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16GB of RAM is overkill It was inevitable that in 2020 we would see flagship devices with 16GB of RAM. With phones like the OnePlus 7T Pro and the Asus ROG Phone 2, and others, making the leap from 8GB to 12GB in 2019, it really was just a matter of time before 16GB became an option. And here we are: The top model of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra has 16GB of RAM. 16GB RAM sounds nice, and it will certainly give you bragging rights among tech coque de telephone huawei p9 lite en donuts heads, but coque iphone 7 plus gamer do you actually need it Is it useful Or just superfluous Let me explain! A bit about Android memory managementAt the beginning of 2019, I did some research which culminated in my article “How much RAM does your phone REALLY need coque huawei p20 lite boo in 2019″ If you haven’t had a chance to read it then I wholeheartedly recommend doing so. However, here is a summary of how Android handles memory. Whenever you tap an app’s icon, Android will create coque d iphone 4 a process (a task) to run that app. For our purposes, the app and the process are synonymous. The Linux kernel manages the system resources including CPU time and memory so that each coque dentelle iphone 7 plus process (app) gets what it needs. When there is enough memory and enough CPU time then the kernel can freely divide up the resources as needed. coque iphone 7 transparent motif However, problems start to occur when resources are scarce. When CPU time is limited the biggest casualty is performance. https://www.alpesprobois.fr/products/coque-souple-samsung-galaxy-j5-2015-709pascher7472 The coque iphone 7 transparent antichoc work at hand will still get done, but it won’t be as quick. RAM is different. When you have no more free memory, waiting longer or slowing things down probably won’t result in any more RAM becoming available. So, the kernel needs to be proactive to get back some RAM. Android has two options at this point. First, there is the idea of swapping using zRAM. https://www.alpesprobois.fr/products/coque-iphone-11-pro-max-nirvana-logo-d9033 Android can allocate a chunk coque iphone 7 plus liege of physical memory for swapping. Swapping is an idea Linux uses on PCs and servers. coque humour pour samsung a8 When main memory coque losvick iphone 7 is at a premium, the least used pages of memory are written out to the disk and the memory they previously occupied becomes available for other processes. If that swapped out memory is later needed, the swapped out data is read back from the disk and allocated a place in memory again (swapped in), where it can be used. https://www.alpesprobois.fr/products/coque-iphone-7-gymnastique-715pascher1397 Related: Ugh: If you buy an S20 Ultra for $1,399, you need to pay extra for a 45W charger One thing Android can’t do is swap to the internal storage, it is generally flash memory and it has a limited write lifetime. While enough for our photos and apps, this limited lifetime isn’t enough for swapping. Instead, Android compresses the memory and writes it back into another part of memory, in a section reserved as zRAM. https://www.alpesprobois.fr/products/coque-iphone-7-ultrafine-715pascher1409 If we assume a 50 percent compression ratio, 128KB of RAM can be reduced to 64KB, freeing up 64KB. This is the equivalent to swapping out pages to disk. The compressed memory isn’t directly usable, coque huawei p8 2016 antichoc so if Android needs it again then it must be uncompressed and copied back into memory. This is the same as swapping in. If sufficient RAM can’t be freed up using zRAM, or a device isn’t designed by the manufacturer to use zRAM (not all Android phones use zRAM), then the kernel needs to be more aggressive and start ejecting processes (apps) from memory. The most expensive Galaxy S20 variant coque qlf iphone 6 lastage34550 doesn offer real 960fps super slow mo Samsung is one of the few smartphone manufacturers offering native 960fps super slow motion capabilities, being joined by Sony in this regard. Unfortunately, the company has silently confirmed that while the Galaxy S20 and S20 Plus The app that is requesting more memory (probably because it was just launched) is the foreground app. It is the most important app as far as Android is concerned because the user (the boss) just launched it. Therefore it can be killed off and removed from memory. Once it has gone, the memory it used can now be given to the foreground app. An app’s sense of impending doom is in fact part of its normal life cycle. Every app developer knows that their app could be ejected from memory. However, Android does try to give the app ample warning about this. This means the app can save its current status. When the app is coque samsung a5 2016 super heros reloaded, it can just read the last status information and carry on from where it left off. Memory hogs The worst case scenario is when a large app (probably a game) is launched and several apps need to be ejected from memory to make room. This is expected behavior, but there is a nuisance factor for the user because when they switch back to a previous app it will need to reload and then restore its saved state. The key phrase is “nuisance factor.” It isn’t broken behavior or something that needs to be fixed. It is what happens when coque huawei p8 lite 2017 rabat femme you try to squeeze too much into a limited space. There is an argument that if you are paying coque samsung a10 roi lion disney top dollar for a flagship device then these “nuisances” should be reduced to a minimum. To do that the device needs more RAM. Simple as that. But how much Don’t miss: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: Is it even a good idea In very broad terms a normal app (productivity, social media, photo editing) or casual game takes 400MB of RAM. This is very much a generous generalization since some apps will use less and some more. If your device comes with 6GB and has around 3.5GB free after a reboot, then you coque anti chocs iphone 6 lastage33839 can hold nine apps in memory simultaneously without any apps being ejected from memory. This means you can freely switch between two or three social media apps, email, and a few casual games and never see an app reload. 8GB really is the sweet spot. Common apps remain in memory for long periods of time and the multi tasking experience is seamless. You can even have a memory hog of a game loaded and you really won’t see many app reloads. But, there are some grand memory hogs in the Google Play Store. A game like Asphalt 9 or Real Racing 3 can use between 1GB and 1.4GB of RAM. That means that three or four of your existing apps will likely need coque iphone 6 lyon foot to be kicked out of the main memory to make room for the game. 1.4GB sounds bad and it is, but that is nothing compared to Fortnite which can ask for a huge 1.7 GB. If you have an 8GB device, with 5GB free then you have enough RAM for ten apps and a big game in memory. You can switch from your game to your social media app of choice, then on to your email, over to a different social media app, message someone, read a couple of articles on the web, check the weather for tomorrow, and then finally return to the game without any problems. 8GB really is the sweet spot. Common apps remain in memory for long periods of time and the multi tasking experience is seamless. You can even have a memory hog of a game loaded and you really won’t see many app reloads. With 12GB of RAM, then the device will have at least 8GB of free memory, probably even more. That means you will have enough memory for a dozen or more apps and casual games, plus two big games. All loaded in memory simultaneously. You can play Fortnite, switch coque iphone 7 sangohan to taking photos, post on Instagram, watch a movie, listen to some music, buy something from Amazon, watch a Gary Explains video on YouTube, and then switch back to Fortnite and it will still be in main memory. Our impressions: Samsung Galaxy S20 hands on: Focusing on the competition Can coque huawei mate 20 pro officielle a user of the S20 Ultra with 16GB do more Technically, yes, but will they notice I doubt it. Do the math. Fortnite + Asphalt 9 + Real Racing jonsnow leopard peluche dragonne etui pour iphone 11 pro x xr xs max poilu chaud hiver couverture de 3 = 3.7 GB. That means with those three games all in memory you will still have around 8 9GB of free memory. That is enough for 20 other types of apps: social media, photo editing, casual games, business apps, health and fitness, and more. 12GB is already way beyond the optimal amount of memory, 16GB shoots past it and goes into orbit. Granted, the S20 Ultra is aimed at a small segment of the flagship market, which is itself a small segment of the overall worldwide smartphone market. But will S20 Ultra owners really “feel” the difference coque iphone 7 plus pompon between being able to keep two big games in memory and a dozen apps with 12GB, and keeping three big games in memory and 20 other apps with 16GB It’s very unlikely, though Samsung has introduced a unique RAM related feature with its ultra expensive Ultra phone called App Pinning. https://www.alpesprobois.fr/products/samsung-galaxy-j5-coque-ebay-709pascher6433 Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: What is App Pinning App Pinning allows the owner to specify which apps Android should try to keep in memory at all times, and only eject them as a desperate last resort. You can specify up to five apps, including games. The idea is that if you an enthusiastic gamer then you can make sure that Fortnite is always loaded and ready. Or if you are a social media butterfly then you can mark Twitter, Instagram, etc.

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