iPhone 6 Plus Might Be Limited to 1 GB of RAM

[840quadra]

I wish it had more memory, but quite honestly I have yet to run into an issue with low memory (from what I can tell), and I often edit photos, video, and graphic intensive files on my iPhone.

Honestly, I think we could read less into Hardware specs on these devices, more into how well mobile copes with Memory management.

 

[AppleScruff1]

And apple offers less ram...but at the cost of performance.

I really did LOL!

 

[randj89]

It doesn't bother me

IOS is so good with memory management that I don't care how much ram I have. Like hello you're not gonna do 10 different things in your phone at the exact same second. For me 1GB is enough on a phone.

In a computer is a total different world for us graphic artists and web developers or even home users.

 

[neuropsychguy]

That's it! I'm going Android where I can get 25,000* cores and 800* TB of RAM because more is always better.

*These numbers might be an exaggeration.

/I'm being facetious but there is no end to the number of people who try and use the RAM/# of cores argument as to why Android-based phones are superior to iPhones. It's nauseating (and I use a Nexus 4).

 

[RoastingPig]

The amount of RAM has little to no impact on battery life.

but the freedom for the user to go bonkers on tabs and apps simultaneously does.

 

[DragoniteD]

Not a surprise

It is not a big surprise since the memory of iPad Air is just 1GB, while iPad Air has many more pixels. Apple is good at optimizing the resources. At least the 1GB memory device runs more fluently than the 3 or even 4 GB Android devices.

We are users, why caring about the hardware? Experience is what we want!

As long as my device runs fluently, I don't really care whether it has 1GB memory or 2GB or even 500MB

 

[cocky jeremy]

6 > 6 Plus.

Simple as that!

Totally. It's always better to have a smaller battery, a 326 ppi vs 400+, and no optical image stabilization. Right?

 

[brdeveloper]

Steve Jobs wouldn't allow this.

He insisted for more RAM in the very first Macintosh...

 

[ValSalva]

The more I think about it the more I think the 6+ has too many compromises. Too little RAM according to this rumor, a slightly increased resolution that requires scaling to get to 3x, and a janky one handed mode. Disappointing.

 

[doomfront]

The more I sit on this the more I'm leaning towards not getting it. Specs are kinda disappointing in a techie's mind

 

[Richardgm]

According to GSM Arena, the 6 has 1gb ram and the 6+ has 2gb ram.
Source:
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6_plus-6665.php

That figure is based on rumors.

 

[nutmac]

I have the same app and I am not entirely sure if the app can detect how much total RAM is on the device without code changes. I will wait for Anandtech, IFixIt, or someone else to to do more thorough investigation than relying on some iOS app.

 

[Shearwater]

Will 3.9 million Cancelled Orders crash the internet?...

 

[Piggie]

They must of clocked the CPU/GPU higher in the plus.

I can't believe they would make the plus and make it perform worse than the smaller model

 

[thering1975]

Also seeing as the 6+ has a higher resolution it will require more for graphics processing i presume thus less avaliable over all, more pixels to push more ram required.

 

[SMIDG3T]

First spec upgrade confirmed for iPhone 6S.

Along with sapphire glass and OIS for the 4.7-inch.

 

[brianvictor7]

I wish I could do away with Safari refreshes. Sounds like a conspiracy with the carriers to use up more data from our plans.

 

[TsunamiTheClown]

LOL @ the overreactions to this revelation.

I'm pretty sure that this phone will have more RAM than the Tricorder on Star Trek.

Its OK ppl. Pretty sure that you will be able to take calls.

 

[blackcrayon]

The amount of RAM has little to no impact on battery life.

Perhaps, perhaps not in the iPhone 6. There are certainly more open (as in the design is open) examples where RAM definitely has an effect on power consumption. If you've ever burned your hand on the RAM on a video card... (extreme example, but just to illustrate).

 

[MacsRgr8]

Any reason why iPhone 6 would have 1 GB, and iPhone 6 plus could have 2 GB?

I can see both getting 2 GB, but not just the "plus".

 

[heeloliver]

I don't see the big deal...I've never had a problem with the amount of RAM on my iPhone 5 and I multitask.

Sure, Apple could of ponied up and increased the RAM to 1gb and the minimum memory to 32gb, it's not that big of a deal.

 

[doomfront]

The more I think about it the more I think the 6+ has too many compromises. Too little RAM according to this rumor, a slightly increased resolution that requires scaling to get to 3x, and a janky one handed mode. Disappointing.

It does have some short comings but that one handed mode is a complete gimmick and not needed at all.

 

[heisenberg123]

Ok great! More stock available on launch day for others.

I doubt it, I already see 3-4 week estimates on shipping

 

[sofila]

Whatever. It still outperforms competition products. That's really all that matters in the end.

Do you already own one?

 

[magbarn]

The more I sit on this the more I'm leaning towards not getting it. Specs are kinda disappointing in a techie's mind

Spec racing is that when it really doesn't matter like: My over clocked Haswell running at 4ghz is uber faster than your Ivy Bridge running at 3.8ghz. It's not spec racing when just having 2 tabs open in Safari frequently results in a reload