Yes, so many people claim the iPhone cannot multitask and don't know what they are talking about, they mean multi-windowing.
That's cute but you still can't download Netflix shows for offline watching if its out of focus. Same goes for Spotify and pretty much any other non Apple app that provides offline content.
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iOS has conditioned you to adapt. Some people want to download / sync media while that app is not in focus. If its a large file or if you're on a slow connection you pretty much can't use your phone until its done.
Its like when auto makers entertained subscription based features like heated seats. The hardware is fully capable but Apple shakes you down for more money to achieve this with iPadOS lol
That is this point I'm always trying to drive with fanboys. Just because you don't see the value in a feature doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I'm not talking about multi-windowing (which is great) I'm talking about true background tasks like syncing and downloading without the app being in focus.
I don't seem to have an issue with that myself, I don't use Spotify but others I do have worked fine.
See above, OS supports this just fine. App developers might not write their apps properly to support it though but cannot blame the OS or Apple for that.
Understood. So, they must've been talking about only running the calculator app and that is it then. Because if they were running the calculator app and another app at the same time on the same screen, at least two processes are running in the background for those apps, which would mean they were multitasking.
Since Apple no longer supports discrete GPUs in any capacity, considerable improvements to its GPU architecture are indeed a promising development.
Its not even a RAM issue, this has been an issue on every iPhone I've had even back when we only had 2GB to work with. I'd love to know the technical reason behind it, I couldn't even get an answer within when I worked at Apple for 7 years. Use the phone storage as swap memory so apps can resume from their last state vs reload. They just want to enforce maximum power savings.
I have apps on my phone that download content and sync while I'm not using the app. Perhaps its an App problem you are seeing and not an iOS problem?
Did you even read what you linked? Even with the API its limited and not going to work for playlist/album downloads.
Hey now complaining and criticisms has gotten us far lol. If it wasn't for us loud mouths many of you wouldn't have the advances we have today.
If these benchmarks are accurate, it matches an M2 in multicore and in line with the M4 for single core. So these are some pretty beefy chips!
This. And stronger chips facilitate smoother operation across the board. Computer operation is not just about what works, it is also about how well it works in all kinds of tiny regards.
We will agree to disagree.
I'm aware of how it works, the rate limiter is to stop excessive abuse as it mentions. There's no issues downloading a season of a TV Show which might be 10 or even 20 odd episodes in my experience. A music album hence should be no different really.
It is the phone to buy for some people.
You forgot the /s tag.
Yes exactly this, Apple targets the mainstream and where it's a power user kind of feature, do it in a smart and intelligent way. I love the way they've implemented a lot of things over the years. Is it all perfect? Of course not but when they add something they are always thinking about the power usage, the privacy and so on it feels. I like that and many others do which is why we buy them.
I just bought my first Mac since 2009, an M4 Max Studio, in April... Seeing the gains Apple has with the GPU here has me thinking about giving it to my partner when the M5 Max comes out and upgrading... My only real complaint about the Studio is missing my 3080 Ti's performance. Seems like the M5 Max will close that gap a good bit more. I better start saving my pennies now...
