I don’t get why Android phones have so much ram.
They often have more ram than my wife’s MacBook and the same or my as my desktop.
How much ram is needed if you’re not gaming or video editing?
In my case, it’s a very occasional picture or video recorded and then just social media apps and web. Do I need to get a phone with 12gb? Or is that just thrown in there for marketing?
The new answer to this is that LLM models require a ton of ram.
The old answer is basically why not? It’s a super cheap spec bump for manufacturers and not very power hungry. There really is no downside to having a lot of ram.