Smartphones Will Pack More RAM Than PC In The Near Future, Thanks To Samsung

Anil - Mar 27, 2020

It is still debatable whether smartphones really need such a large amount of RAM.

Referring to RAM memory, smartphones are more likely to overtake PCs as the Korean giant Samsung has announced its initial chip mass production for smartphones - the chip label is 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM.

This new chip has more efficient speed with a faster data transfer rate of 1.3 times higher than the LPDDR4X RAM, as well as 20% more energy savings as compared to 8GB LPDDR4X chip. Also, the chip is ideally 16GB.

Nowadays, there have been 16GB RAM smartphones in the market. While the specialty product Galaxy S20 Ultra can process with such fast and tremendous memory, now by mass-producing the 16GB chip, it means in the near future, more and more Samsung smartphones will be equipped with this RAM amount.

Last July, Samsung began its mass production for the first-ever 12GB LPDDR5 chip in the world. With just half a year, the company has innovated and upgraded from 12GB to 16GB chips. Many 12GB smartphones have been produced out there, such as Galaxy S20 phones, Xiaomi Black Shark 2 and OnePlus 7 Pro and so on.

The fact that a typical PC now just ends with RAM of 8GB (for example, except for the 16-inch MacBook Pro, most of Apple’s laptops have 8GB RAM) means that more and more smartphone users will have better chances to get a phone with higher RAM as compared to their PCs. Not to mention that the RAM amount in a PC is not currently upgraded as fast as smartphones. For example, since 2014, the 13-inch MacBook Pro of Apple has not been increased from 8GB RAM.

It is still debatable whether smartphones really need such a large amount of RAM. Some argue that iPhones though just have a maximum of 4GB RAM but still work well, others provide proof that smartphones with higher RAM do not actually process faster.

Most smartphones nowadays except for foldable ones have a similar glass with plastic or metal designs, which make it challenging for phone manufacturers to come up with new and impressive features. However, it is no doubt that the 12/16GB RAM will soon be the normal reality among high-class Android smartphones.