Causes of Poor RAM management
Hello there, in this post, we are going to look at the causes of poor RAM management. Now, RAM is very important to a phone's performance and user experience. This…
RAM Management for Android
RAM management for Android refers to all the techniques used by an operating system to manage memory (RAM). Memory management is very important for modern smartphones today. It is a…
Multitasking and RAM management on Smartphones
Multitasking and RAM management are two very important terms used when discussing smartphones, especially the smartphone experience. But for a long time now, it has mostly flown under the radar…
Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtual Memory
Virtual memory (or extended RAM) is the new king in town. I mean seriously. Everyone is advertising it, but not a lot of people understand it. As usual, I am…
What is Virtual memory?
Hello, welcome to another blog post. In this post, we are going to be look at virtual memory. What is virtual memory or virtual RAM on a smartphone? This topic,…
Oppo A96 and the death of the Midrange segment
I want to talk about Oppo A96 and the death of the Midrange segment. I think I mentioned it to Ken (a reader) the other day and someone messaged me…
What is zRAM?
In the last post I made, I talked about smartphone RAM. What it is, how it works, the different types as well as other key specs. When I was done,…
Smartphone RAM explained
Smartphone RAM is short for Random Access Memory. RAM is a type of smartphone memory that sits very close to the SoC. RAM itself is not part of the SoC.…
Storage on a smartphone explained (types & uses)
Storage on a smartphone refers to all physical spaces on a smartphone where data is saved. If that is clear enough, we will proceed. Why do we have storage on…
Generic vs Branded Image sensors
In today's post, I want to talk about Generic vs Branded image sensors. An image sensor is a photosensitive plate that sits at the back of every camera. It is…