RAM differences between phones/carrier!

[Dumberdoor]

I noticed that the total free ram ranges quite a bit depending on phone and carrier.

On the same carrier there's not much of a a difference, but I noticed my tmobile version says in the task manager that it has a total of 784 MB of free ram. Usage is usually around 300 MB or so. My GF's AT&T galaxy s2 has a total of 837 MB of free ram with around 200MB usage usually.

Anyone know what the discrepency is? I think it might be the CPU since tmobile has the snapdragon and at&t has the exynos. Or did each company install a diff os or background apps into the system?

I'm sure they both have 1 gig of RAM, just seems T-mobile bloatware screwed itself a bit.

 

[nodrogkam]

just a thought that i've had recently about that...
our graphics processor is a bit better than the other variants with the exynos processor...so maybe it uses more ram, which reduces total free ram.

the ram usage is definitely affected by the bloatware. after flashing roms that have been de-bloated i've gone from ~315mb to ~225mb of free ram usage. i also believe that because the bloat - none of which i use - is running in the background (or even staying dormant), the battery life suffers.

if verizon had a GSII, their bloaware would probably be worse. lol. But now they're getting the Galaxy Nexus.