cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/55081750

DRAM shortages may lead to the return of 4GB RAM smartphones and microSD slots by 2026, with flagship devices seeing a slowdown in RAM upgrades.

  • Where_art_thou@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’ve never understood why phones needed 16 god damn gigabytes of ram to begin with. Oh right, higher specs to justify the price increases

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      8 days ago

      They need higher specs because software devs are lazy about optimization because everything is so high spec they don’t care

      • Where_art_thou@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Oh no, I don’t mean to come off sounding like I will gladly be scammed by big tech. My comment was purely fixated on how huge RAM has become for phones.