Do you have to buy a mobile phone with a large memory? 128G or 512G, what is the most suitable memory for mobile phones now?

Many people must have such a problem before buying a mobile phone, that is, how much memory should I buy? Although 128G mobile phones are cheap, they are still a bit stretched. Although 256G and 512G mobile phones are very comfortable to use, it is really painful to add hundreds or thousands of yuan. So how much memory should I choose when buying a mobile phone? How to grasp this "degree" just right?

When mobile phones were first launched, they only had 1G or 2G memory. Although this memory seems ridiculously small today, it was enough to meet the various needs of users at the time. Later, as various software and functions continued to increase and the capacity continued to increase, not to mention 1G and 2G memory, even 32G and 64G memory began to be gradually eliminated by the market, so that people now basically choose mobile phones with more than 128G memory.

So what is causing our mobile phone memory to become increasingly insufficient? Is it because mobile phone manufacturers are cutting corners in this regard? Actually, not really. The reason why mobile phone memory is insufficient is mainly due to our growing demands and incorrect usage.

As for the former, many friends have to open two accounts to play QQ and WeChat. To watch videos, they have to install iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku. To listen to music, QQ Music alone is not enough, and they have to use NetEase Cloud Music and Kugou Music in turn. Even the browser requires QQ Browser and UC at the same time. As a result, the mobile phone memory is naturally not enough.

As for the latter, it is mainly because people do not have the habit of clearing cache and junk space. Some friends may record more than two hours of video to post a 15-second circle of friends, and they don’t think of clearing the video afterwards; after downloading useless software and installation packages, people habitually throw them in the corner of the phone and don’t think of deleting them in the "File Management", which is also a major reason for insufficient mobile phone memory.

Now that we understand why mobile phones are not enough, let’s take a look at what amount of memory is most appropriate for mobile phones to buy now.

First, let's talk about the 128GB memory phones, which are the most cost-effective of the three phones, because 128GB memory is enough for you if you save money, and the price is cheap. As long as you are not a game fan, have the habit of cleaning your photo album regularly, and don't like to cache videos and files, then 128GB memory is more than enough for you.

Of course, if you can do 2 of the above 3 points and are not afraid of trouble, then a mobile phone with 128G memory is basically enough for you; but if you like playing games and are lazy and don’t like to clean up the memory regularly, then it is recommended to go directly to a 256G mobile phone. After all, no one wants to have to "pinch and swish" and consider what to delete on the phone before downloading a new software, right?

Secondly, let's talk about the most popular 256G memory mobile phones. In fact, with the advent of the 5G era, although 128G memory mobile phones are still sufficient, they will be eliminated in the near future like 32G and 64G memory mobile phones. So if you have sufficient funds, we still recommend buying a 256G memory mobile phone directly. Although the cost performance is not as high as that of 128G memory, it is smoother and more comfortable to use, and it can be said to be the "king of performance".

In today's era of increasingly rich and massive mobile phone software, as long as people do not frequently delete mobile phone software and clean up memory, 128G of memory can often be filled up in daily life in just 1 to 2 years. What is even more troublesome is that by then everyone will find that all kinds of software on the mobile phone are "useful" and there is no way to delete them at will. So in order to avoid this trouble, a mobile phone with 256G of memory is a good choice.

Finally, let’s talk about mobile phones with 512G memory. We do not recommend that you buy mobile phones with such a large memory. The reason is very simple: “It’s not worth it”.

512G of memory sounds very impressive, and is enough to give us a sense of security that "there is no need to worry about using up all the memory when doing anything". However, the more realistic thing is that many friends only found out that they have only used more than 100G of memory after using their mobile phones for 1 to 2 years. Even with subsequent frequent use, it is difficult to break through the 256G mark. In this case, the extra 512G of memory is like a "blank check". It sounds good, but it is really useless.

At the same time, the price difference between a 128GB mobile phone and a 256GB mobile phone is not that big, and is still within the acceptable range. However, a 512GB mobile phone is different. This is the "top configuration in the mobile phone memory world", and "top configuration" is basically not related to "cost performance". In other words, unless you have a particularly large demand for mobile phone memory or have very high requirements, otherwise you are really wasting money by buying a 512GB mobile phone, which is really unnecessary.

Some friends may say, I bought a 128G or 256G mobile phone, but the memory is not enough. Every time I exit a software and then open it again, it will "flash back". Does that mean that mobile phones without 512G memory are not good?

In fact, it is not really the case, because the mobile phone memory is divided into storage memory and application memory. What we talked about before belongs to storage memory, which is specifically used to store data; as for the culprit causing the crash, it is "application memory", which determines how many software your phone can run at the same time.

The most common application memory on the market are 4G, 6G and 8G. 4G of application memory is usually used with 128G of storage memory, and 8G of application memory is more often used with 250G of storage memory. As for mobile phones with 6G of application memory, they can be paired with either, depending on needs.

In general, we still recommend that you buy 8G+256G mobile phones, because such phones are smoother to use and will not get into trouble due to the continued increase in the size of various software; if funds are not sufficient, then 4G+128G, 6G+128G. Can also be a good choice.