Samsung has announced a few days ago that they started
mass-production of 3GB DDR3 memory for smartphones and this leads us to
believe that next-gen smartphones, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy
Note 3 might feature it.
RAM is more important than processor for smartphones, because it
allows more apps to run in the background, so it provides a better
multi-tasking experience. This year’s high-end smartphones came with 2GB
of RAM and we expect most makers to increase it by next year.
Samsung’s new 3GB LPDDR3 uses six 20 nm chips, which is the
industry’s smallest. They are split in two set of two chips each and are
just 0.8 mm high.
While we can’t be very sure if Samsung manages to pack the new 3GB
memory in the Galaxy Note 3, considering that it’s just been announced
and the Galaxy Note 3′s release date should be next month. But we are
really confident that the Galaxy S5 will feature 3GB of RAM, along with
an improved CPU and GPU. LG G2 is also rumored to come with 3GB of RAM
and just like I said, next year we will probably see this memory
featured in all high-end smartphones.
The new memory is very slim and power-efficient, allowing makers to
make even thinner devices. It’s also LTE-A compatible, so there
shouldn’t be any problem with it.
The company has also announced that by year-end there should be
smartphones powered by this memory chip. This could lead us to believe
that they might delay Galaxy Note 3′s release date and ship it with the
new memory. Though nothing is certain at the moment and we are still
trying to find out more information.
Samsung Galaxy S5′s release date should be around May 2014 and
smartphone hardware is going to improve a lot by then, so they will
definitely use the new 3GB RAM, along with a new Octa processor and
better GPU. We should also see an improved display and a better case.
We’ve already broke the news about the aluminium body.
We expect high-end smartphones from Sony, LG, Motorola, HTC and all
the other major carriers to come with 3GB of RAM by next year. We might
also see true octa-core chips too,
which are different from Samsung’s Exynos Octa CPU. The true octa-core
processors use all the cores simultaneously, while Samsung uses only 4,
while the other 4 are idle to improve battery life.
Fingerprint scanners
might be an usual feature by next year too, as many phone makers are
rumored to use it, including Samsung and Apple. And we might also see flexible displays,
which is something really different and revolutionary. That could
really change the game again and Samsung might gain even more traction,
considering they are the ones who designed and showed them.