The Vivo Xplay 5 smartphone will have 6GB of RAM because more is better, right?
posted by Luis D.
/ Feb 22, 2016, 4:32 AM
It appears Vivo is indeed ready to enter the post-4GB RAM era, for the company confirmed today that the Vivo Xplay 5 will come with 6GB of RAM and will be powered by the Snapdragon 820. That's impressive stuff all around, even though we can't know for sure how the smartphone will take advantage of all that RAM. Perhaps Vivo has worked out a way to dedicate some of that memory to the graphics unit, but we can't know for sure at that point.
Vivo will unveil the Vivo Xplay 5 on the 1st of March, which means it's going to be teasing the smartphone in the coming days to drum up some excitement. Previous teasers had confirmed a 2K-resolution display for the handset, and the Snapdragon 820 / 6GB RAM announcement only makes it seem more exciting.
Vivo Xplay 5 teaser
via GizChina
34 Comments
1. techperson211
Posts: 1280; Member since: Feb 27, 2014
If the technology is there, why stop with 4gb. Although this is literally overkill for a smartphone.
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 4:35 AM 8
5. SuperMaoriBro
Posts: 533; Member since: Jun 23, 2012
I agree except for the use of literally. Me thinks you dont know what literally actually means lol, but so dont millions of other people
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:00 AM 8
16. RebelwithoutaClue
Posts: 5473; Member since: Apr 05, 2013
I literally died laughing reading this comment ;) /s
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:45 AM 5
19. Jack58221
Posts: 157; Member since: Feb 23, 2013
I think he's close enough on the use a literally unless you are looking just at "over kill" and are picturing someone literally killing the phone overtop of something.
If the technology is there, why stop with 4gb. Although this is literally putting a round through the phone as it is flung over my brother's head.
Otherwise literally can be defined as "actual" out "truly". I'm that case it fits as it was written.
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 7:13 AM 1
29. nokia12
Posts: 610; Member since: Nov 19, 2013
A quick search on google returns the following results
Literally - used for emphasis while not being literally true. / actually / truly
Overkill - excessive use, treatment, or action / an excess of something (as a quantity or an action) beyond what is required or suitable for a particular purpose
So i don't understand why are you considering their use as inappropriate . Either i am wrong somewhere or you are not familiar with the other/alternate meanings of both the words
Can anybody explain ?
P.s- this was in reply to post 5
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 1:15 PM 0
32. MrElectrifyer
Posts: 3960; Member since: Oct 21, 2014
Literally is defined as "In a literal manner or sense; exactly."
Literal is defined as "Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory."
So overkill literally means over killing the phone, but how is ram killing the phone?
PS. Install the Google Dictionary extension for chrome and youget definitions by simply double-clicking on words.
posted on Feb 23, 2016, 4:36 PM 0
33. nokia12
Posts: 610; Member since: Nov 19, 2013
Thanks for the reply i am aware of primary meanings of both the words
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/literally
Literally - "Used for emphasis while not being literally true:"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/overkill
Overkill - "Excessive use, treatment, or action"
I was asking about the secondary/informal meaning of the words
They are listed in the oxford/google/webster dictionary so isn't their usage correct ?
posted on Feb 25, 2016, 2:28 PM 0
34. MrElectrifyer
Posts: 3960; Member since: Oct 21, 2014
I guess it all depends on what you consider as their "most basic sense". If most basic sense is what you see in the dictionary, then yeah, their use is correct. However, if most basic sense is taking the words as they sound, then the use is incorrect.
posted on Feb 25, 2016, 2:40 PM 0
9. vincelongman
Posts: 5585; Member since: Feb 10, 2013
This.
Also once they figure out how to increase bandwidth (e.g. Wide-OI), 6GB wont be overkill for Vulkan games, especially in VR (although, this may be 2-3 years away)
The PS4/XB1 have 8GB unified RAM
In 2-3 years we will have tablets as fast as the PS4/XB1
In 3-5 years we will have phones as fast as the PS4/XB1
So it shouldn't be surprising to see phones with 8GB or more of unified RAM soon
Lets not forget NVIDIA/AMD are going to release GPUs with 32GB of VRAM this year
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:12 AM 5
13. vincelongman
Posts: 5585; Member since: Feb 10, 2013
Possibly
BTW I'm not trying to make this into another silly phones vs consoles argument
Just saying, 8GB RAM in phones won't be pointless in a few years
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:31 AM 4
26. JasonX
Posts: 54; Member since: Feb 11, 2015
I don't know that it will be that long for tablets. I recently bought an Nvidia Shield K1 and it is easily as fast as an XBox 360. Once they put their X1 chip in a tablet with the appropriate RAM, they may well get near PS4 and XBone speeds.
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 9:54 AM 1
3. GeorgeAF
Posts: 83; Member since: Feb 25, 2014
Technology is there but the timing is not really that great. I mean a phone with 2gig RAM is capable of handling day to day tasks, what will you do with the extra 4gig of RAM? Probably one of those things you buy for the sake of "I have a phone with 6 Gig RAM" which kinda makes you look like a douchebag -__-
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 4:57 AM 0
4. GeorgeAF
Posts: 83; Member since: Feb 25, 2014
Technology is there but the timing is not really that great. I mean a phone with 2gig RAM is capable of handling day to day tasks, what will you do with the extra 4gig of RAM? Probably one of those things you buy for the sake of "I have a phone with 6 Gig RAM" which kinda makes you look like a douchebag -__-
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 4:57 AM 0
12. S.R.K.
Posts: 678; Member since: Feb 11, 2016
HAH. On My note 2,3 and 4 I have had as many as 20 tabs in the browser ad see no difference in performance. Why? Because my device has 3GB of RAM where it can store all that data.
I think of it as a job. Duh If I had 15 things I need to do, but concentrate all my time on just one, it is obvious I can do that one very efficiently. But I an come out better of I can do all 15 in the same amount of time and again be just a efficient.
Comparing an iPhone to an Android Is always just dumb. f the iPhone could do what an Android phone could do, we wouldn't need Android. Just like if Mac OS/OSX di what Windows could do, we wouldn't have needed Windows.
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:17 AM 1
14. iusshpandeh
Posts: 250; Member since: Jul 23, 2014
Meanwhile, my Surface Pro 4 has 4 GB RAM! >_
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 5:39 AM 0
18. elitewolverine
Posts: 5192; Member since: Oct 28, 2013
And my 8yr old desktop that runs modeling programs, photoshop, bluestacks, and visual studio and emulators has 4GB of ram.
for the love of all that is holy, put an x86 chip inside, throw me WP with x86 continuum support.
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 6:54 AM 0
23. elitewolverine
Posts: 5192; Member since: Oct 28, 2013
Has a lot, if they are able to pull off what HP is doing with their virtual desktop for x86...that would be awesome.
Or simply allow it in continuum mode without any virtualization. With android emulators on windows if it can run on x86 wp, there wouldn't be a need to merge. Then I can play my MechCommander 2 on my phone
posted on Feb 22, 2016, 9:15 AM 0
