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Why do we need 24GB of RAM in a Phone again?
I know lots of people will say it's useless bla bla bla, but hear me out. Xiaomi still allows bootloader unlocking, this means you can remove their spyware firmwaew and put a decent AOSP alternative, with "unlimited" updates, or add support via postmarketOS.
This phone will be future proofed for a decade, as people said the same thing about phones with 6GB/8GB ofnl RAMs a decade ago.
LLMs
We don't. It's there, tech's evolving. We get it. Same as super fast charging. LLMs are a use case where higher memory means better performance. So, those models can take advantage of the additional memory without having most of your apps reload left and right. Try the MLCchat app or the maid LLMs app sometime on a smartphone with 8gb of ram.
And the system will kill your app the moment you switch away anyway.
Yes, this app killing behaviour is infuriating. That's the reason I stay clear of miui/hyperOS smartphones. And the non-standard extensions, broken 3rd party wallpaper or the removal of the developer options for running services. Plus, warnings for turning on power user settings.
The ram will be reduced to a glittery powder used to add sparkle to the paint, but it will be there.
and full of spyware