It's almost comical how much RAM some Android devices have at this point. The Asus Zenfone 6 Edition 30, Xiaomi Black Share 2 Pro, and Redmi K20 Pro Premium Edition all have 12GB of RAM, and now Samsung is joining the you-can-never-have-too-much-memory club.

All variants of the Galaxy S20 will have at least 12GB of RAM, as confirmed during this week's Unpacked event. As rumors previously suggested, the top-of-the-line Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G will go further than that, coming equipped with 16GB of RAM. There's so much room for activities.

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While there likely won't be many noticeable advantages to having 12GB+ of memory compared to the typical 6-8GB found in most flagship smartphones, it does make the S20 series extremely future-proof. It would be nice to see Samsung work with app developers to make good use of the extra headroom — perhaps web browsers could leave a few background tabs in memory instead of forcing you to reload them after a while — but it's not clear if that will happen.

This move also sets up the Pixel 5 for the same situation that last year's Pixel 4 found itself in. The Pixel 4 had 6GB RAM, while most of its flagship competitors shipped with 8GB. Again, this doesn't make a massive difference in day-to-day use, but the least Google can do if it wants to charge $1,000 for a smartphone is to keep up with its competitors.