Getting a 6+?

[kargurin]

Storage space does matter. It always has. When I was having trouble with the performance of my Note 3 some weeks ago, one of the first things the tech team did was ask me to toggle over to storage and tell them how much space I had available. But that's elemental stuff that is not new. As far as reloading is concerned, part of that is up to the user. I purposefully turn off 'refresh in background' on most of my apps (except weather and a few others) in order to conserve battery. If you have your apps typically refreshing in the background that may have an impact. But that's going to be true for any operating system. And the impact is just not handled by memory but by CPU. The next iteration of the 6 plus will have a faster processor. It will be interesting to see what impact that has on battery life should that remained unchanged (as I suspect as the trend is for batteries to get smaller if anything).

 

[sunking101]

Storage space does matter. It always has. When I was having trouble with the performance of my Note 3 some weeks ago, one of the first things the tech team did was ask me to toggle over to storage and tell them how much space I had available. But that's elemental stuff that is not new. As far as reloading is concerned, part of that is up to the user. I purposefully turn off 'refresh in background' on most of my apps (except weather and a few others) in order to conserve battery. If you have your apps typically refreshing in the background that may have an impact. But that's going to be true for any operating system. And the impact is just not handled by memory but by CPU. The next iteration of the 6 plus will have a faster processor. It will be interesting to see what impact that has on battery life should that remained unchanged (as I suspect as the trend is for batteries to get smaller if anything).

Storage space has absolutely nothing to do with browser and app reloading. It has nothing to do with processor speed either. My iPhone 5 was 32GB and reloaded way less readily than my 64GB 6+. Both have roughly the same amount of storage space used up. I have many GB free and yet I cannot imagine any smartphone on the planet, regardless of free storage space or RAM, reloading any more readily than my 6+.

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Why does iPad Air 2, with 2GB of RAM, reload Safari tabs?

By all accounts it reloads them much less readily than any other iDevice running iOS8.
The iPhone 5 on 7.1.2 reloaded apps and tabs, but it did it much less readily than the 6+ running iOS8. Sadly I cannot see how a 6+ would perform running 7.1.2 but all indications are that this is a RAM issue. The i5 is 32Bit and the 6+ is 64Bit. Both have a paltry 1GB of RAM but 32Bit devices use less RAM, so therefore more is available which gives the impression that the i5 has more RAM than the 6+. The larger screen and constant scaling plays a part too because the 6+ is the worse iDevice for reloading currently for sale.

 

[jbachandouris]

Honestly, I am totally satisfied with my 6+. For the first time, I may not be upgrading. I simply see no need.

 

[HEK]

Upgraded to the 6 plus from the Samsung s4 about six months ago. This is my first iPhone and I love it. I do miss a few things here and there from the android ecosystem but overall I am happy.

Things I wish were included:

Fast charging
Power saving mode
Being able to customize control center toggles

If you pick up an Apple iPad charger you can almost half the charging time from the supplied cube charger.

 

[kargurin]

Storage space has absolutely nothing to do with browser and app reloading.

Well....you are wrong:

Storage is a limited commodity on a smartphone. You should be careful about what you allow to clog up that precious space. If you don’t have enough free space then your smartphone’s performance can decline noticeably.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/backup-speed-up-clean-up-android-iphone/#ixzz3a1uh2T1V
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[sunking101]

Well....you are wrong:

Storage is a limited commodity on a smartphone. You should be careful about what you allow to clog up that precious space. If you don’t have enough free space then your smartphone’s performance can decline noticeably.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/backup-speed-up-clean-up-android-iphone/#ixzz3a1uh2T1V
Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook

Well I have 30.5GB available and couldn't imagine any phone or tablet reloading apps & browser tabs any more readily than my 6+ does.

 

[sunking101]

I'm tired of this RAM debate. Some people don't 'need' RAM and will defend Apple's reasoning for supplying supposedly cutting-edge premium devices with insufficient RAM. As the two generations older iPhone 5 reloaded apps and browser tabs MUCH less readily than the 6+, I see that as a substantial downgrade in performance.

I fully appreciate that most people use their iPhones in a fairly basic manner and either don't encounter reloading, or it doesn't affect them in the slightest on the odd occasion they run into it. Sadly those same people disregard the fact that others use their phone for browsing and research much more heavily. They (and I) encounter reloading much more often and it is usually detrimental to their work. If all iPhones were like this then you could argue that's how they're supposed to be. It would still be unacceptable for the most expensive phone on the market but there would be some valid argument. Unfortunately this isn't the case. As I have already said, the two generations older iPhone 5 was much more competent in this regard and the reloading issue has grown much worse. How is that in any way defendable?

Each new iPhone should be at least as capable as the one before it. At least. There should of course be areas where it is significantly better, and others where it is incrementally better. It should never, ever be worse in any area though. People can defend 1GB of RAM 'til the cows come home but it is patently insufficient for the device. The iPhone 5 managed with 1GB over two years ago but it was a 32Bit device. It is the last phone that should have shipped with 1GB as from the 5S onwards iPhones have been 64Bit. Regardless of how much RAM some of us would like, yes 3GB or more, the fact is that the phones should ship with *sufficient* RAM. In the case of the 6+ it clearly does not. RAM has been its Achilles heel from day one. Then throw in a buggy iOS8 and it has been the worst iPhone experience yet for me. It does make me laugh when people defend the amount of RAM because I am frustrated by reloading at least once every single day.