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I think it's more a matter of the amount of RAM the apps use, 128megs does not leave room for much. Though in any case it seems like you would be very limited i

by kenrikm 12y ago

I think it's more a matter of the amount of RAM the apps use, 128megs does not leave room for much. Though in any case it seems like you would be very limited in what you're able to do with the apps.

frik 12y ago
128MB ram is a lot. I had a notebook with 128MB ram running Windows 2000 and Photoshop. It's just that Java (and to lesser extend Object C) is such a resource hog. The future are apps written in C/C++, Go, Rust, Julia, Swift or JS (FirefoxOS). As someone pointed out above, JavaScript is more memory efficient (first order function, etc.).
- fabrice_d 12y ago
  128MB on a phone is not that much, because the modem RTOS will use some, and the GPU too. Add to that the main kernel needs some, and there's not a lot left for user space...
  - kenrikm 12y ago
    Indeed I remember programming for the iPhone 3G was pretty painful back in the day, you had to get creative about loading resources and make sure they were released right away even if you might be using them again.