It's like Windows 95 on a 75MHz Packard Bell vs Core-i7 haswell-e w/ 32gb of RAM.
So yeah, super big deal.
Is the difference noticeable?
I dunno about that. I would say the apple software engineers have compensated for this. Apple software is much more efficient then its rivals.
No. It won't matter.
Multitasking maybe but not really it's not like Desktop computers. There will be no sluggishness either way.
It's like Windows 95 on a 75MHz Packard Bell vs Core-i7 haswell-e w/ 32gb of RAM.
So yeah, super big deal.
No, its not even close to anything so ridiculous. 99 percent of users don't know or see the difference and the 1 percent are just caught up in the spec number.
I'm sure it matters but Apple won't release a buggy or unusable product.
I dunno about that. I would say the apple software engineers have compensated for this. Apple software is much more efficient then its rivals.
So where do I fit in? I'd love it if I could switch from app A to app B without app A being instantly killed half (or more) of the time. I'd also love it if I could switch from tab A to tab B in safari without tab A being flushed to make room in memory, and having it reload when I go back to that tab.
There *are* tangible benefits to having more memory, and saying that anyone who cares about it is just "caught up in the spec number" is insulting.
Can you really say that, though, without having used the phone extensively? You state with some authority that doubling the RAM would yield little to no benefit.
Have you used the 5S?
I can hook it up to my projector via Apple TV and run games that look like graphics for an average PS3 game.
Even the 5.
What else do you need to do. If this OS doesn't need it it doesn't need it. Simple.
I never see apps killing off in the background unless I kill them. Try not running 50 apps in the background. And if the iPhone 6 got 2GB of RAM, you would just open 100 apps in the background and complain that 2GB in't enough RAM. The VAST majority of users experience no RAM related issues.
Safari tabs is the only example that anyone can come up with. And even with that, how do we not know its just a programming issue?
The whining on this issue is becoming tiresome already.
Is the difference noticeable?
Have you used the 5S?
I can hook it up to my projector via Apple TV and run games that look like graphics for an average PS3 game.
Even the 5.
What else do you need to do. If this OS doesn't need it it doesn't need it. Simple.
I never see apps killing off in the background unless I kill them. Try not running 50 apps in the background. And if the iPhone 6 got 2GB of RAM, you would just open 100 apps in the background and complain that 2GB in't enough RAM. The VAST majority of users experience no RAM related issues.
Safari tabs is the only example that anyone can come up with. And even with that, how do we not know its just a programming issue?
The whining on this issue is becoming tiresome already.
You are not running 50 apps in the background. The app switcher just shows you a list of recently used apps. At best, only several apps are actually kept in memory (RAM), and others will be reloaded once you open them (the same thing as if you closed them). By adding 1gb more, you'd be able to keep twice as many apps in memory (and actually save battery, because the phone won't have to reload everything from zero).
I never see apps killing off in the background unless I kill them. Try not running 50 apps in the background. And if the iPhone 6 got 2GB of RAM, you would just open 100 apps in the background and complain that 2GB in't enough RAM. The VAST majority of users experience no RAM related issues.
Safari tabs is the only example that anyone can come up with. And even with that, how do we not know its just a programming issue?
The whining on this issue is becoming tiresome already.
The solution is simple. Buy something else.