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Samsung slings the skinny on its 12GB GötterDRAMmerung for next-gen smartmobes

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I just don't see the need for 12GB RAM.

If you read TFA, you might have come across this:

running more, or larger, apps in RAM at the same time, while juggling data coming in from multiple sensors and cameras, and information beaming to and from 4G and 5G networks, plus all those graphics for larger screens.

Whether all that justifies 12GB of RAM, is of course a valid question. Quite possibly not, but for example given the current trend of multiple cameras and fancy image manipulation having plenty of RAM is only going to be a good thing.

My laptop where I do run several applications at once and also occasional spin up a VM doesn't even have 12GB, yet I have not found the need to upgrade its RAM.

Just because you don't need to, doesn't mean othes don't.

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