Dalvik is the reason why Android is/was a memory hog. It's not the fact java is used, it's the environment and how they are excuting programs.
ART is going to fix that.
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Alleged Schematic Shows iPhone 6 Coming with 1GB of RAM [Updated]
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Dalvik is the reason why Android is/was a memory hog. It's not the fact java is used, it's the environment and how they are excuting programs.
ART is going to fix that.
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.
A bigger screen is all I want really. Even if they keep the 5S design & features exactly as-is, just give us the rumoured 5.5" and will be happy. Battery improvements more than welcome of course but it's all about more real estate right now. 5S far far far too small...
More RAM does use more power, it is a factor. But not one worth the headache IMO. Would much rather have a slightly heavier, slightly thicker phone that accommodates more RAM.
From a developer perspective, supporting older devices with minimal RAM is a nightmare. Just finished an iOS7 game and it was an infuriating experience trying to get everything to work without crashing due to memory pressure on iPhone 4 and particularly iPad 3/4. Low memory warnings all over the place, even after I stripped my graphics to the bone. And if you use iAd it gets worse because that requires its own not-insignificant chunk of RAM every time an interstitial is displayed.
Remember that devices introduced today are going to be the older devices a few years from now. which means they are just perpetuating the problem for future generations, for both developers and users.
Having used Tweetbot since inception, I have to say that there are now apps on Android that rival it. Fenix and Talon to name a couple.
iTunes is replaceable by Google Play
PhotoStream? Google + and OneDrive do the same thing and they are cross platform. Same with iMessage. There isn't one person I know who doesn't use Facebook messenger or WhatsApp on their iPhone.
Yes. They have AirPlay.
If those apps were properly written to iOS standards, you would never have known that any of them had been suspended. A properly coded iOS app will return to the foreground just as it was when it left the foreground.
Don't blame the amount of RAM when the problem is lazy or incompetent developers.
I don't have issues with tab reloads on my 5s but iPad is another matter. If the Safari tab refreshes aren't fixed with iOS 8 and the new iPad I doubt I'll upgrade.
No. It's built in obsolescence on purpose. Apple has been doing that with their iOS devices. Subtly twisting people's arms to upgrade their iOS devices every year or two. Their computers last four or five years before showing their age. But their iOS devices begin to show their age in two it seems. It starts with little issues with apps and system software updates. Many people want the latest iOS device and will upgrade anyway. But Apple wants to make sure everyone contemplates upgrading their iOS devices sooner to keep that money flowing.
I also gave up surfing the web at home with my ipad air, using instead my MacBook Pro retina, exactly due to the 1gb tab reloading problem..
You obviously don't know what's going on outside your own clearly limited use of iOS.
Safari reloading tabs is a real issue and is solvable by increasing the RAM.
This is incredibly disappointing if true. 1GB is simply not enough anymore.
This is a great quote and exactly what I was gonna say before my Safari reloaded on me.
This is a great quote and exactly what I was gonna say before my Safari reloaded on me.
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Well one of "those apps" is Safari and the developer is ... ouch!
Owns iPad Air... Calls himself an iSheep.
How am I an iSheep if I am not happy with my iDevice? Also I am not sure if I want to own this iDevice any longer since I have to switch to my Macbook very often because the iPad Air can't handle multitasking. This results in the iPad not being used as often as intended aka waste of money.
Is that how an iSheep thinks?
If you want to help me with my confusion, help me deciding which tablet to get instead.
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They did a poor job then since my wife's still extremely happy with her iPhone 4 and refused to upgrade.
Come on, if anything, this is the very shadow of Jobs clutching the company and refusing to let go. Jobs was the guy who championed thinness over all else, battery life (iPhone) and performance (original MacBook air) be damned. The guy who wanted the infamous iMac "hockey puck" mouse over the objections of his own design team. And every iPhone (most under Jobs' watch) has had minimal RAM specs, usually works well at release but has serious issues 1-2 OS releases down the road.
Must be why iPhone users statistically use more data than their android counterparts.
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
Is that original? It sounds familiar...
The iphone 4 was 3 years old by the time iOS 7 was released. Try updating your 3 year old android phone. I swear Apple users are so spoiled...
The guy was a marketing genius. That makes users buy a new one if not every year, then every another year.