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Originally Posted by afv011
Depends how things are implemented. If the Video RAM is shared (part of the device's RAM), then larger screen will require more RAM. If the video RAM is dedicated, then it doesn't matter.
For processing power, it shouldn't matter as the GPU should take care of drawing to the screen, though some of the drawing is still done in the CPU, so again, it depends.
Edit: in this context, "larger screen" means greater resolution, not physically larger. There are no additional RAM or processing power requirements for physically larger screens.
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Thanks for that clarification. So then the answer is yes, a larger screen size can necessitate more RAM and processing power, especially in the case of higher res screens, and many of the phablets have higher res screens.
At any rate, to underscore how RAM and processors don't drive sales, many of the product pages for mobile devices on Amazon don't even list specifics for them. But they
always list the screen size.
--Pat