Besides the processor, the amount of RAM is also a parameter that many people pay attention to when choosing a smartphone. It is also right when the amount of RAM of the device governs the amount of applications that you can open at a time, and also partly determines the “durability over the years” of the product when mobile apps and games are on the rise. heavier.
Recently, companies have also paid more attention to equipping full RAM for mid-range smartphones. Currently the standard number for a mid-range device is 4GB of RAM, and there is no shortage of options with 6 – 8GB. Current Galaxy M33 5G Samsung’s newly launched also has 2 options of 6 – 8GB of RAM, but the company is still “sure” equipped with a feature to expand the amount of RAM called “RAM Plus“
Screen to adjust the amount of “virtual” RAM of RAM Plus on Galaxy M33 5G
To put it simply, RAM Plus allows the machine to use the internal memory itself to perform the work of RAM. When background applications, Android operating system tasks are fully stored in RAM, they will be temporarily stored in memory and when needed, they will be transferred back.
Actually this is not a new technology, has appeared for a long time on computers as “Memory paging”, and also on its higher-end smartphone lines. However, it is much more reasonable to apply it on mid-range and low-cost smartphones because these models have less RAM, which will see the benefits clearly.
Specifically with the Galaxy M33 5G, we can expand it by 2, 4, 6 and even 8GB, bringing the total amount of “RAM” to 10, 12, 14 and 16GB respectively in the 8GB version.
The question is, is RAM Plus really necessary? 8GB may sound like a lot, but in fact, when the device is first turned on, this amount of RAM has been used up to 51% and only about 3.65GB is left.
After opening 5 Chrome browser tabs, turning on Spotify to listen to music, Facebook and TikTok, the amount of free RAM decreased to about 38%, reaching 2.8GB. For many people, such usage is enough, if you open another application, you can turn off unused things to free up RAM.
Mobile games are using more and more RAM
But there are those of you who use the device in a more “loose” way, not often shutting down background applications but also playing more heavy games. The game now also uses a lot of RAM, measured in reality with League of Legends: Wild Rift, Lien Quan and Genshin Impact all range from 1.3 – 2.2GB. At this time, RAM Plus will be activated to store background applications, helping the game use all the “real RAM” to be able to run at the best performance.
This feature is also quite good, but not to the extent of “magical” as 1 click is twice the amount of RAM as the title of this article. The internal memory of the machine is always slower than RAM, in addition, the data conversion process between the two components also has a delay, so 8GB “real” plus 8GB “virtual” will still not be able to have the same speed. good access is equal to the “real” 16GB.
However, with RAM Plus, we no longer have to worry about the phenomenon of “RAM overflow”, sudden performance reduction. This is a good feature, hope that Samsung and other brands will gradually apply it to their low- and mid-range products.