Mate 1gb vs 2gb ram - Huawei Ascend P6, Mate

Anyone have experience using both? I have a 1gb version and I am pretty happy with it other than the performance sometimes. Ram can go below 100mb and then lag will kick in... I love the screen size and battery. Sticking with stock b221 as well cos I find this to be best for 1gb so far.. Other custom roms shoes down the phone after a while for me.. Since mate is around usd 199 now.. Was thinking getting a 2gb version as spare and sell off the 1gb.. I was hoping 2gb will give a much smoother experience.
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Anyone have experience using both? I have a 1gb version and I am pretty happy with it other than the performance sometimes. Ram can go below 100mb and then lag will kick in... I love the screen size and battery. Sticking with stock b221 as well cos I find this to be best for 1gb so far.. Other custom roms shoes down the phone after a while for me.. Since mate is around usd 199 now.. Was thinking getting a 2gb version as spare and sell off the 1gb.. I was hoping 2gb will give a much smoother experience.
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i didnt get to use both, but for the past 1 year and 10 months, my 2gb mate never dissappoint me. now with helps from our great devs here, i will keep huawei phones till i feel i cant no more
i suggest you take the 2gb amd it will be a different experiences considering the ram improvement over the 1gb you hv now.
ps: i even bought another huawei ; Honor 3C H30-U10...
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go for it, it's a world of difference.

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I was hoping for this answer. I find the speaker and screen to be very good. I dun mind the 720p at all. I have a z ultra and if the performance is at par, I wouldn't mind using HAM at all. But the responsiveness with 1GB is starting to get unbearable.... I remember I was at a Huawei shop and saw the 2gb version and just check out the ram use.. It's at about 700+ free ram with pretty much only stock apps. So I figured for my 1GB to be able to function, there must be some serious performance tone down...

If only the LTE band would work here, I would have gotten the mate 2... Hoping for mate 7 to be announced soon to see how thing goes.

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How much difference does 3GB of RAM make?

The Note 3 is rumored to have 3GB of RAM. I believe that is a first for smartphones. But does it actually mean anything for real world performance or is it just for the spec sheet. Are there any use cases where 2GB is not sufficient?
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The Note 3 is rumored to have 3GB of RAM. I believe that is a first for smartphones. But does it actually mean anything for real world performance or is it just for the spec sheet. Are there any use cases where 2GB is not sufficient?
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You know, since we do not have any phone with 3GB we really don't know that?
But we can speculate, and 2GB did bring marked difference to the table with more apps that can stay suspended in memory so we can easily come back to them @ later time. Basically, there will be no other bonus beside better multitasking, unless someone figures a way to run 2 systems @ once (for whatever reason that may be) or we get into very advanced gaming (that GPU performance would not allow anyway) with huge framebuffers and AA. To date, I have not found any case where 2GB was not enough, no single app that would eat more than 1GB of ram - supposedly you can write an app that would use all available memory as storage for levels and textures and whatever just to increase smoothness of gameplay, but that would not make it a requirement, only an added option, since the game must be designed to run on some lowest common platform (within reason).
So in a way it will certainly mean "something" for a smoothness, just how much depends on your uses and application developers, for now I don't think you will see any difference from more memory, because it will be dwarfed by faster CPU and GPU speeds.
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The Note 3 is rumored to have 3GB of RAM. I believe that is a first for smartphones. But does it actually mean anything for real world performance or is it just for the spec sheet. Are there any use cases where 2GB is not sufficient?
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well ram does make little significant in multitasking and gaming but apart from it there is no much gain as of now 2gb is enough to perform all task and it works great as of now. we rather need more ram demanding games and apps to utilize the power of it, so yes as of now its a co. specs sheet to launch a new smartphone , its future proof but to catch up with it we need a more demanding android platform,games and app.
Samsung are only doing it for the sake of the specs bump. I'm probably going to wait for the Note 4 myself, maybe we will need more ram by then.
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You never needed more than 2GB of RAM because the system is optimized to leave certain ammount of free RAM thereby closing applications designated as "unused",which might not be regarded so much unused by us after all.So in my opponion a device with 3GB of RAM will be significantly faster and smoother.
I have more than 1GB of ram free in 90% of the cases so 3GB is overkill for now.
3GB won't really make a huge difference since we already have 2GB memory on our Note2...
I have no money so I guess I'll just wait for Note 5.
Nothing better, no difference !
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When earlier everyone has 1 gb.. people use to say 2 gb wont make any difference.. bt now a days 2 gb is necessary... so i think 3 gb will soon come into action...
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taran181 said:
When earlier everyone has 1 gb.. people use to say 2 gb wont make any difference.. bt now a days 2 gb is necessary... so i think 3 gb will soon come into action...
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The more the merrier!
1 gb was fine but with the s3 it did get hogged up.
2 seems good but its stretching it!
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3GB won't really make a huge difference since we already have 2GB memory on our Note2...
I have no money so I guess I'll just wait for Note 5.
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Watch it will make a difference. When we get 4.3 from Sammy our beloved Note 2 will seem to get slower and laggy. With each new firmware update, the files get bigger and also the apps need more memory.
If the rumors are true then I will be the first in line for the new note 3
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When earlier everyone has 1 gb.. people use to say 2 gb wont make any difference.. bt now a days 2 gb is necessary... so i think 3 gb will soon come into action...
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I had far lesser RAM on my DHD last year and I was contended even if the games load a tad slower compared to higher tier phones.
IMO The huge bump for the RAM is to accommodate a heavier version of any given UI.
jetbruceli said:
The more the merrier!
1 gb was fine but with the s3 it did get hogged up.
2 seems good but its stretching it!
Watch it will make a difference. When we get 4.3 from Sammy our beloved Note 2 will seem to get slower and laggy. With each new firmware update, the files get bigger and also the apps need more memory.
If the rumors are true then I will be the first in line for the new note 3
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I'm trying to save for a lot & house so having a new phone for me might get irrelevant for my needs in my new house. But anyways, Good luck on your future phone
I think right now 3GB of RAM is just future proofing. Nothing ever challenges the Note II's 2GB.
With that said, the more the merrier.
IMO, it will increase performance ..Personally, I need 3 Gb.. I have more than 400 app which all have at least one function I want. I multitask a lot. Moreover, I have more than 10 background running apps Eg. Gmd gesture control, Gmd s pen control, swipepad, swipapp, air control, control center,magic unlock, lmt pie control, ..... Blah blah.
So, if I start to run more other apps, I always got over 90 % of my 2 Gb and I sometimes feel my phone become sluggish though not always .. So 3 Gb will be perfect for me
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Samsung might be planning for things to make use of the 3GB .. If they didn't make that much difference, it's always good to have them ^^ with hopefully the snapdragon 800 2.X GHz .. I don't know if it will be worth upgrading from note 2, we'll just wait and see.
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I regularly see free RAM drop to under 200MB, though I do have quite a few apps running. I see this more as Android effectively utilising RAM than anything else.
But with RAM being so cheap, why not have more and keep more in memory? Reduce I/O delays and flash wear, reduce battery use, and with higher and higher res screens, app assets will just keep increasing in size (4.3 supports up to 600+ DPI for example).
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I think right now 3GB of RAM is just future proofing. Nothing ever challenges the Note II's 2GB.
With that said, the more the merrier.
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A year ago 1Gb ram was said to be enough, now 2 Gb is enough so if we are going yo run note 3 for a year then it is going to be enough cz we all know that samsung is going to put a lot of bloat in note 3.
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Also, from 1 to 2 it is doubling it. 2 to 3 is only 50%.
Beside this, sometimes the time will come android being a fat memory wasting pig. But this won't be happening within the next some years.
They will improve stats and will make you believe you need them, so you hang on buying the latest ****.. Over and over again. That's like modern economy works .
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Also, from 1 to 2 it is doubling it. 2 to 3 is only 50%.
Beside this, sometimes the time will come android being a fat memory wasting pig. But this won't be happening within the next some years.
They will improve stats and will make you believe you need them, so you hang on buying the latest ****.. Over and over again. That's like modern economy works .
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Yeah exactly. The specs get bumped to create the impression that your current device is sub par. Even 1gb ram would be enough if Samsung didn't keep adding more and more useless features in every new device. Things like smart pause and s health are totally unnecessary for most people.
The only reason I even run TouchWiz is that the battery life is better than aosp. If it wasn't for that then I'd be totally happy with boring old vanilla Android on my note. This is the first phone I've ever had that I can feel free to use as I please and be confident that it will easily get me through the day and even well into the next.
Yeah the Note 3 may improve on that slightly but it's still not much of a reason to upgrade. Unless it has some miracle feature which significantly changes the way I use my phone, I'll wait for the Note 4 or 5. I just can't see it though. A minor spec bump and a raft of useless bloat just aren't getting me excited.
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Lol. May be the new touch wiz with Android 4.3 is going to be 2gb in itself. ?........
I was updating my brothers nexus 4...4.3 is a 160 MB OTA update.... almost the size of a full aosp rom. So may be Samsung 4.3 rom is going to be 2gb....
Note 3 will be having 3gb ram!
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Decision time

Hi, I am about to buy Lg G3, but still can't decide should I buy 2gb/16gb or 3gb/32gb model? Is it worh that 50 euro to buy 3gb model... I looked all over the internet, somebody say that 2gb is enough and it works as 3gb and the only deference is the storage space. (16 gb-32gb) and some where I read that 2gb is even better than 3gb. What do you think? It's been a lot of time since this phone came out, so what do you think after playing with them? I am not a big gamer so I dont need a lot of RAM. I use my phone only for surfing on internet and sending some sms and around 10 minutes of talk time per day. Is 2gb enough for that? How does 2gb works with Lollipop? I have a lot of questions but I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance,
Petar
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Hi, I am about to buy Lg G3, but still can't decide should I buy 2gb/16gb or 3gb/32gb model? Is it worh that 50 euro to buy 3gb model... I looked all over the internet, somebody say that 2gb is enough and it works as 3gb and the only deference is the storage space. (16 gb-32gb) and some where I read that 2gb is even better than 3gb. What do you think? It's been a lot of time since this phone came out, so what do you think after playing with them? I am not a big gamer so I dont need a lot of RAM. I use my phone only for surfing on internet and sending some sms and around 10 minutes of talk time per day. Is 2gb enough for that? How does 2gb works with Lollipop? I have a lot of questions but I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance,
Petar
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Personally think an extra 1gb ram and extra 16gb storage space is woth the 50 euros, Ram isnt only used for gaming but for multitasking and smoothness of the interface, 2gb is good buh id pay the extra 50 euros lol, my opinion anyways.
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Hi, I am about to buy Lg G3, but still can't decide should I buy 2gb/16gb or 3gb/32gb model? Is it worh that 50 euro to buy 3gb model... I looked all over the internet, somebody say that 2gb is enough and it works as 3gb and the only deference is the storage space. (16 gb-32gb) and some where I read that 2gb is even better than 3gb. What do you think? It's been a lot of time since this phone came out, so what do you think after playing with them? I am not a big gamer so I dont need a lot of RAM. I use my phone only for surfing on internet and sending some sms and around 10 minutes of talk time per day. Is 2gb enough for that? How does 2gb works with Lollipop? I have a lot of questions but I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance,
Petar
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Get the 32GB device, the internal sdcard can be read and written to much faster then a external sdcard usualy. This is a no brainer if you can spare the extra 50 euro.
3GB/32! No doubt. But I will tell you, I've been getting some lag on my G3 as of the last update. It's been slower and not as fluid So I'm not sure it really really really makes that much of a difference if it's going to lag on me!
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Personally think an extra 1gb ram and extra 16gb storage space is woth the 50 euros, Ram isnt only used for gaming but for multitasking and smoothness of the interface, 2gb is good buh id pay the extra 50 euros lol, my opinion anyways.
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Get the 32GB device, the internal sdcard can be read and written to much faster then a external sdcard usualy. This is a no brainer if you can spare the extra 50 euro.
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Thanks, I will try to get those 50 papers. I hope its worh it
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3GB/32! No doubt. But I will tell you, I've been getting some lag on my G3 as of the last update. It's been slower and not as fluid So I'm not sure it really really really makes that much of a difference if it's going to lag on me!
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Hmm I don't really know why. A lot of people that got upgraded to Lollipop sad that phone got smoother, fluid and battery got better. But I guess it's different for every one.
Wow. Really? I have seen the opposite. I have shorter battery as well as more choppy. Oh well! No biggy ! Haha.
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zkyevolved said:
Wow. Really? I have seen the opposite. I have shorter battery as well as more choppy. Oh well! No biggy ! Haha.
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Maybe try to get it back to Kit Kat if it was better back then. So how is the phone, when you had it before update? I currently have Nexus 4, I hope its a good upgrade to G3.
petar11199 said:
Maybe try to get it back to Kit Kat if it was better back then. So how is the phone, when you had it before update? I currently have Nexus 4, I hope its a good upgrade to G3.
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As you can see from my signature, I've been on android for a long long time... I think I need a change of phone. I'm going to probably return my g3 and stick with the Nokia. But I will keep my Samsung tablet. Hehe.
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As you can see from my signature, I've been on android for a long long time... I think I need a change of phone. I'm going to probably return my g3 and stick with the Nokia. But I will keep my Samsung tablet. Hehe.
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Hahaha. When you go Android, you can't go back :laugh:

is this phone junk

i was planning to buy one of these phones but what ive read it seems like alot of issues with it.any imput would be appreciated
For me, it's the best phone i bought. I had a iphone 4s and the Zenfone 2 rocks.
Fast, great screen, 64gb plus another 64gb micro sd, i love the camera quality. The only downside is the battery size. I wish that it would last longer but right now, it's not a big issue for me.
Definitely a great phone to buy.
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Extremely happy with this phone. Battery life could be better but hey, its not that bad
thanks for the replies i just may buy one
I highly recommend getting one
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This is a flagship phone with a small price...
There are little problems here and there but that can be said about ALL phones... Battery is always a problem with the newer phones, the higher screen resolution really eats up battery, and the memory leak from Android 5. 0 probably doesn't help. But saying that, we have 4gb of ram that pretty much kicks arse and, when it came out, was the largest amount of ram in a phone...
I be had my 4g/64 model for 3 months and I can honestly say it is a great deal for the price. Very fast and responsive.
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hey thank you guys thisnreally helped
Easy to root and by the magic of Linux Deploy I'm running 64-bit ubuntu 15.04 alongside android. I can take notes in emacs while talking on the phone.
I do recommend upgrading to a quick-charge charger wherever you can. I'm having good success with the tronsmart chargers on amazon.
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This is a flagship phone with a small price...
There are little problems here and there but that can be said about ALL phones... Battery is always a problem with the newer phones, the higher screen resolution really eats up battery, and the memory leak from Android 5. 0 probably doesn't help. But saying that, we have 4gb of ram that pretty much kicks arse and, when it came out, was the largest amount of ram in a phone...
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Before my phone went brick, I was not happy with its memory management. I was starting to run slow after a couple of hours of usage, and it didn't help much after killing apps. Is that the memory leak from Android you refer?
I was just using the stock ROM.
thanks
I got the 128 gig version and honestly have not been happier. Battery life is decent, camera is so so, but multi-tasking is really awesome. The UI is a bit bit cartoonish in parts, but with Nova launcher and some judicious changes in Nova/Dev settings (minor), it never lags, never stutters and is the only android phone outside the nexus family, where twitter for android scrolls properly.
It's an incredible device, for its price point. Enough said
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Before my phone went brick, I was not happy with its memory management. I was starting to run slow after a couple of hours of usage, and it didn't help much after killing apps. Is that the memory leak from Android you refer?
I was just using the stock ROM.
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What model?
The 551ML 4gb ram model I use has no issues with memory management and seem to power through anything but there was a few people saying their 550ML model was a little piss poor due to the 2gb they have.
If you have the 550ML then you probably aren't going to have anything improve much due to the physical limitations...
Certainly not junk! I only got the 550 (720p, 1.8 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, no NFC and although fast-charging capable, no fast-charger). But even with this cheaper, lower-spec model, and inspite of some software niggles and could-be-better battery life, I am really enjoying this device. Love how it feels in the hand, love the big screen, love how smooth it is to use. It benchmarks on a par with last-gen flagships but I think the Intel SOC actually performs even better than those figures suggest in actual real-life use. A higher mid-range device's power for low-budget device bucks! The camera is very good, not great but way better than it should be considering the price. As I said, there are little niggles and problems and things which could be better, but they all seem very insignificant when you take into consideration the price. The cost performance ratio of this phone is pretty mind-blowing! It is also great that we have an active xda community and plenty of dev support for our device. I enjoy both the stock ASUS experience (tweaked to my satisfaction, naturally) and the CM experience - so much that I have been flitting back and forth from one to the other with regularity. Overall, not a device I'd recommend to luddite noobs who aren't prepared to put some effort in to get it set up right for them, but for anyone who actually knows a little or is prepared to learn it is a fun device and a great value proposition!
I'm very happy with my Z008
Definitely a great phone to buy.
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What model?
The 551ML 4gb ram model I use has no issues with memory management and seem to power through anything but there was a few people saying their 550ML model was a little piss poor due to the 2gb they have.
If you have the 550ML then you probably aren't going to have anything improve much due to the physical limitations...
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Actually, my cell phone has ressurected today. And I have the rare 551ML with 2gb ram. It has only 400mb of free RAM right after booting up. So, 1.6gb is consumed with "basic" (bloat) stuff. My phone came rooted. I'm trying to stop and uninstall some stuff, but I didn't have much luck yet.
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Notable difference between 2GB/3GB version?

I'm contemplating whether I should buy the 2GB/3GB version, but not entirely sure yet. Preferably I'd spend as less as possible, but I do want a fluid experience. Would the 2GB suffice in this regard or is the 3GB version a 'must have' speed/app reloading wise? Maybe some of you have bought both and noticed anything? Thanks guys
based on reviews of redmi note 3,which shares the same chipset(snapdragon 650),i would say if you are going to stick with miui,3gb ram is a must.otherwise u would be faced with frequent app reloads.even if ur going to flash aosp/cm based roms its best to have as much ram as possible(considering there is even 4gb version with sd652 chipset) for the sake of future proofing for atleast the next couple of years.unless ur going to keep the device for only a few months,i would say go for the 3gb ver,im myself getting the 3gb ver
I believe the 3 GB version also has an upgraded chip. I think it is worth the effort because 2 GB chip would have notable difference. However if you can get the 32 GB version is preferable because it just has more development
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Buy 3/32 version, it's a great improvement for 30 bucks. But do not buy Snap 652 version, there is NO DIFFERENCE in real life usage test, compared with 650, it's just marketing. 3/32 Snap 650 is the most reasonable version. Got mine from Ali's Xiaomi Authorized store

How is multitasking on 3gb version?

Is it ok ?
For social media stuff and so on 3gb ram are still perfectly fine. Only when you want to switch between demanding games or want to use like 10 apps at the same time you will need more.
I would not buy 3 GB anymore. Might regret with next OS version. They are not getting slimmer.
Thanks. I got the 4gb version, wow with the case it looks absolutely gorgeous. Camera is great too.

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