total and I make due with it..lol browser shuts down at times due to too much ram used or too many tabs open. Heavy duty games will eat it up also.
xTRICKYxx said:
The RAM in this tablet is hell of a lot faster than the previous TF101. Along with the faster GPU, and CPU, this thing should multitask a lot better than previous dual-core tablets.
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Yep, the Prime has a faster/more advanced memory module or something. Plus several vids showed it multitasking like crazy. Andyx, member here, even showed a vid with his prime loaded with widgets on all home screens and stuff running in background. It still moved fast n smoothly between pages in such. No slowdown at all.
I multitask on first Transformer and had an app restart in the middle of it maybe one time - when sth was clogging the system (a broken game or sth). Browsers can be a problem though, the more memory they have, the happier (faster) they are. Games use a lot of graphic memory, so the more of it, the better (256 for 2D games is more than enough, but for 3D games nothing is enough ).
demandarin said:
Plus honeycomb and Especially Ice Cream Sandwich do a great job of memory management. You could always root n use some app to freeze some apps/system processes you don't need or use to free up ram. I think using those free ram apps does more harm than good with later dated android OS versions. Of course more RAM would be ideal but 1GB is good enough for the prime. There is nothing or any type of apps or games out now for any tablet that truly demands more of that. People don't need that much multitasking going on to have a million things running in background. All that'll do is burn up the battery..lol
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1GB RAM was not enough for me on original Transformer.
On SGS2, I usually get around 500MB of free RAM and that feels sufficient for me.
But on Original TF, with 730ish visible/350ish free, together with more sophisticated apps, RAM easily runs out... The browser will be killed as soon as leaving it.
amtrakcn said:
1GB RAM was not enough for me on original Transformer.
On SGS2, I usually get around 500MB of free RAM and that feels sufficient for me.
But on Original TF, with 730ish visible/350ish free, together with more sophisticated apps, RAM easily runs out... The browser will be killed as soon as leaving it.
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Yeah phones can deal with ot better. Tblets different story. I guess I'm thinkn since iPad had only 256mb RAM, upgrading to new tablet with 1GB RAM would seem ideal..lol
demandarin said:
Yeah phones can deal with ot better. Tblets different story. I guess I'm thinkn since iPad had only 256mb RAM, upgrading to new tablet with 1GB RAM would seem ideal..lol
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iOS is not as memory thirsty as Android... Not sure about the mechanism behind but that's what happens. The newer tablets after TF201 will probably pack 2GB of RAM.
amtrakcn said:
iOS is not as memory thirsty as Android... Not sure about the mechanism behind but that's what happens. The newer tablets after TF201 will probably pack 2GB of RAM.
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I believe I heard Samsung and Lenovo new line of tablets coming out near future will pack 2GB of RAM. I wish at least the memory could be upgraded as easily in tablets as with PC. Imagine packing 6-8GB of RAM into Prime
dont forget, more ram means also more battery drain. Ram sucks quite alot.
Of course more is always better^^ But i think "only" 1gb wont be a bottleneck for the prime.
demandarin said:
I believe I heard Samsung and Lenovo new line of tablets coming out near future will pack 2GB of RAM. I wish at least the memory could be upgraded as easily in tablets as with PC. Imagine packing 6-8GB of RAM into Prime
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Yes you heard correct.I posted the link a few threads back.The Lenovo tablet itself will have 2gb of ddr3 ram.Which is a faster ram than the ddr2 ram in the Prime.But I also hear the Lenovo tablet will be a lot thicker (yuck lol).No telling how much ram Samsung will have to put in their 11.6 inch screen (2500x1600) ..that screen is going to be a battery/ram eater lol.
The Lenovo tab is making me doubt getting the Prime as if all the ICS tabs that were made for it feature 2GB RAM then it must mean ICS will benefit from it.
Granted its not as thin as the Prime and wont have a keyboard but prerformace will be better.
As far as the Samsung ICS tab..that will be EXPENSIVE because of the screen, I expect it to be around £599 as currently high res screens that size are in small yields.
I have a HTC Sensation which has "768 MB" of RAM, but a lot of it is used in normal use. I mean a LOT. I normally only have about 100 MB of free RAM. This is how essentially all Android devices are.
Yea, there are going to be some tablets coming out partway through 2012 with 2 GB of RAM, but quite frankly Lenovo products don't do anything for me because they're typically so ugly, and I'm not interested in a Samsung tablet if they put Touchwiz on it.
While I would like 2 GB of RAM, you have to consider that the TF Prime is IMO ushering the beginning of the 2nd generation of Android tablets. No company so far has put such an effort into an Android tablet. Look at the Motorola Droid XyBoard, Motorola's successor to the Xoom. It's absolutely pathetic compared to the TF Prime. Until the TF Prime, every tablet maker so far has been half-assing Android tablets, giving them basically the same specs as always. The TF Prime brings in the true beginning of 2nd gen specs, and it still comes in cheaper than the half-assed XyBoard. Considering that, I'm not surprised that Asus can't make absolutely every spec on the TF Prime amazing. They have to make money on it somehow lol.
I don't think a "super resolution" will be good for us.
Ok, Tegra 3 is X times faster than Tegra 2, but my Xoom got a 1280x800 screen.
Now, 2500x1600? holy ****! too many pixels to handle...
Lenovo? don't have a keyboard.
Samsung? don't like they software modifications...
A asus "prime 2" with 2gb and a faster ddr3? I will got one
Let's wait and see what the future has to offer.

New Nook Tablet Wednesday?

Just saw something mentioned on verge as well as ifans.com about a possible new nook tablet (8 gig instead of 16) possibly coming out this wednesday? Anyone else heard any news on this?
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/20/2811295/nook-8gb-tablet-to-launch-february-22nd
Take this how you will...but...brother in law does work for walmart as a manager in electronics and DID confirm a new one IS being released....was not sure what day though. So perhaps there IS truth to this rumor/post what have you?
Another new tablet?
Yes, I read an article early this morning when I giving my NT a CM7 makeover. I wonder if this one will have a camera. I am a serious fan of the Nook devices and grateful for devs who are willing to delve in and expose the true nature of these devices .
http://www.webpronews.com/new-nook-tablet-set-for-february-22nd-launch-2012-02
My bet is on a lower price point and fewer features to better compete against the Fire.
I'm guessing that in addition to lower storage, the new one'll have a certain miracle security hole blocked...
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My bet is on a lower price point and fewer features to better compete against the Fire.
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You win the bet! But 8G of memory instead of 16G seems to be the only change in features.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-tablet-barnes-noble/1104687969?ean=9781400501779
There also appears to be half the RAM for the 8 gig version.
Nook Color ????? Only difference I guess would be the processor.
tmjohnsonfse said:
Nook Color ????? Only difference I guess would be the processor.
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The screen is better in the NT than the NC, and the weight is slightly less. I'm wondering what the price of the NC will drop to now?
NC is now $169
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-color-barnes-noble/1100437663
Specifications of Nook Tablet 8GB
Our fastest, lightest, most powerful tablet with the best in reading & entertainment, now in 8GB*.
Movies, TV shows & music from Netflix, Hulu Plus™, Pandora® & more
Lightning fast web-browsing, email & smooth streaming video
Over 2.5 million books, magazines, comics & kids' books
Thousands of must-have apps like Angry Birds & Words With Friends
World's most advanced VividView™ 7" Touchscreen
Extra-long battery life — 11.5 hrs of reading or 9 hrs of video
512MB RAM
Expandable memory- add up to 32 GB w/ microSD™ card
Always free in-store support
*NOOK Tablet - 8GB: 5GB for content, of which 1GB is reserved for NOOK Store content.
About processor:
NOOK Tablet– 8GB: 1GHz TI OMAP4 (dual-core) processor with 512MB RAM
NOOK Tablet– 16GB: 1GHz TI OMAP4 (dual-core) processor with 1GB RAM
lavero.burgos said:
Specifications of Nook Tablet 8GB
Our fastest, lightest, most powerful tablet with the best in reading & entertainment, now in 8GB*.
Movies, TV shows & music from Netflix, Hulu Plus™, Pandora® & more
Lightning fast web-browsing, email & smooth streaming video
Over 2.5 million books, magazines, comics & kids' books
Thousands of must-have apps like Angry Birds & Words With Friends
World's most advanced VividView™ 7" Touchscreen
Extra-long battery life — 11.5 hrs of reading or 9 hrs of video
512MB RAM
Expandable memory- add up to 32 GB w/ microSD™ card
Always free in-store support
*NOOK Tablet - 8GB: 5GB for content, of which 1GB is reserved for NOOK Store content.
About processor:
NOOK Tablet– 8GB: 1GHz TI OMAP4 (dual-core) processor with 512MB RAM
NOOK Tablet– 16GB: 1GHz TI OMAP4 (dual-core) processor with 1GB RAM
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I wonder how that'll affect performance.
I compared the xloader and uboot source code for 1.4.1/1.4.2. The big differences I could see all had to do with accommodating for the new crappier memory chips. Also saw a reference to an "ELATION" device, which may be the codename for this crippled POS. Nothing that I found changed or related to the bauwks bl hack.
Seriously... 512MB is what the Nook Color has. I suppose if you look at this as an upgrade for the nook Color, it's okay. But it's a severe downgrade for $50 IMO. Dunno.
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Seriously... 512MB is what the Nook Color has. I suppose if you look at this as an upgrade for the nook Color, it's okay. But it's a severe downgrade for $50 IMO. Dunno.
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I thought the NC Had 256mb?
what the! you think they would have kept the 1gb of ram to have the performance edge over the kindle fire
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Nexus 7 free ram

I'm betting some of you have a Nexus 7, did you notice that the free ram is about 950MB out of the the Gig that it comes with?
Why do our phone only have like 720MB available if the tablet has so much more?
Both the tablet and our phones have 1 gig, so what gives?
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I'm betting some of you have a Nexus 7, did you notice that the free ram is about 950MB out of the the Gig that it comes with?
Why do our phone only have like 720MB available if the tablet has so much more?
Both the tablet and our phones have 1 gig, so what gives?
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Of that one gig of ram there is firm ware and the OS and some preloaded apps on the Nexus 7 on your phone it is about the same but with a skinned UI and then the carriers bloatware on top of that. It all takes up ram, so no bloatware or skinned UI gives you more ram on your Nexus 7.:good:
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Of that one gig of ram there is firm ware and the OS and some preloaded apps on the Nexus 7 on your phone it is about the same but with a skinned UI and then the carriers bloatware on top of that. It all takes up ram, so no bloatware or skinned UI gives you more ram on your Nexus 7.:good:
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If i'm running a custom rom on my phone with straight AOSP why does the available ram on my phone stay at 720mb like stock?
omniphil said:
If i'm running a custom rom on my phone with straight AOSP why does the available ram on my phone stay at 720mb like stock?
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I think it's reserved for graphics or something. Guessing.
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Its full ram is used to play apps and games on your Nexus 7.
Also...the nexus tablet doesn't have a cell antenna...So no mobile data to keep track of, those services are running on your phone all the time
A friend of mine bought At&t Galaxy S3 and it suppose to have 2gb Ram but when i check the phone it show 1.6GB ram and only 1.03gb available. so i guess it is used by system or graphic or something. Just like the computers that doesn't have dedicated graphic card so if your computer has 4gb ram you would have 3gb ram available the rest is reserved for graphic. i am just assuming that the same this is happening to our phone. if i remember correctly when i had CM9 and when i went to setting, about phone it showed only 768mb instead of 1gb.
I have all 16 on my computer.
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I think it's reserved for graphics or something. Guessing.
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Yeah, i'm sure your right, its reserved for video and whatnot, but why doesn't the Nexus 7 need that video ram used up? It's got a pretty fast video chip too...
My only gripe with the Note is the 1GB of ram. You only have about 350mb available and as we all know, Android caches stuff you run, but most of the time your not holding many apps in that free 350MB so its always restarting apps anyways. This phone (any ICS phone really) needs 2gb of ram.
I've used the S3 and yeah, its super snappy because so much more stays in all that extra active ram... Samsung saw the light and added extra ram, I hope this is a new trend... How do we get a 2gb chip soldered in place of the 1gb chip
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Yeah, i'm sure your right, its reserved for video and whatnot, but why doesn't the Nexus 7 need that video ram used up? It's got a pretty fast video chip too...
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Tegra 3 has its own dedicated ram.
khaytsus said:
Tegra 3 has its own dedicated ram.
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That's a pretty good trick then. That alone would make me be sure my next phone was a Tegra 3. Not for the speed, but you really need more ram...
omniphil said:
That's a pretty good trick then. That alone would make me be sure my next phone was a Tegra 3. Not for the speed, but you really need more ram...
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You could always get the S3 or some other phone with 2GB ram.
phailyoor said:
You could always get the S3 or some other phone with 2GB ram.
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I'm not giving up my Galaxy Note's huge screen Hoping the Note 2 gets 2gb of ram
Our phones are deliberately under-clocked to 716, some may say it's for the battery life but I think it's because the higher clock speeds lead to shorter phone life. Using custom kernels, you can clock back up or even overclock. The payment is made mostly in battery life, but if your ROM has a memory leak of even the smallest size, overclocking will open the dam and the phone will suffer for it. Also, the phone will run at a higher temperature, which for sure will end its life much faster than leaving it at 716. This is the way I feel about overclocking: If you get the performance you want, leave it alone.
Wtf??
Clock speeds have not a single thing to do with ram whatsoever
Overclock is for the cpu
Aside from the OCD of the available RAM number, how has this negatively impacted your user experience? Are applications running slowly or crashing?
jpeg42 said:
Aside from the OCD of the available RAM number, how has this negatively impacted your user experience? Are applications running slowly or crashing?
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Apps are continuously closing and having to be relaunched (slower). Back in the older days of android where apps were 20-30mb it wasn't a huge deal, but some of these new games/apps take up well over 100mb of ram. everything else in the background is closed as it needs to make room..
Would be nice to have more active app space for a much smoother "multitasking" experience.
Sounds like we need a high speed dev to create some software to access the SD card and use it as ram....
Is that even possible ????...Hmmmmmm
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Apps are continuously closing and having to be relaunched (slower). Back in the older days of android where apps were 20-30mb it wasn't a huge deal, but some of these new games/apps take up well over 100mb of ram. everything else in the background is closed as it needs to make room..
Would be nice to have more active app space for a much smoother "multitasking" experience.
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Are you running more than one game that takes 100+ MB of RAM at a time? Do you jump from one game to another in the middle of action?
Sounds like you want to just want to be able to adjust your LMK settings. I don't believe there is kernel that lets you do that yet, but I'm sure there will be eventually.
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Sounds like we need a high speed dev to create some software to access the SD card and use it as ram....
Is that even possible ????...Hmmmmmm
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not quite.. SDs speed of 20-30MB/s is a far cry from the 1GB of LPDDR2 "333Mhz?"in our note with a transfer rate of 5,333MB/s

Swapit ram expander

Well, I just wanted to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of SWAPIT RAM EXPANDER. Cuz I am planning to buy it.
Some say it will wear out the SDcard. I'm in a dilemma to buy it or not.
Any suggestions ?
lakshay03 said:
Well, I just wanted to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of SWAPIT RAM EXPANDER. Cuz I am planning to buy it.
Some say it will wear out the SDcard. I'm in a dilemma to buy it or not.
Any suggestions ?
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Question: Do you REALLY need more RAM? are you constantly running out of memory followwed by a "no free memory" error? If no: Then you don't need this app.
This kind of apps will wear out the SD-card pretty fast if you are a heavy memory user (Using lots of apps at the same time)
And the apps that gets "moved out of the way" will be a lot slower too. Sure, the currently running app might load a tiiiny tad bit faster, but thats it. Is it worth having all the other running apps slowed down to a glued-frozen-snail pace?
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I don't think that you really need that, why don't you try to install ROM Toolbox, and set dedicated memory for some apps and decrease for others
Here Rom Toolbox Review
Suggestion!!!
lakshay03 said:
Well, I just wanted to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of SWAPIT RAM EXPANDER. Cuz I am planning to buy it.
Some say it will wear out the SDcard. I'm in a dilemma to buy it or not.
Any suggestions ?
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well you can use that app if you have a class8 or class10 microSD card. the card will wear out only if you swap a bigger size into class2 and class4 microSD card. try swapper 2 in play store, it is good too and free. i have my sandisk 32 gb class10 microSD and i use swapper 2 to have more ram. my SD card runs well for about 1 year now. please press thanks button if i helped you. cheers..
I just have buy a brand new SanDisk Ultra Android 32GB SDSDQUA-032G-U46A of 32GB for my SE Neo V, it is ok if i use any Swap program to activate this function? How fast will perform the device when swap is on? My memory card is Class 10 UHS-1 30MB/s will wear out slowly if i will use a 4GB for swap? From what i know bigger swap file means less write cycles.
lakshay03 said:
Well, I just wanted to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of SWAPIT RAM EXPANDER. Cuz I am planning to buy it.
Some say it will wear out the SDcard. I'm in a dilemma to buy it or not.
Any suggestions ?
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I use this program but I must tell You it doesn't make any big difference. I have sd card class 4, the program sais it uses up to 90mb of it's expanded RAM, but somehow I can't see a big difference in free memory. Maybe if You had some better class of the sd card, then You could use it, else don't even buy it.
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Question difference between 8 GB and 16 GB versions?

Is it worth getting the 16 GB version of this phone in terms of performance? Does it run on the same firmware as the 8 GB version?
I've used Asus phones before and love how easy they are to root and modify. More brands should follow their example.
No, I don't think it's worth it. I'm more of a common user and not a heavy user, though.
They do run the same software/firmware versions.
Nope not at all. 8GB model performs the same as 16GB. Id say 8GB of ram is the sweet spot on phones. You could have 10 different apps open in the background and it wouldnt even be close to filling up those 8GB. And i doubt any of the normal users would have more than 4 apps open at the same time.
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Nope not at all. 8GB model performs the same as 16GB. Id say 8GB of ram is the sweet spot on phones. You could have 10 different apps open in the background and it wouldnt even be close to filling up those 8GB. And i doubt any of the normal users would have more than 4 apps open at the same time.
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Yeah, the only reason a phone would close any apps on 8 GB is if the OS is the culprit.

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