iPhone 6 Plus Teardown: Twice as Big a Battery as iPhone 5s [Update: 1 GB RAM Confirmed]

[oopsroger]

It's just ridiculous. They know the benefit. They max out the RAM on MBPs. Yet, this! Totally disgusted. My wallet is ready but I'm seriously considering not to upgrade from 5.

 

[Medic311]

It's been confirmed multiple times that it's 1GB.

A user reported he had 5 Safari pages open without any refreshing so the RAM may not be as big a deal as some make it to be.

5 tabs is nothing. Try 10 and have other apps open in the background. Then see how 1GB holds up. If the next question is "why would you have all of that going at the same time?" , my question right back would be it's a premium smartphone that is advertised as being "the best" by Tim Cook and it should be able to do that in 2014.

Also, 1GB becomes less and less effective at handling operations as time goes on. Thus making the lifespan of this phone less than it should be

There is no legitimate argument against having 2GB of memory in iPhones and iPads these days. Battery life impact is negligible and it is strictly and solely a cost savings and thus profit increasing move to still use 1GB. Same goes for still keeping the 16GB iPhone but then jumping up to a 64 and then saying its a "deal" for consumers bc it's the same price as what the 32GB used to be. Right....

 

[Ann P]

Hope the vibrate motor is as smooth as the 4S's.

 

[Carlanga]

What a BEAST of a battery. YASSSS!!!!

What a BEAST of a size also.

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5 tabs is nothing. Try 10 and have other apps open in the background. Then see how 1GB holds up. If the next question is "why would you have all of that going at the same time?" , my question right back would be it's a premium smartphone that is advertised as being "the best" by Tim Cook and it should be able to do that in 2014.

Also, 1GB becomes less and less effective at handling operations as time goes on. Thus making the lifespan of this phone less than it should be

There is no legitimate argument against having 2GB of memory in iPhones and iPads these days. Battery life impact is negligible and it is strictly and solely a cost savings and thus profit increasing move to still use 1GB. Same goes for still keeping the 16GB iPhone but then jumping up to a 64 and then saying its a "deal" for consumers bc it's the same price as what the 32GB used to be. Right....

I think they are saving 2gb for the a model next year. Apple innovation seems to be decreasing steadily

 

[Keirasplace]

5 tabs is nothing. Try 10 and have other apps open in the background. Then see how 1GB holds up. If the next question is "why would you have all of that going at the same time?" , my question right back would be it's a premium smartphone that is advertised as being "the best" by Tim Cook and it should be able to do that in 2014.

Also, 1GB becomes less and less effective at handling operations as time goes on. Thus making the lifespan of this phone less than it should be

There is no legitimate argument against having 2GB of memory in iPhones and iPads these days. Battery life impact is negligible and it is strictly and solely a cost savings and thus profit increasing move to still use 1GB. Same goes for still keeping the 16GB iPhone but then jumping up to a 64 and then saying its a "deal" for consumers bc it's the same price as what the 32GB used to be. Right....

Some people had 10 open on the 5s without problems. It does depend what you do while you have those 10 tabs open. If you play a FPS and then come back to it, guessing they'll be reload on all phones. BTW, I've looked at people's review of browsers on Androids with much more memories... Nothing to write home about.... BTW, there's also a massive security hole on Android phone browsers right now, massive, hope Android fans like those too cause most won't get a patch for it anytime soon if ever.

 

[Sonmi451]

5 tabs is nothing. Try 10 and have other apps open in the background. Then see how 1GB holds up. If the next question is "why would you have all of that going at the same time?" , my question right back would be it's a premium smartphone that is advertised as being "the best" by Tim Cook and it should be able to do that in 2014.

Also, 1GB becomes less and less effective at handling operations as time goes on. Thus making the lifespan of this phone less than it should be

There is no legitimate argument against having 2GB of memory in iPhones and iPads these days. Battery life impact is negligible and it is strictly and solely a cost savings and thus profit increasing move to still use 1GB. Same goes for still keeping the 16GB iPhone but then jumping up to a 64 and then saying its a "deal" for consumers bc it's the same price as what the 32GB used to be. Right....

There's a lot of reasons actually. If you can run 5 tabs of safari no problem as has been reported, there's little reason to add more RAM. Also, when iOS 10 requires even more resources, your iPhone 6 will become obsolete and you will have to upgrade. Apple is a for profit company, and they want your money. So don't tell me there is no reason to include more than 1GB.

 

[Medic311]

Glad they stuck with 1GB. No reason we need any more. Still runs better than any Samsung phone.

You are glad? Glad that your new expensive top of the line smartphone will become obsolete not due to the processor but rather solely due to the fact that Apple put profits ahead of increasing memory to 2GB?

There is absolutely no legitimate argument for keeping 1GB, not even battery life impact.

 

[techgrunt]

Not getting one tommorow, but happy for others getting theirs!

 

[Sonmi451]

You are glad? Glad that your new expensive top of the line smartphone will become obsolete not due to the processor but rather solely due to the fact that Apple put profits ahead of increasing memory to 2GB?

There is absolutely no legitimate argument for keeping 1GB, not even battery life impact.

I've already addressed this in like 5 other posts here so I'm gonna let you catch up... It's funny your main arguments is complaining that Apple make a profit. Hilarious actually.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

The damn internals are even beautiful. WTF is wrong with me?

There is nothing wrong with you. The internals are beautiful because that's how Steve wanted it. Even starting with the Apple I.

 

[Keirasplace]

It's happening by 2020 in Tesla's GigaFactory. I have faith that Elon isn't building this factory for car batteries only. I bet it will also build batteries of a new technology that, I predict, will come out in the next 2-3 years.

Don't count on it. You're not going to go industrial on a large scale within a few years with a tech that's not even in small devices yet. Not a chance.

 

[Fzang]

iFixIt has exposed Apple's new A8 processor in their teardown, which reveals the F8164A3PM inscribed on the chip. The second digit in that sequence, 8, corresponds to 8 Gigabits (1 GB) of RAM in Micron's catalog.

We can all see that the THIRD digit from the right is THREE.

This can only be a sign of Half Life 3's confirmed release.

 

[AbyssImpact]

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 plus S will have 2GB of ram.

 

[Medic311]

Some people had 10 open on the 5s without problems. It does depend what you do while you have those 10 tabs open. If you play a FPS and then come back to it, guessing they'll be reload on all phones. BTW, I've looked at people's review of browsers on Androids with much more memories... Nothing to write home about.... BTW, there's also a massive security hole on Android phone browsers right now, massive, hope Android fans like those too cause most won't get a patch for anytime soon if ever.

Stop making it an us vs them argument. I didn't bring up android at all. Apple increasing memory to 2GB for all iOS devices has nothing to do with what an android has, rather it has everything to do with increasing multitasking performance for iOS devices

Why do you find it acceptable to be forced to decide between a premium priced iPhone with inferior memory capacity and android?

 

[smulji]

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 plus S will have 2GB of ram.

That's what everybody said about the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.

 

[spaceballl]

Am I disappointed in the 1GB of RAM? Yup.

That being said, the iPhone 5S was already pretty speedy. This thing is even faster.

Apple is setting themselves up nicely for a good 6S: Sapphire screen, much faster CPU, 2GB+ RAM, etc.

 

[michael31986]

iPhone 5 will have more available RAM than iPhone 6 Plus. 5 will run iOS11 better than 6 Plus.

They could make the os work better with the newer phones hardware. No need to harp on ram.

 

[Edd.Dantes]

5 tabs is nothing. Try 10 and have other apps open in the background. Then see how 1GB holds up. If the next question is "why would you have all of that going at the same time?" , my question right back would be it's a premium smartphone that is advertised as being "the best" by Tim Cook and it should be able to do that in 2014.

Also, 1GB becomes less and less effective at handling operations as time goes on. Thus making the lifespan of this phone less than it should be

There is no legitimate argument against having 2GB of memory in iPhones and iPads these days. Battery life impact is negligible and it is strictly and solely a cost savings and thus profit increasing move to still use 1GB. Same goes for still keeping the 16GB iPhone but then jumping up to a 64 and then saying its a "deal" for consumers bc it's the same price as what the 32GB used to be. Right....

Bro, you will get torn to shreds for having an intelligent opinion, on these forums.

The horse is officially dead and all the koolaid drinkers drowned it. Poor horse.

I'd call PETA but they also believe 1GB is enough for all eternity. You know, until Apple decides it's not ok.

 

[Medic311]

I've already addressed this in like 5 other posts here so I'm gonna let you catch up... It's funny your main arguments is complaining that Apple make a profit. Hilarious actually.

Actually the main argument was that it is unacceptable to still use 1GB of memory. I then mentioned that anyone who tries to defend Apple with nonsense about how 2GB isn't needed is just blindly defending them when it's solely due to profit and nothing else. I then used another example of what people blindly defend and come up with nonsense justifications when again...it's just a profit maximization move. Sometimes dealing with people who don't understand the big picture is even more frustrating than what the facts being presented are

Who said I am against Apple making a profit and how in god's name did you come to comprehend that as my "main argument" ???

Straw man at it's finest right there

 

[Tech198]

lol... neat

Why do you need more than 1 Gig anyway on a phone ? do any apps today use that much, or will they in the short term ?

I call dibs on that one.

 

[scaredpoet]

You are glad? Glad that your new expensive top of the line smartphone will become obsolete not due to the processor but rather solely due to the fact that Apple put profits ahead of increasing memory to 2GB?

I have no evidence of that. I'm not GLAD. I just don't care. If you do, that's your thing, though I have to say your obsession with it is kinda bordering on unhealthy. If it puts such a bug up your backside, just don't buy one.

 

[iChrist]

bigger is better according to my ex....

Not when you don't have enough RAM behind it....

 

[iphone5att64]

There's a lot of reasons actually. If you can run 5 tabs of safari no problem as has been reported, there's little reason to add more RAM. Also, when iOS 10 requires even more resources, your iPhone 6 will become obsolete and you will have to upgrade. Apple is a for profit company, and they want your money. So don't tell me there is no reason to include more than 1GB.

iPhone 5 will have more resources than iPhone 6 Plus when iOS11 requires more. iPad 3 had iPad 2 specs with 4x pixels. iPad 2 is running iOS7, how's iPad 3?

 

[Sonmi451]

Actually the main argument was that it is unacceptable to still use 1GB of memory. I then mentioned that anyone who tries to defend Apple with nonsense about how 2GB isn't needed is just blindly defending them when it's solely due to profit and nothing else

Who said I am against Apple making a profit and how in god's name did you come to comprehend that as my "main argument" ???

Straw man at it's finest right there

LOL, that was exactly what you said in reply to my post. Why do I need to defend Apple? I really don't care. But you should realize Apple is in the money making business, and for iOS devices, that has ALWAYS been releasing a device that works GREAT with the current iOS release, but not so much with the next. We're on iOS8, this shouldn't be breaking news to you.

 

[JohnnyGo]

Geekbench

Any geek bench numbers yet?

Single core
iP6+ 1610
iP6 1517
iP5 1409

Multicore
iP6+ 2877
iP6 2586
iP5 2549

From macworld
http://www.macworld.com/article/268...ger-is-in-fact-better-in-the-right-hands.html