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Just as the title says, hasn't the Nexus 6 got 3Gb of ram, if so why not the Nexus 9?
I'm guessing it has to do with multiple channels of the memory and the memory controller on the Tegra.
My Nexus 5 with 2GB of RAM has never had any performance problems. However my Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (just sold it to fund the Nexus 9)with 3GB RAM was ocasionally lagging. The OS optimisation is the key I believe.
You have to understand nexus devices, in all honesty, do not need 3gb of rams. THeir resources are not as demanding as Samsung, LG individuals because they are not optimized. Why I was surprise nexus 6 had 3gb...also, it got a 64bit so in all honesty, it will do just fine with 2gb and may potentially have left overs after you install every app you want to install. SO end of it all, you will have wasted Ram..
mgbotoe said:
You have to understand nexus devices, in all honesty, do not need 3gb of rams. THeir resources are not as demanding as Samsung, LG individuals because they are not optimized. Why I was surprise nexus 6 had 3gb...also, it got a 64bit so in all honesty, it will do just fine with 2gb and may potentially have left overs after you install every app you want to install. SO end of it all, you will have wasted Ram..
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Completely agree with you. 3gb is more of a selling point for now. Granted, it will make the Nexus 6 more "future-proof," but that will not matter any time soon. I still cannot consume all of my Nexus 7.2's 2gb of RAM because of the task killer anyway.
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Just as the title says, hasn't the Nexus 6 got 3Gb of ram, if so why not the Nexus 9?
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Question is why would the average consumer (which represent 99% of potential buyers) need 3 GB of ram?
Does the average consumer will prefer to buy a 100$ cheaper tablet or get 1 additional Gb of ram that they don't really need?
My gf's nexus 5 never lagged with 2gb of ram and my HTC M7 neither even if running Sense UI.
What performance gains are there going to be with stock aosp?
2gb ram ddr3 is absolutely fine!
If 2GB is fine and everything is great. Why does the Nexus 9 have 3GB?
theoneofgod said:
If 2GB is fine and everything is great. Why does the Nexus 9 have 3GB?
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I think that you meant the Nexus 6, and I think that it is just a selling point. Other phones are going to start getting 3gb of ram as well.
Most customers (including some at XDA) only look at specs and numbers. Some like to have it just to say that they have it for bragging rights. 3GB's of ram is the same as overclocking new devices. The question is...what for?
Indeed you don't need more ram for now epically if some amount of the memory is allocated for the gpu.
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I just took a look at the adreno 420 architecture. It seems it will use part of the system memory for some operations. That's why I guess you need more system ram.
If someone could confirm my saying, it would be nice
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Khaon said:
Indeed you don't need more ram for now epically if some amount of the memory is allocated for the gpu.
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I just took a look at the adreno 420 architecture. It seems it will use part of the system memory for some operations. That's why I guess you need more system ram.
If someone could confirm my saying, it would be nice
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All SoC use system memory for the GPU.
Personally I'm a bit worried about the phone only having 3GB of RAM. I am a power user and play games pretty often too. I constantly switch from Chrome, Line messenger, whatsapp, facebook, skype, clash of clans, and a few other games. I switch from literally all these apps pretty much every time I pickup my phone to use.
I had the S6 Edge before and the downtime all adds up because of the crappy memory management. Even my Xiao mi 3 with 2gb RAM handles multitasking literally twice as good, but its not good enough for what I do on my phone.
Does anyone out there have a similar habit to me with 3GB/4GB of RAM device that can comment? Would love to hear from the experts here that has similar usage as me!
Is 3GB enough? How much do you have spare after loading all your daily apps?
I don't worry.as Nexus 5X has only 2g ram.
Dont worry about the 3GB RAM it will be sufficient for your needs. And dont based it on SGS6 because RAM management on that phone is veerry aggressive and I actually sold my S6 for MXPE 2015 because of that issue.
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I'm not necessarily worried per se but I would have liked for it to have 4GB of RAM only for future proofing.
I'm buying this phone for my dad. Unlike me, he doesn't like to change his phone for at least 2- 3 years, he's been using his Lumia for 3-4 I believe and for someone like that, I think it is worth it to get something that can last a while.
Not worried at all. I'm hesitant to get my wife the 5x because of only having 2gb though.
Too many screen redraws on my xperia devices but far less on a nexus device with 2gb ram. Less bloatware on Nexus devices meaning more free ram.
Lol you guys realize 3gb of ram is a ton...its a freaking phone! Can you remember not so long ago computers had on average 1 to 2gb ram. Now we expect our cellphones to have 4gb... Pretty crazy!
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Nope 3gb is more then enough
It's plenty.
Nexus is Pure Android, So no worries at all
The oneplus two I had almost never went more than 2.4gb in usage.
3gb lpddr4 should be plenty.
Tfast500 said:
Lol you guys realize 3gb of ram is a ton...its a freaking phone! Can you remember not so long ago computers had on average 1 to 2gb ram. Now we expect our cellphones to have 4gb... Pretty crazy!
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that was well over ten years a go and technology moves fast
more typos!
More to the point in, 5 years:
N1 512MB LPDDR;
NS 512MB LPDDR;
GN 1GB LPDDR2;
N4 2GB LPDDR2;
N5 2GB LPDDR3;
N6 3GB LPDDR3;
N5X 2GB LPDDR3;
N6P 3GB LPDDR4.
500% increase in RAM and each new LPDDR generation doubles fetch size and transfer speed.
At first I was slightly concerned about the 6p only having 3GB. But after finding out it utilizes LPDDR4 RAM, I'm not too concerned anymore. The extra bandwidth of LPDDR4 will do wonders for the 2560 x 1440 display.
LPDDR4 Specifications: http://www.androidauthority.com/lpddr4-everything-need-know-599759/
I worry all the time.... Just 3gig.... I need like 128gig of ram.... F Google....
Can you recognize my sarcasm over here.... It's a nexus even my nexus5 can multitask better than any phone out there
people, I can play crysis 3 with 4gb on my pc at extreme.
3gb DDR4 is more than enough for a smartphone. look at the iphone (1gb)
i understand where you guys are coming from. I'm worried about 3GB because my xiao mi3 with 2GB has over 1GB available with no apps open. When I start using it, I have apps reloading left right and center because I have everything on the go inc 3 games. But the Xiao Mi3 defo handles it better than the S6 Edge.
LDDR4 doesn't mean it will keep apps open better than DDR3 right? Its just faster.
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i understand where you guys are coming from. I'm worried about 3GB because my xiao mi3 with 2GB has over 1GB available with no apps open. When I start using it, I have apps reloading left right and center because I have everything on the go inc 3 games. But the Xiao Mi3 defo handles it better than the S6 Edge.
LDDR4 doesn't mean it will keep apps open better than DDR3 right? Its just faster.
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Yeah ddr4 is only faster.
yeh thought so. Also the quad HD display is just gonna hog more memory too.
ocp15k said:
yeh thought so. Also the quad HD display is just gonna hog more memory too.
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More RAM will be used up as video RAM for the QHD, yeah. To be honest, as bad as the Samsung phones are for memory, they're not unusable and work ok. When you think of all the crap the 6P won't have running in the background compared to the Sammys, I really think it'll work well.
Hello,
I'm asking if it is worth buying the 3gb ram version over the 2gb ram since it costs about 1000 EGP more for the 3gb ram and it comes without warranty.
The 2gb model costs 3400 EGP with 1 year warranty
The 3gb model costs 4300 EGP without warranty
Yes bro, go with 3 GB ram, 2 gb is not sufficient
biso46 said:
Hello,
I'm asking if it is worth buying the 3gb ram version over the 2gb ram since it costs about 1000 EGP more for the 3gb ram and it comes without warranty.
The 2gb model costs 3400 EGP with 1 year warranty
The 3gb model costs 4300 EGP without warranty
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Unequivocally yes.
You get twice the storage on top of 1 gb more ram. Easily worth the extra money. You can recover a hard bricked phone yourself (I have done it twice) but you need very steady hands and some knowledge of small electronics repair. So basically, be careful and always follow directions carefully so you don't hard brick your phone.
I have the 2gb, the ram is somehow enough but the internal storage isn't... You cannot move the apps to sd so if you install large apps go to the 3gb ram.
I have 2GB model and it is enough...it gives even better score in RAM then 3GB version...but I would like more storage but its enough for me, cuz I keep media and everything on microsd...and you are still left with about 9GB of apps you can install...
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I have the 2gb, the ram is somehow enough but the internal storage isn't... You cannot move the apps to sd so if you install large apps go to the 3gb ram.
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Denis:) said:
I have 2GB model and it is enough...it gives even better score in RAM then 3GB version...but I would like more storage but its enough for me, cuz I keep media and everything on microsd...and you are still left with about 9GB of apps you can install...
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How about gaming performance? Is it quite smooth as on the 3GB version or you face any lag? That what would matter in addition to the storage since I'll root my phone and could force move the apps with these App2SD applications.
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How about gaming performance? Is it quite smooth as on the 3GB version or you face any lag? That what would matter in addition to the storage since I'll root my phone and could force move the apps with these App2SD applications.
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Nope, it is same performance as on 3GB...
You can install apps on microsd, but performance in this apps will be reduced... So im not using that.
So the gaming performance? It's same.
But still, I'd prefer to buy 32 gb version. You know, More games = more storage.
I have the 3GB and easily use 2gb of ram.. so... theres that...
Absolutely...huge difference.
also price difference is very less
Take that 3gb, I regret to have 2gb of RAM as I know this phone consumes alot of RAM resources than my previous phone Zenfone 5.
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It depends on how you use your phone, like what apps you will install, whether you clear background apps frequently... If you have a phone with 2 GB RAM and 64-bit SoC, you can have a idea on how performance on 2 GB variant is.
I've recently purchased Redmi Note 4 [SD] (Indian Version) 4/64 RAM/ROM version. After updating it to latest, I was getting around 2.1 gigs of free RAM, now after using it for around a week, I'm getting around 1.6 gigs of free RAM. Is this normal for a phone having 4 GB of RAM and getting only 1.6 gigs of free space without opening any app. Am I the only one with this issue or this is the normal thing.
Hey friend ,
Phone performance does not depend upon how much ram is free but if it utilizes your ram then its for caching data which makes performance better.
MiUi roms use more ram than stock Android for more performance. I also has this phone and its performance is very good :good:
I own the 3gig variant and I get 1.8 GB after booting up and approx 1.4-1.6 GB on average...
I am thinking of buying a Xiaomi mi pad 4, but I just want to know if the difference in gaming performing between the 3gb/32gb version and the 4gb/64gb version was remarkable?
go for 4/64 mainly due to extra GB of RAM...
nowadays 4GB of RAM is hardly enough anyway....
RAM never enough...