No, it probably won't, but Apple knows this, and this is why they will probably do it so we customers will buy again, and make Apple even more money
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I have a question about RAM memory in iPhone 6
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No, it probably won't, but Apple knows this, and this is why they will probably do it so we customers will buy again, and make Apple even more money
Apps will run fine, but multiple can't. And just having two tabs open in Safari is enough to cause reloading.
I guess it depends on how you use your phone. If you find yourself browsing the Internet with multiple tabs at a time, switching between them often, or switching between multiple apps at a time, wait for the 6S. App performance itself isn't necessarily affected by RAM, it's how *multiple* apps can stay running without refreshing. When apps refresh, it can sometimes be extremely frustrating because it can cause you to lose progress, or lose your place in a webpage... Quite irritating depending on the situation.
I would say wait for the 6S even if RAM isn't an issue because the camera is said to be MUCH-improved, the phone will be much speedier, and force touch may be implemented! Always buy things at the earliest in their life cycle, saves you money down the road when you don't have to upgrade AGAIN because your phone is already slowing down. If you absolutely have to have a phone now though, you should still be okay with a 6 or 6 Plus, as long as RAM isn't an issue as described above.
I would say wait for the 6S even if RAM isn't an issue because the camera is said to be MUCH-improved, the phone will be much speedier, and force touch may be implemented! Always buy things at the earliest in their life cycle, saves you money down the road when you don't have to upgrade AGAIN because your phone is already slowing down. If you absolutely have to have a phone now though, you should still be okay with a 6 or 6 Plus, as long as RAM isn't an issue as described above.
This. I usually have multiple tabs open and hate when the one of them has to refresh, especially when replying to forum posts while double-checking your response via Google.
Or even more. Right now I have 16 tabs open on my 6+. I don't consider 'reloading' a problem, though. The vast majority of the time, when I'm going to an already open tab, the first thing I would've done is reload the page anyway. For the other pages I wouldn't have reloaded, the extra second or two it takes to reload doesn't bother me. Will it be nice to have fewer pages reload if the next phone has 2GB of RAM? Sure. But the current behavior is hardly a problem.
I actually do think that 1GB or RAM will probably be okay for a lot of people, even 1-2 years from now. Not to say that Apple shouldn't up the RAM on the 6s, but that's not really what this thread is asking about.
Apple went with 64-bit way before it even started to come into play, let alone would really make much of a difference. They make incremental improvements to the CPU and GPU with practically every phone release. Yet they can't even bump up something that is even more basic like RAM that is really overdue.
Well OP, if you're on T-mobile here in the states, the choice is made for you. Get the iPhone 6 now and get a free upgrade to the 6S when it drops.
The problem is when the tab that refreshes is one with text entry (for a forum replay for example). If I jump to my email to copy and paste something, the rest of the post I was drafting might disappear.
The current behavior drives me nuts. It's constantly reloading and that burns up data and battery.
Or sometimes I preload a bunch of tabs to read when I'm not in cell service (I have to do this a ton at work), but then when I change tabs it tries to reload but cannot, so I can't read it.
Mind you, this is an iOS problem as much as a RAM problem, but the experience is pretty bad. Even my non-tech parents are noticing it since they have very spotty service at the cottage where reloads frequently fail or drain the battery and data.
