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Alleged Schematic Shows iPhone 6 Coming with 1GB of RAM [Updated]
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I guess that's why Android phones survived just fine on 1GB of ram. Why the ram requirements and other such requirements actually fell with KitKat.
So can anyone explain me what was the point of moving to a 64bit architecture? Because so far it was only disadvantageous because we lost available RAM in the process
Surely they could. But would they eat the cost? No. It would make phones more expensive and most of the people wouldn't even notice. Therefore, what's the point? Gigabyte is a lot of memory.
Only 1Gb for a smartphone with 5.5" screen ?
Only 128MB for a laptop with 15.2" screen?
C'mon guys, get real. Gigabyte is plenty. There are lots of other improvements that mean much much more than some X amount of memory...
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As far as the RAM goes I don't think it matters. Can't see a differentiation on phone RAM in the same generation.
Not anymore!
64-bit apps coupled with 64-bit OS use more memory. Add to that higher resolution graphical assets that will be needed for a larger screen and 1Gb of RAM will quickly become inadequate. And with support for extensions and widgets in iOS 8 - it will be ugly… (extensions use a whole separate process in the background due to sandboxing)
I’m still going to buy the next iPhone though
Except it's not irrelevant, and absolutely effects user experience. Anything to the contrary is just rose colored glasses.
When the first iPad came with 256MB of RAM, people here made the same arguments. "Trust Apple, they only put in what the device needs, the software is optimized for the device," and so on. In hindsight, the device was clearly limited by RAM, and the iPad 2 was a much, much better device because it doubled the RAM.
I'm not taking Apple's word for it anymore. Even with my 5S, Safari tabs reload more often than they should. Very disappointing. I just hope that the new iPad Air goes to 2GB, but I'm not counting on it.
I'm not taking Apple's word for it anymore. Even with my 5S, Safari tabs reload more often than they should. Very disappointing. I just hope that the new iPad Air goes to 2GB, but I'm not counting on it.
I only want 2GB to shut people up on forums. Otherwise it will not affect performance of the already fastest smartphone available. And before you complain about Safari tabs, please understand there are more ways to solve issues than doubling the RAM in a given device.
In fairness, there may be a power usage hit, affecting battery life. That said, I think 2GB of RAM is needed, and any battery life affects warranted.
If Apple can engineer Safari to avoid having to reload tabs when going back and forth through only five or six of them then I'd say that 1GB of RAM is enough. But this is not the case now.
Throwing more RAM at the situation will help until (or if) Apple can make Safari caching performance significantly better.
Throwing more RAM at the situation will help until (or if) Apple can make Safari caching performance significantly better.
I'm sorry, this is NOT OK.
It is brutally obvious in current devices (I personally have iPhone 5s and iPad 4), that there is NOT ENOUGH RAM. I keep tabs open, I switch between apps a lot. More ofthen than not they "forget" their last state and need to reload again. Super annoying.
It is brutally obvious in current devices (I personally have iPhone 5s and iPad 4), that there is NOT ENOUGH RAM. I keep tabs open, I switch between apps a lot. More ofthen than not they "forget" their last state and need to reload again. Super annoying.
If Apple solves the problems in software, great. But they've existed in every iOS device, and only seem to get demonstrably better when Apple adds RAM to devices. I don't see Apple creating a pagefile because of the wear and tear on the flash memory.
So I can only assume you're considering changing entire ecosystems just because they aren't putting enough RAM in the next phone for you? I would need a list of at least 5 major reasons to leave one smartphone OS for an entirely different one. If you're so intent on competing in the spec race, why would you ever consider Apple in the first place?
Agreed. I'm not sure a battery hit would be taken - but clearly if apps started using more RAM, then yes, those apps would be drawing more power. But the memory (alone) wouldn't.
I know I will get blasted for this - but to some degree, these kinds of decisions show that companies LIKE Apple (not just Apple) do care about device obsolescence. Instead of purposely future proofing their device(s) for long term usage, they create a product that is strong today but will clearly not be what a consumer needs in 3-4 years. Which makes sense given the typical buying behavior of most. Regardless of whether we like the practice or not.
From a business standpoint, it seems like the smart thing to do. I think it is the norm rather than the exception.