iPhone 17 Base Model Likely to Stick With 8GB RAM

[svish]

8GB should be enough for Apple Intelligence features for the immediate future. However the base models might lose access to new features quicker than the Pro models later down the road.

 

[darngooddesign]

Classic Apple, they only stuck 8GB in because it NEEDED it for AI and look how that turned out.

How it turned out is the phones now have 8GB. The reason is irrelevant, are you unhappy that Apple gave it 8GB?

Otherwise it'd still have 6GB, and don't you dare tell me the mythical iOS only needs a little RAM, it's horrendous.

So what. The phones have 8GB now.

 

[darngooddesign]

Basically everyone I know, techie or not, is no longer enchanted by Apple, and has either moved to Android or simply sticks to whatever iPhone they have for ecosystem convenience reasons (myself included with my XR) - there’s basically no reason to buy a new one unless yours breaks down.

Upgrading every year is for chumps; however, upgrading after a couple of years is rewarding. We went from an XR -> 15Pro and XR -> 16Plus and both upgrade benefits have been really noticeable and enjoyable.

 

[mblm85]

Apple are tighter than a camel's backside in a sandstorm.

 

[daabido]

They’re Smartphones… neither Tim Cook nor anyone else can make them do much more than they already do. What do you want, for it to transform into a flying car?

Yes. Then maybe they could recoup some of those billions burned on trying to make their own car.

 

[Reason077]

Otherwise it'd still have 6GB, and don't you dare tell me the mythical iOS only needs a little RAM, it's horrendous.

The OS doesn’t need much RAM. It’s apps, the grafted-on Ai code, and the bloated, buggy web sites that you view in Safari that are using up all the RAM.

 

[Reason077]

maybe they could recoup some of those billions burned on trying to make their own car.

That what they’re doing with CarPlay Ultra!

 

[springsup]

Typically Apple penny-pinching.

Terrible value for money. These are just e-waste.

 

[frownface]

RAM is not what makes the iPhone expensive.

At Apple's scale and purchasing power, the difference in cost between 8GB and 12GB RAM is almost measured in pennies. At most, it's a very small, single-figure number of dollars.

and yet it's those same pennies saved that means people who bought 15's last year are hardware gated out of the new apple intelligence features.

same pennies saved where once newer features in future years that require 10 or 12gb of ram mean these phones aren't able to do.

 

[dampfnudel]

Tim just continues to find a way to shortchange people who buy the base model. Android base models had 120Hz for a while now as well as 12GB+ of RAM. I guess we’re getting enhanced AI with the Pro models thanks to the extra RAM.

 

[darngooddesign]

The internet: Apple sucks because they dont give the base phones more RAM

*Apple gives the base phones more RAM*

Also the Internet: Apple sucks because they gave the base iPhones more RAM.

 

[User 6502]

I remember when memory was measured in M, and before that K.
I always have to read these articles carefully and say yep, that really says G.
(and don’t make fun of your elders 🤭)

If it were up to Apple we’d still be measuring memory in K…

 

[darngooddesign]

If it were up to Apple we’d still be measuring memory in K…

Surely you realize that phrasing it as 8,388,608k is just silly.

 

[turbineseaplane]

If this happens, it would be just straight ripping people off basically.

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

Thank you for your data point. There's more than a billion other ones from active and repeat Apple customers to consider.

I’d be glad to add another data point that validates what @Donkey Man said. There’s two out of you billion, and likely two that influence others’ tech purchases. I’m sure we can find plenty more of you want to play number games.

@chat - tap in and help this apple-style hasbra understand that literally no one, not even people who work in tech, care about any of this stuff these days.