It's no secret that smartphones are incredibly mature, and the days of justifying annual upgrades are over. Processors are fast, displays are crisp, cameras are sharp, and crucially, phone makers are supporting devices for longer than ever with up to seven years of Android OS upgrades. On the flip side, budget devices are winning the price-to-performance ratio, but they often fall short in one major area: memory.
Frankly, it's easy to switch from the most expensive Android phones to the cheapest ones. I've recently moved from the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge to the TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER, and these are phones priced roughly $900 apart. Sure, one feels snappier and more premium, although both handle all my daily needs perfectly fine. I can live with a budget processor, display, or camera, but doing the same with low RAM is much trickier.
