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LurkerJ said:
more food for thought

http://www.cultofmac.com/303223/ios-twice-memory-efficient-android-heres/

cultofmac? Seriously, It says "According to Glyn Williams over on Quora, iOS devices run better than Android devices with twice the RAM because Android apps use Java, and need all the extra RAM to do something called garbage collection.

 

Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/303223/ios-twice-memory-efficient-android-heres/#yGEJS3DWQVHUICoG.99" and "And as we’ve previously seen, more RAM negatively affects battery life too, which is part of why Android phones need to have larger batteries to attain the same battery life as an iPhone 6 too.

 

Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/303223/ios-twice-memory-efficient-android-heres/#yGEJS3DWQVHUICoG.99"

 

This is so wrong that it screams at your screen. "Something called garbage collection". I mean... No, I won't discuss it any further but please, this is not food for thought. This article is nonsense, bar beyond any technical background.