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A very tiny number of high end android phones have 2gb. Most android phones are very low end devices. There is a good section in this overview that shows that many android devices have less than the 512M that google recommends:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/02/what-every-app-de...

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every high end device (comparable to the iPhone) released from about last month onward has at least 2 GB of ram

the Nexus 5 (350$ outright) has 2 GB of ram

in the USA, you could probably get a subsidized phone (for free) that has 2 GB of ram from any of the top 4 carriers. (See: Galaxy S4)

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i just checked ATT, T-Mobile, Verizon[1], and Sprint all offer the S4 for 0$ up front cost (it has 2GB of ram)

[1] Verizon charges 50$ up front (plus all the same BS fees you'd get on an iPhone).

I'm a little surprised by that too.. Nexus 4 had 2gb; only the Moto G ($180 unlocked) has 1gb now..

At first, this dissuaded me from buying the Moto G. I had a Moto Droid 4 before (also 1GB memory) and feared it wouldn't be much of an upgrade. Haven't had a lot of trouble with the Moto G though, everything runs super-smooth, and no force closing apps.

If I don't restart mine for extended periods of time it starts slowing down noticeably, and I don't use many apps at all. Makes me consider getting a Moto X (the old one) instead.

Every high end device from last year has 2GB of RAM, this year's top end devices have 3GB. Actually, last year's Note 3 had 3GB of RAM.

>every high end device (comparable to the iPhone) released from about last month onward has at least 2 GB of ram

Which doesn't contradict what he said at all.

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