New Samsung Android tablet has 8gb of RAM

[u-noob-tu]

i find ths hard to believe, but supposedly Samsungs new Galaxy Tab 7.7 (meaning 7.7" screen) will have 8gb of RAM. thats right, i said RAM, not flash storage, RAM. i for one find this hard to believe, considering that they are claiming to have jumped from 1gb (which has been the standard on Android tablets thus far) to 8 times that amount. if they pulled it off, this will be one heck of a tablet (also has dual core 1.4ghz processor and Super AMOLED Plus display). it will also have one heck of a price tag, i imagine.

[Thewhistlingwind]

What are you going to do on a tablet that needs eight gigs of RAM?

I don't even have a fourth of that, and I still have a third of it left.

[sffvba[e0rt]

... Angry Birds anyone...?


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[NightwishFan]

Real programmers dont need RAM! All we need are a few registers and some sun chips.

Yes.

[doorknob60]

Umm, I have 4 GB on my desktop and I rarely even use half of it. Why would I need twice what I already have, on a tablet?

[3rdalbum]

It must be a misprint, and they mean 8 GiB of flash storage.

[Lightstar]

I'd much rather have 1-2gb of ram and have the tablet priced lower.
8gb would be a waste.

[Viman]

The question is though, if there are 8GB RAM in it, why is it still an ANDROID tablet?

Someone better port some linux to it already.

[Oxwivi]

RAM? Gimme! I await the day when I can graduate from my Pentium IV which was upgraded to 1 GB RAM last year...

[3rdalbum]

I'd much rather have 1-2gb of ram and have the tablet priced lower.
8gb would be a waste.

What does a phone/tablet operating system actually DO with a gig of RAM? I noticed the Galaxy S2 comes with this much. My HTC Desire has 576 MiB of RAM, which I would have thought would be plenty considering how Android can run on a smaller footprint than Ubuntu :-)

[ctrlmd]

is it that la a gggg yy y os ?

[alexan]

"keep alive" such amount of ram won't consume battery mindlessly?

[von_werther]

i think ima have to buy one of these tablets at some point

[forrestcupp]

Real programmers dont need RAM! All we need are a few registers and some sun chips.

Yes.The Intellivision had 1456 bytes of RAM. :)


It must be a misprint, and they mean 8 GiB of flash storage.That was my thought. I highly doubt if it really has that much RAM.

[IWantFroyo]

I don't think I've ever used more than half of my RAM at one time (I have 4GB).
And this is a desktop!!!
If Android 4.0 ICS is that heavy, my rooted HTC Aria with 256MB of RAM won't have a hope. :(

[Linuxratty]

What are you going to do on a tablet that needs eight gigs of RAM?
.

You got me...I have two gigs which is plenty.

[Copper Bezel]

This is a fun game, but it has one gig of RAM. Source (http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_7_7-review-638.php), source (http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-7.7_id6115).

[akand074]

How could you think even for a second that it has 8GB of RAM lol...

[del_diablo]

Or this is a markeding stunt: It has 8 gigabit of ram, which is 1 gigabyte of RAM.
Makes sense.

[drawkcab]

It's a mistake. The smallest model has 8gb of flash memory.

[hakermania]

Consumerism tricks

[u-noob-tu]

this is where i first heard 8gb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoHuDzgV1Hw&feature=player_detailpage#t=77s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoHuDzgV1Hw&feature=player_detailpage#t=77s)
he clearly says 8gb. supposedly these guys get their info direct form manufacturers, and ive never known them to be wrong before.

[Oxwivi]

They were 'bought'. :P

[forrestcupp]

and ive never known them to be wrong before.
Well, now you can't say that anymore. ;)