WP8 RAM Limitations

[josepmanel1983]

Hey there, I was kind of pissed when I saw the following on the Windows Phone 8 official page: "Some apps and features won't work on phones with less than 1 GB of RAM". Does anyone know what this will imply for our future 8Ss? I might even consider not getting this phone if it's too limited because of its 512 Mb of RAM, despite its ridiculously low price... What do you guys reckon?

 

[a5cent]

Please provide a link.

One missing feature, yes. Apps that do not work, no.

 

[josepmanel1983]

Please provide a link.

One missing feature, yes. Apps that do not work, no.

Sorry mate, here's the link What's new in Windows Phone 8 | Windows Phone How-to (United Kingdom)

 

[MoggSquad]

That's very sad the 8s is as watered down as it is. MS should really have let bottom be 1gb ram. Im still floored by the 4gb capacity, this isn't 2007.

I know you can use a micro sd card, but the average user isnt always savvy enough to figure out how to store files where, and go out and get one.

 

[anon(5354967)]

Does anyone know what 'features' won't be available with 512Mb of RAM?
I searched the website but I couldn't find any specifics...

 

[jadacks]

I'd like to know what the "features" it can not run too. Had my mind set on this phone but the 512mb is making me hesitant.

 

[freestaterocker]

I was considering this as my backup phone, behind the white 920 I've been scrambling to acquire. The styling is just TOO good to ignore... If I had to venture a guess, I would say the multitasking increase to 8 apps would be first on the chopping block, along with some other, more resource-intensive background processes, like perhaps background GPS navigation... I don't know...

 

[The Last Byte]

If a normal silverlight app needs more than 512MB of RAM...you shouldn't be making apps.
That's how much RAM is in a Xbox 360.

The only thing I realistically see limited is those Big 3D DirectX games that are supposed to be coming out.

Nothing more.

 

[freestaterocker]

If a normal silverlight app needs more than 512MB of RAM...you shouldn't be making apps.
That's how much RAM is in a Xbox 360.

The only thing I realistically see limited is those Big 3D DirectX games that are supposed to be coming out.

Nothing more.

An Xbox 360 doesn't have to simultaneously run resource-hogging phone functions & runs a lean dedicated OS. Either way I hope you're right...

 

[richard_c]

This may be a shot in the dark but I cant imagine there would be any limitations. Ive got an iPhone 4 that I want to get shot of for an 8S and both have 512MB memory and all the time I've had the iPhone over 2 year its run every app I've downloaded. I know iOS and WP8 are totally different OS's but I cant imagine there would be apps that couldn't be run on 512MB of memory