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creshal on March 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying ...

> Apple is horribly stingy with RAM even on the Pro models.

6 gigabytes of RAM on a phone is hardly stingy, when laptops with 8 gigabytes are still considered reasonable.

muyuu on March 28, 2023 [–]

i think by stingy she means that they are not using the best memory chips to save money, so ram modules go bad often

creshal on March 28, 2023 | [–]

That's the first time I've ever heard of that, is there anything to read up on that?

muyuu on March 28, 2023 | | [–]

I have no idea tbh, but that's what ericabiz seemed to imply, maybe I'm wrong and she meant something else

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