Considering I want the 5.5" phone, I agree with you!
(However, the rage on these forums will be REAL lolol
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A8 Chip From 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Appears to Carry 1 GB of RAM
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Considering I want the 5.5" phone, I agree with you!
(However, the rage on these forums will be REAL lolol
)You're assuming that by that corollary then Apple would relax their stringent memory handling - which is the reason why iOS can squeeze a lot of performance relative to Android devices, which also -very imprecisely- answers why many people here believe that 1GB is enough and they do not understand why others are pushing for additional memory. I'd advise folks to read up on Android and iOS memory management, but then these threads would never go beyond the first page.
You better hope not. They are going to charge almost $1000 for an additional gig of ram on the 5.5.
No. No, no. No - no - no.
What difference does it make if a dev knows that he has 1024 MB of RAM to go crazy with, or 4096 MB of RAM to waste? In either case, a shoddy developer (or a really top notch developer who is working on a genuinely RAM-thisty app) will consume everything and a tad more.
Don't worry guys.
Will still see 2X GPU and CPU performance!
Honestly the only two things that are must haves for me:
Better Camera, Larger Screen. 13MP and 4.7" would be a nice fit!
Will still see 2X GPU and CPU performance!
Honestly the only two things that are must haves for me:
Better Camera, Larger Screen. 13MP and 4.7" would be a nice fit!
Considering I want the 5.5" phone, I agree with you!
(However, the rage on these forums will be REAL lolol
Get your wallet ready because the extra gig of ram is going to set you back about $1000. There are rumors that they are expecting to increase the cost of the iPhone 6.
Sure, do you have some suggestions on apps that can do a screen recording of my phone?
Apple makes great products. While so many people don't bother to look beyond the spec sheet, what separates Apple from many of its competitors is that it actually spends extra to put Quality components in their devices. We hear about a lot of low cost devices that crap out after a year:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...lets-dying-early-possibly-due-to-cheap-memory
This happens because they buy inferior components at a discount to save a few bucks. Does Apple do this? They put good quality components in their devices. They throw a 64bit processor in the devices.... to the absolute surprise of everyone. Everyone. This cost a lot more money. If, as many like to say, Apple only cares about money, why would they have bothered?
They seem good at weighing pros and cons of every choice they make. We may not agree a lot of the time... but tis what you get when you have to try to make a very limited product lineup work best for a very large customer base.
Exactly. On the iPhone, I am completely happy with 1GB. On the iPad, I would be quite disappointed if they stuck with 1GB.
And in any case, I am upgrading this year from an iPhone 4S, so I will see major improvements, no matter what.
Don't worry guys.
Will still see 2X GPU and CPU performance!
Honestly the only two things that are must haves for me:
Better Camera, Larger Screen. 13MP and 4.7" would be a nice fit!
Apple always compares it's GPU performance to the original iPhone lol
I love my new MacBook Pro and desperately want to stay in the Apple ecosystem, but Apple is cutting way too many corners if this is the case. I'm an Apple fan because I like high quality products, not because I want their stock to do well, or want their sales numbers to beat those of Samsung.
Allegiances aside, the OnePlus One offers 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for $350. I think it's fair to assume that the 5.5" iPhone 6 will cost at least twice that, and may offer less RAM. Apple is now charging us more for less, and it's frustrating as hell.
Allegiances aside, the OnePlus One offers 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for $350. I think it's fair to assume that the 5.5" iPhone 6 will cost at least twice that, and may offer less RAM. Apple is now charging us more for less, and it's frustrating as hell.
I doubt though that apple would sell a 4.7inch A8 phone for $99 with contract
Any change the 64 and 128GB 4.7 models and the 5.5 models would have 2GB, and just the 16GB has 1GB
Wishful thinking.
First, I am not discussing RAM. 1GB of RAM is more than enough for 99.99% of all users, even the ones who have the silly idea that they need 4GB of RAM in their phone. The RAM debate has more to do with ignorance than anything else.That's quite a rant - your mother must be so proud. Some people don't even try to download 30,000 songs, 20 HD movies and 400 apps to their phone, y'know. You don't want the base model? - I'm pretty sure they'll offer more souped up ones too, just for folks like you... and if the storage RAM spec matters so much to you, I'm also pretty sure the $100 difference will pale in relative importance.
Gonna switch to 'Droid? - good riddance... when you do, go find a good 'Droid-Rumors site to switch to too and spill your senseless vitriol there.
Have a nice day!
But we have been at 16GB for four years now. Saying that "no one would ever need more than 16 gigs!" is NO excuse. The industry has made considerable progress in the last four years concerning NAND flash technology, the price has gone down dramatically. The fact that Apple is seemingly incapable of providing more than the measly 16GB storage on their base model for YEARS is beyond pathetic, it's pure and simple greed. If you think paying $100 to get another measly 16GB extra storage is fine, then go ahead and drink the koolaid. But you can get a retina iPad mini with 32GB storage *AND* LTE for less than the price of an iPhone 5S with 16GB.
Something isn't right there. If you can't see the fact that it's pure greed then I wish you the best of luck.
I'm sorry, but this made me evilly laugh for some reason.
I have no issues with the 1GB...even on my Air, where I see the benefit of the 2GB, my usage case definitely doesn't require it. I never realized how little tab jumping I do on the thing. What matters to me more is that I can go from app to app and game to game without any slowdown. I'm sure the Air will receive this bump anyway. And hey, maybe the larger iPhone will contain more RAM.
I have no issues with the 1GB...even on my Air, where I see the benefit of the 2GB, my usage case definitely doesn't require it. I never realized how little tab jumping I do on the thing. What matters to me more is that I can go from app to app and game to game without any slowdown. I'm sure the Air will receive this bump anyway. And hey, maybe the larger iPhone will contain more RAM.
To balance power draw...unnecessary power draw at that. Yes, 1 GB kinda sucks on a tablet but on a phone? The only reason you'd need more is if you had an inefficient OS.
Yes, dead serious. I think iOS has shown it can run just fine on less RAM. Buy an Android phone if you want enough RAM for a computer in your phone. Less people in line on launch day
Maybe 1GB is fine now, but who knows what developer would unleash with more.
I agree with you on the storage sucking but their competition isn't really budging on that front either. I just suck it up and spend the extra cash, not like my 64 GB 5S isn't going to cover the full price of a maxed out iPhone 6 on contract when I sell it.
That is incorrect. iOS handles memory very efficiently. Very very few apps use more than 50MB of RAM. It is incredibly, incredibly rare to run in to a circumstance where an app (even safari) is using north of 500MB. The only time you run in to issues where pages in safari start reloading, and this only happens when you have many pages open. Safari will dump pages out of memory, but this tends to happen more to save power (java processing in the background) than it has to do with RAM.