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iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro is not a beast without 6GB of ram!

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tps3443

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So I own a iPad Pro 11” 1TB with 6gb of ram. Hard to believe the iPhone 11 Pro has these specs with a cpu not far behind.

Anyone going to use they’re iPhone for some serious editing work? It surely seems more than capable!

I ordered the iPhone 11 Pro Max midnight green. So I’m curious to compare these devices in editing video.
 
1050792 said:
I sure hope it has 6GB to prevent app reloads.
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We just got 4 GB on the iPhone Xs (Max). xD

4 GB is actually plenty enough, believe it or not. If apps do reload more often then you think they should, it's probably either bad optimization in iOS and/or badly developed third-party app(s).

Obviously, more RAM is always welcome. I'd be a fool if I would deny that. :p But it's not like a total disaster if it is still at 4 GB.
 
iTom17 said:
We just got 4 GB on the iPhone Xs (Max). xD

4 GB is actually plenty enough, believe it or not. If apps do reload more often then you think they should, it's probably either bad optimization in iOS and/or badly developed third-party app(s).

Obviously, more RAM is always welcome. I'd be a fool if I would deny that. :p But it's not like a total disaster if it is still at 4 GB.
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For a phone called Pro it should have 6GB, future proofing is always a good thing. Don't forget what happened with the iPhone 6.
 
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I have 32GB RAM on my desktop PC along with a 4GB GDDR5 video card inside the case, 2TB Samsung Pro SSD too.
 
HarryWild said:
I have 32GB RAM on my desktop PC along with a 4GB GDDR5 video card inside the case, 2TB Samsung Pro SSD too.
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Everything is sufficient accept for the gpu. I do a lot of 4K gaming and even Battlefield 1 from 2016 is using over 8GB of VRAM without AA on in levels with fog.
[doublepost=1568416377][/doublepost]I bought the iPhone Pro expecting 6GB of ram, i will be kinda disappointed if it only has 4GB. I’m confident 6GB will be onboard though.
 
I’ll be surprised if it actually has 6 GB but maybe then we’ll finally see a use case pop up other than rendering video edits faster as it is on the iPads so far. Ok, the occasional app might go a bit further with more ram here too.

On the other hand, I wouldn’t want to edit anything colour critical on an OLED screen- blacks are usually pretty enhanced on these. But then I’d probably never do much critical work on any device with that small a screen myself.
 
1050792 said:
For a phone called Pro it should have 6GB, future proofing is always a good thing. Don't forget what happened with the iPhone 6.
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Yea, that’s what I said in another thread and fanboys tried to crucify me for it, don’t care, it will or I won’t buy till it does
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It would be great if they have 6, but I am skeptical. We should know soon enough.
 
Pro in Apple land has always meant “a bit more powerful than the rest of our stuff”. If at all. It’s really just marketing.
 
I mean how can they release a Pro version iPhone, and it has absolutely no performance advantage over the standard iPhone 11 whatsoever but yet it cost $300 bucks more for just the base Pro model.

We have a Pro camera phone????

I would’ve just bought a basic iPhone 11 if I knew all of this.

I’ve already pre-ordered a 11 Pro Max green 256gb early this morning right when the timer ran out lol.

I’m excited either way, just a lot less now..6GB is really nice in Adobe Rush with 4K editing on my 1TB iPad Pro.

Damnit Apple give us a real Pro device.

Heres a few tips.

Better camera ok, more memory ok, faster and larger nand storage, higher clocked CPU frequency maybe 150mhz extra.
 
tps3443 said:
I mean how can they release a Pro version iPhone, and it has absolutely no performance advantage over the standard iPhone 11 whatsoever but yet it cost $300 bucks more for just the base Pro model.

We have a Pro camera phone????

I would’ve just bought a basic iPhone 11 if I knew all of this.

I’ve already pre-ordered a 11 Pro Max green 256gb early this morning right when the timer ran out lol.

I’m excited either way, just a lot less now..6GB is really nice in Adobe Rush with 4K editing on my 1TB iPad Pro.

Damnit Apple give us a real Pro device.

Heres a few tips.

Better camera ok, more memory ok, faster and larger nand storage, higher clocked CPU frequency maybe 150mhz extra.
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You are right...bang for buck...11 is way better phone, and you keep $600 dollars in YOUR account!

I stopped about an hour before preorder when I saw websites changing their numbers to 4gb instead of the 6gb wishes
 
jsmith1 said:
Yea, that’s what I said in another thread and fanboys tried to crucify me for it, don’t care, it will or I won’t buy till it does
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So you can tell the difference between 4gb and 6gb? Wanna bet?
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jsmith1 said:
You are right...bang for buck...11 is way better phone, and you keep $600 dollars in YOUR account!

I stopped about an hour before preorder when I saw websites changing their numbers to 4gb instead of the 6gb wishes
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So you can tell the difference in performance between 4gb and 6gb?
 
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iTom17 said:
Well, you make a good point there, didn't think of that. They've made a bad choice by sticking with 1 GB RAM in the iPhone 6, that's for sure.
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Probably some battery life vs memory trade off. But really, why stop at 6gb. Why not 8GB of ram in our iPhone pros?
 
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