a5cent
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You have the Windows mindset. rly: Android inherently uses RAM differently. Android pretty much always uses all available RAM.
In Windows, we are conditioned to believe that the more RAM available, the better. Android operates under the premise that unused RAM is wasted RAM. Apps remain in the RAM until they are pushed out to make room for something else. Since they remain in the RAM, they will reopen faster.
That's the theory anyway.
Comparing how Android uses RAM to how W10 (desktop environment) uses RAM is probably one of the most meaningless comparisons one could make, outside of a computer science class on operating systems, because like you say, they are built to achieve completely different goals.
Both WP and Android work under the same premise however. Both treat unused RAM as wasted RAM. W10 (desktop environment) works differently. It's just another one of many differences between WinRT and Win32.