This is an easy way for Apple to push the upgrade path. I bought higher storage than I wanted with the iPad just for the RAM. I would do the same for the iPhone.
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iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Chip Said to Feature 6 GPU Cores, Support for 6GB RAM
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I'd rather have 8GB standard across all the Pro models but I wouldn't mind this if it was the only way to get 8GB. 6GB of RAM for the 15 Pro would be super stingy after 3+ years of having it (since the 12 Pro!).
I still would have preferred 8 GB of RAM. I means less time-wasting data swapping between RAM and local storage.
That is true. I I’ll say this. Anyone buying 1TB is a pro user. Same with Macs. Same with iPads.
Wow, I was pretty sure that the A17 was coming with 8GB of RAM. But in addition to that, the A17 seems like another overclocked A15… if that’s the case, I’m getting either an iPhone 14 or an SE 2022, and save a good money.
iOS doesn't allow for swapping. Plus, you need an M-series chip for that feature. You either have the memory or the app data gets dumped.
The other possibility is that there's an iPhone 15 "Ultra" with an A17X, but we've only heard the sketchiest rumors about such a thing, so it doesn't seem likely this year.
Galaxy S23 Ultra is in class of its own.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra uses a lot of RAM because of the inefficiencies of Android itself, particularly memory usage.
USB-C alone is worth the upgrade, period.
Or maybe because there is no true multi-tasking on one of the systems.
Looking forward to the keynote. All these rumors don’t bother me at this point. It’s only 5 weeks until the announcement.
If it doesn’t have 8 GB RAM, I’m skipping it. iPhone could certainly use the extra 2 GB RAM for app refresh purposes. USB-c is cool, but I would rank 2 GB RAM higher than gaining USB-c.
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End of this month before the official invites from Apple are sent out! Less than 3 weeks...
Good god. How do you reach that far for excuses without your arm detaching into orbit?
The Galaxy Note 2 (2012) had a 5.5” 720p screen, which was enormous and laughable at the time, and now Apple and other companies don’t even make a modern phone that small. The Note 2 (and smaller phones) supported split-screen.
Nobody is being forced to use it. If the text is too small, users can zoom or increase the size!
I don’t see why this is such a complicated issue and why people feel the need to fiercely justify the omission of a basic feature that every other phone has had for years.
If they fit, user will have a heater in the hand. Working for 15-30 mins until the charger is connected again. Iphone beats the best phones all the time. And who wants that android-crap anyway...
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Apple isn’t cheating out on ram in the name of higher profits. It’s a balancing act between energy use, heat, actual performance and UX. Adding more ram increases energy use, which then affects battery life and heat generated.
Have you ever worked on developing a product that people buy and use, because the idea that just because Apple is more profitable than other manufacturers is simply misguided. Profit isn’t even part of the mandate that engineers and designer have when working on a new product. That falls on the purchasing and sourcing teams to negotiate the best terms to hit the price point and margins needed.
Why sad? It’s not like the iPhone 14 Pro runs slow… 😂
Wasn‘t the point of the M series that it was optimized for Macs? It’s already kind of weird the iPads get it, the iPhones getting it sounds purely like branding... I’m sure it would be the binned versions anyways.
Yeah... I can't wait to finally be able to charge my phone. It'll be a real game changer.
Lol, who cares.