why does everyone seem to think you should have to choose one or the other? i'm all for doing more with less, but that doesn't mean you can't put more in there for the future?
I'm not an engineer, but I do have some amount of trust that there was a technical reason for it. I keep throwing out the joke that, "Well, it doesn't run Java so it doesn't need all that RAM," but it's only partially a joke.
The iPhone 3Gs is more responsive than my MyTouch 4G (and the difference was even more staggering before I rooted it and removed HTC Sense for a copy of Cyanogen) which has 768MB of RAM. That's the 3GS. An iPhone 4 makes this thing look like a joke.
Also, this might be worth reading (and it's also why spec sheets can be deceiving):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDRAM
I can't find any indication that Samsung (or any other Android manufacturer) is using similar memory (I could be wrong though) but Apple certainly is.
i know it won't hurt sales, and in fact it wouldn't add very much to sales to include it if the device performs well without it. my concern is fully about how quickly it will limit how well future versions of the OS run/are supported.
Looks like the latest and greatest is going to be supported for 2 - 3 phone generations. That's it. I'm sure, engineering-wise, they factor in what they believe will be the bottleneck and design accordingly. I wonder if this cycle will slow down a bit as the smart phone market matures, but for right now that appears to be how things will work.
Apple has always been substantially more likely to kill old products that say... Microsoft. No one should be shocked that they continue to do what they do.
and as for the people here seem to love to down rate anything questioning an apple decision, i'd ask that you at least bother to respond with why you think its "bad" for me to be thinking about how my phone will be running towards the end of my contract term.
Some of it is fanboyism. Some of it, however, is just me getting sick and tired if seeing this:
over and over again from people who look at spec sheets when rating the quality of a device. Your three-year-old phone is going to run like crap compared the latest and greatest. This is a fast moving market dominated by companies that WANT you to upgrade. Deal with it. Apple is no sinner or saint here. I just wish people would recognize that in many respects they're just like everyone else.
its been a rough ride on my 3G waiting 20-30s or more for simple things like my text messages/address book to load, and i'm already upgrading 6months early to try to "keep up" with what is apparently required to have a useable device. what is it about these concerns given my experiences offends you all so much?
What horrible contract are you on that you're upgrading early from a 3G? It was released over 3 years ago.
