That's the entire problem. I can't be the only one that received low memory crashes on the iPhone 5s. I even noticed app crashes while playing with iPads in the Apple store. Are people pretending that memory issues are not a problem?
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That's the entire problem. I can't be the only one that received low memory crashes on the iPhone 5s. I even noticed app crashes while playing with iPads in the Apple store. Are people pretending that memory issues are not a problem?
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This will be sad if true. The iPhone is a powerful computer and is supposed to be the high end price. The power to use the additional RAM is there. The profit margins are huge and so can easily support the tiny additional cost.
Does more RAM use more power? Maybe they are trying to keep developers focused so they write programs that run on older iOS devices.
Those are the only reasons I can think of.
I would really like more RAM in my next iPad, because I use it for web surfing. It can't handle more than two tabs at a time.
This will be sad if true. The iPhone is a powerful computer and is supposed to be the high end price. The power to use the additional RAM is there. The profit margins are huge and so can easily support the tiny additional cost.
Does more RAM use more power? Maybe they are trying to keep developers focused so they write programs that run on older iOS devices.
Those are the only reasons I can think of.
I would really like more RAM in my next iPad, because I use it for web surfing. It can't handle more than two tabs at a time.
You definitely don't own an iPad Air... Apps keeps refreshing every time one multitasks. It's horrendous....
I just love how everyone is erupting and making their purchasing decisions over what amounts to a piece of paper with some unverified information on it.
That happens here all the time. Any rumor, no matter where it comes from, is basically considered fact. Like that WSJ story. We're supposed to believe that Apple is having an iPhone event on Sept 9 (with phones probably shipping on the 19th) but as of August 14 they're still still unsure what material they're going to use for the display? That's laughable. There's no way less than one month out from launch that Apple is still debating about display material, or pricing for that matter. But WSJ reports it and every one treats it like gospel.
I really do hope this not true.
Pefect iPhone 6 for me is
Apple a8
2gb Ram
2500Mah Battery
What more can we ask for.
Pefect iPhone 6 for me is
Apple a8
2gb Ram
2500Mah Battery
What more can we ask for.
Don't believe any mobile os' utilize virtual memory. There used to be a jailbreak tweak that enabled it back in like ios 4. Ram is all you get! There are similar hacks for android but don't believe any of them are worth their salt.
Glad I didn't wait for the air2!
So according to the rumors, the iPhone 6 will have:
* A smaller battery-to-screen area ratio than the 5S. (But it will charge quickly - yaaay!)
* A protruding camera lens.
* No sapphire display (except possibly a hi-end version which will - no doubt - have a price premium disproportionate to the extra cost)
* Unchanged amount of RAM, which isn't generous in the first place.
What will it gain?
* Larger screen (Android has that)
* AC wifi (Android has that)
* A8 processor
* Maybe NFC (Android has that)
* THINNESS! (Can't have enough of that, right...)
This might be the iPhone that actually pushes me over to Android.
* A smaller battery-to-screen area ratio than the 5S. (But it will charge quickly - yaaay!)
* A protruding camera lens.
* No sapphire display (except possibly a hi-end version which will - no doubt - have a price premium disproportionate to the extra cost)
* Unchanged amount of RAM, which isn't generous in the first place.
What will it gain?
* Larger screen (Android has that)
* AC wifi (Android has that)
* A8 processor
* Maybe NFC (Android has that)
* THINNESS! (Can't have enough of that, right...)
This might be the iPhone that actually pushes me over to Android.
The Note 3 has had 3gig for almost a year. The LG G3 has had it for almost 3 months. The rumor has it that Note 4 and the new Nexus will have 4 gigs. A number of Samsung tablets have 3 gigs of ram.
Exactly right! Getting hung up on these numbers is crazy. All that really matters is final performance. It's like complaining about how large a car's gas tank is instead of it's MPG.
If you go now there will be more iPhones for the rest of us.So according to the rumors, the iPhone 6 will have:
* A smaller battery-to-screen area ratio than the 5S. (But it will charge quickly - yaaay!)
* A protruding camera lens.
* No sapphire display (except possibly a hi-end version which will - no doubt - have a price premium disproportionate to the extra cost)
* Unchanged amount of RAM, which isn't generous in the first place.
What will it gain?
* Larger screen (Android has that)
* AC wifi (Android has that)
* A8 processor
* Maybe NFC (Android has that)
* THINNESS! (Can't have enough of that, right...)
This might be the iPhone that actually pushes me over to Android.
I agree.
I am yet to see any phone perform better than an iPhone 5s.
Apple control the software, and hardware, even down to designing their own SoC, so it's impossible to compare to other handsets.
Example, LG design their phone, the SoC may be Qualcomm, the OS is Google, LG then put a skin on top... The reason it has 3GB of RAM is to try and power through these hurdles, hoping for decent performance.
Apple doesn't have these hurdles in the way.
If you go now there will be more iPhones for the rest of us.
Yeah, and that's a good thing, since you might need two in order to multitask properly and get through the day without hugging a wall
Agree. For the first time since my first iPhone, I am now seriously considering going to either Windows or Android. Apple can't rest on their laurells forever, and considering all the recent rumors, it seems like that is what they are doing. Steve Jobs' absence is beginning to show. Apple can't continue to ride on their image and make their products technically less and less comparable to the competitions products. They need to keep up regarding display resolution, battery life, multitasking etc. - and as many have pointed out, 1GB of RAM is clearly not enough anymore. I have the Safari + other probs as well caused by RAM running low.
Apple need to get off their asses and impress again, or they WILL lose out big time. And that includes all product lines, not just the iPhone.
So according to the rumors, the iPhone 6 will have:
* A smaller battery-to-screen area ratio than the 5S. (But it will charge quickly - yaaay!)
* A protruding camera lens.
* No sapphire display (except possibly a hi-end version which will - no doubt - have a price premium disproportionate to the extra cost)
* Unchanged amount of RAM, which isn't generous in the first place.
What will it gain?
* Larger screen (Android has that)
* AC wifi (Android has that)
* A8 processor
* Maybe NFC (Android has that)
* THINNESS! (Can't have enough of that, right...)
This might be the iPhone that actually pushes me over to Android.
I don't believe we'll have AC or NFC, IMO. And IMO "Android has that" criteria is worthless.
So according to the rumors, the iPhone 6 will have:
* A smaller battery-to-screen area ratio than the 5S. (But it will charge quickly - yaaay!)
* A protruding camera lens.
* No sapphire display (except possibly a hi-end version which will - no doubt - have a price premium disproportionate to the extra cost)
* Unchanged amount of RAM, which isn't generous in the first place.
What will it gain?
* Larger screen (Android has that)
* AC wifi (Android has that)
* A8 processor
* Maybe NFC (Android has that)
* THINNESS! (Can't have enough of that, right...)
This might be the iPhone that actually pushes me over to Android.
Does Android have iTunes, iMessage, Photostream, Tweetbot, Airplay too?
No amount of specs will change that.
Puny half gig?
Umm... I still seem to remember when then top-of-the-line titanium PowerBook G4 came with half gig standard, with the option to upgrade to full gigabyte. Sure it was 12 years ago but it was a full blown laptop for God's sake! Same thing had 60GB hard drive by default and now 64GB flash storage is nothing..?
Surely a phone could survive, if you just didn't have to load p0rn on all Safari tabs
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Why would the next iPhone have more than 1GB of RAM? Nobody needs this. I don't get why anybody would be expecting Apple to put more memory into a smartphone. iOS is already perfect with 1GB and iOS 8 is even more resource efficient.
It doesn't matter. I'll just slap 64 GB of memory on a Mac Pro and use that as my phone when I upgrade to iOS 8.