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MYEUHDtoday at 3:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

> had specs maxxed out

Indeed, their 10 year old flagship has 6GB of RAM.

https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php

(for comparison, last year's iPhone 17 has just 8GB or RAM, 9 years later)


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freedombentoday at 3:19 PM

Yeah I remember buying a OnePlus 7 Pro with 12 GB (!) of RAM like 7 years ago. The processor was also bleeding edge and that sucker ripped. It combined with stuff like termux was so capable that I used it to run all kinds of stuff that makes little sense on a normal phone. The day that phone retired (from drop damage) was heartbreaking*.

* It actually ran even longer after that as various utilities but not a daily driver, but when I didn't have it with me all the time the convenience slowly waned and it got forgotten

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ricwtoday at 3:21 PM

Not an apples to apples comparison#. iOS uses way less ram than android, plus has memory compression. That’s why Apple gets away with less ram and much smaller batteries with equal or better performance.

# pun intended

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