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ADD MOAR RAM!!! - Lenovo unveils the Z5 Pro GT featuring the Snapdragon 855, up to 512GB of storage and a whopping 12GB of RAM.

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The RAM count race on smartphone just ain't stopping, it seems. 

 

Just recently, Lenovo announced the Z5 Pro GT for the Chinese market. Costing the equivalent of $640, it's also the first consumer phone to come equipped with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 855 SoC, coupled with 512GB of internal storage and a whopping 12GB of LPDDR4X memory. 

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The Z5 Pro GT comes with an industry-topping 12GB of RAM, 512GB of storage and a 6.39-inch (2,340 x 1,080) OLED display. It packs a 3,350mAh battery, a pair of rear cameras (16MP & 24MP) and two front-facing cameras (16MP & an infrared 8MP). 

Curiously however, it does not support 5G, though I guess with such an outlandish specs sheet, it probably might get some people to notice, especially in a market where many consumers tend to be spec nerds. 

 

Source: TechRadar

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and a whopping 12GB of LPDDR4X memory.

And some people have 8GB of RAM in their gaming PCs! :P

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I don't mind better specs but, WHY?

Like, my system has 8 gigs and that might not be a lot, it's enough. I don't see a single situation where android needs 10+ gigs...

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3 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

Curiously however, it does not support 5G

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China got 4G like 2 years ago, and honestly the way things are starting with 5G I think is better sticking with 4G for a couple of years more.

 

I mean AT&T in the states wants 70 dollars for a 15GB plan that only works with a hotspot that you need to buy for 500 dollars. jeez.

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3 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

why... what do you do on a phone that you need 12GB ram for? 

 

2 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

I don't mind better specs but, WHY?

Like, my system has 8 gigs and that might not be a lot, it's enough. I don't see a single situation where android needs 10+ gigs...

Maybe usefull for caching? But then, can Andriod do it well? 

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Maybe usefull for caching? But then, can Andriod do it well? 

It can but there's a point it's just silly to cache stuff.

Like, if your memory fits the last 5 apps that's fine, but why would you cache basically every single app you open?

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3 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

It can but there's a point it's just silly to cache stuff.

Like, if your memory fits the last 5 apps that's fine, but why would you cache basically every single app you open?

Honestly, this is a spec stunt. It's not all that uncommon in Asian markets, where consumers tend to be quite picky about specs 

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i like it, besides the lack of headphone jack its nice. i really just want one of these slider phones with one -_- 

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waiting for a laptop with a mobile processor tbh. Those could have incredible battery life, would be cheap and everything you need for browsing and word processing and the like. A new chromebook basically.

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7 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

oh okay it's a slider phone o_o we 1990s now boiis

 

legendary videos have been made on slider phones. we didn't have memes then but sending wallpapers and ringtones via bluetooth was the shit back then . Also it was extremely convenient that you could always smack the top of the phone when someone was filming you and it would just close up and stop recording lol.

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Wait, Lenovo makes phones? I don't care what the specs are if it's made by Lenovo I'd buy it.

 

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15 minutes ago, mynameisjuan said:

No one needs this much fucking ram. Hell 6GB is pushing the "need" factor. 

As mentioned before, it's just a spec stunt because apparently, people in Asian markets tend to be quite picky about specs. 

 

Kinda wished we toned down on the RAM count race though. 

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As mentioned before, it's just a spec stunt because apparently, people in Asian markets tend to be quite picky about specs. 

 

Kinda wished we toned down on the RAM count race though. 

I wish they would because this give RAM manufactures less reason to claim a shortage because phones. 

 

I wonder why Asian markets focus so hard on specs? 

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42 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Wait, Lenovo makes phones? I don't care what the specs are if it's made by Lenovo I'd buy it.

 

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They have for years now!  It's just that the company primarily caters to its native China with the Lenovo brand.   Motorola is what you get outside of its homeland.

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7 minutes ago, Commodus said:

They have for years now!  It's just that the company primarily caters to its native China with the Lenovo brand.   Motorola is what you get outside of its homeland.

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Tfw your laptop has as much RAM as a phone now. Hell even my PC has less at 8 GB :/ 

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2 hours ago, firelighter487 said:

why... what do you do on a phone that you need 12GB ram for? 

Most apps don't even go past 4gb.

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RAM seems to be for 2018/2019 Android phones what CPU core count was two to three years ago: sounds good in the sales pitch, doesn't make a real-world difference with current software.  Even 8GB is typically overkill at the moment.  And it's more a comment on Android's weaker memory handling than anything.

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2 hours ago, KuJoe said:

Wait, Lenovo makes phones? I don't care what the specs are if it's made by Lenovo I'd buy it.

 

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Also keep in mind Lenovo has owned Motorola since 2014.

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1 hour ago, Sypran said:

Also keep in mind Lenovo has owned Motorola since 2014.

 

2 hours ago, Commodus said:

They have for years now!  It's just that the company primarily caters to its native China with the Lenovo brand.   Motorola is what you get outside of its homeland.

I thought Google owned Motorola's mobile phone division?

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I thought Google owned Motorola's mobile phone division?

It did at one point, but Lenovo picked it up.  Google wasn't having much success with it.

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