How much RAM should an Android / ARM tablet have?

[VirtualLarry]

I bought the Digiland 701Q at BB the other day, and I was able to browse with Firefox 33.1 ARM / Android for a long while. I then factory-reset the tablet. I reinstalled Firefox, and now it's crashing with OOM errors just browsing these forums.

The tablet has a quad-core Cortex A7, and 512MB of RAM.

Edit: It only cost $50.

 

[lxskllr]

Firefox for Android is kind of a pig. I'm using 382Mb with 3 tabs open. I like it for the features, but you might want to try something like Lucid or Lightning to save resources. 512Mb is a little too light imo. It's fine for the right price, but for decent usability, I think 1Gb+ is needed.

 

[cbrunny]

2GB min for me. 3+ is better.

 

[poofyhairguy]

2GB min for me. 3+ is better.

Yeah.

 

[zerocool84]

It's because you bought a $50 tablet

 

[luv2liv]

It's because you bought a $50 tablet

This.
Just return it man. If you want cheap n good, get a Hisense from Walmart under $100. It's the only one I know with ips screen and other goodies

 

[Midwayman]

512mb is just sad. 1gb was bad enough. Moving to 2gb meant much smoother operation.

 

[Bateluer]

2GBs should the mainstream minimum, though some could get along fine with 1GB.

It's because you bought a $50 tablet

But yeah, you bought an ultrabudget tablet.