I think what he meant is this, AFAIK only 300 MB is available to the user, the rest is used by Apple's iOS.
If this is the case he is right.
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iPhone 6 Plus Might Be Limited to 1 GB of RAM
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I think what he meant is this, AFAIK only 300 MB is available to the user, the rest is used by Apple's iOS.
If this is the case he is right.
1) Updated on what? It says the same thing as when I quoted the link. The screen shot is from the 5s like I thought. NOT the 6 Plus.
--> See the replies, not the OP.
2) I wrote the one where he was invited to prove a point, that just because you know this person and say one thing, its still the internet and the whole conversation with this "friend" could be made up for a couple views.
--> I didn't make up anything. Once again, "I ate Kimchi near the apple tree in Sidney."
So when's this happen? when you have more than 2 tabs open?
Never has happened to me..so Im asking
i think you don't get my point.
it is not that i DON'T like opening more tabs or APPs.
but just adding more RAM is not the way i like it and i do think apple should not do it because it is pretty lame approach to a real customer concern.
for an example, apple just included NFC in their devices. NFC has been around for long and i do NOT think apple is not savvy enough to include it into their devices. if they just have NFC for NFC's sake, i would be very disappointed as apple will be no different from other companies.
going back to safari tab issue. my question is whether adding more memory will solve the issue, or, even alleviate the issue at all. it could be the issue not related to memory size 100% and they have not yet figured it out an elegant solution. so why can't we wait?
it is not that i DON'T like opening more tabs or APPs.
but just adding more RAM is not the way i like it and i do think apple should not do it because it is pretty lame approach to a real customer concern.
for an example, apple just included NFC in their devices. NFC has been around for long and i do NOT think apple is not savvy enough to include it into their devices. if they just have NFC for NFC's sake, i would be very disappointed as apple will be no different from other companies.
going back to safari tab issue. my question is whether adding more memory will solve the issue, or, even alleviate the issue at all. it could be the issue not related to memory size 100% and they have not yet figured it out an elegant solution. so why can't we wait?
It's been my knowledge that Android phone require 2GB of RAM standard due to the overhead of Android.
And let's face it, during my time with an S4 for about 6 months, Android needs all the RAM it can get. It's still not a buttery smooth experience like iOS with half the spec. Android is still clunky even with double the RAM of an iPhone.
These are facts.
And let's face it, during my time with an S4 for about 6 months, Android needs all the RAM it can get. It's still not a buttery smooth experience like iOS with half the spec. Android is still clunky even with double the RAM of an iPhone.
These are facts.
i'll be waiting for the 6S Plus because of my contract anyway haha!
But truthfully, besides the Safari reloading, i've never really thought, "my phone needs more RAM right about now." The OS does a great job of handling the memory needs of the everything i do on my phone, which at the moment is far less than normal.
Yes, the next iPad would need a bit more RAM, i agree. i'm still using my iPad 2, and only recently began to complain about it haha.
But truthfully, besides the Safari reloading, i've never really thought, "my phone needs more RAM right about now." The OS does a great job of handling the memory needs of the everything i do on my phone, which at the moment is far less than normal.
Yes, the next iPad would need a bit more RAM, i agree. i'm still using my iPad 2, and only recently began to complain about it haha.
Exactly, we've got an OS with a larger base RAM requirement (compared to iOS5 which was the first 1GB device) and considerably larger graphics RAM requirements, both fighting over the same slice of RAM, it was only a matter of time before it started becoming scarce.
Scroll down to what? I can show you the entire log. It's in alphabetical order, there is no LowMemory log. Just because you have one does NOT mean everyone has one. In fact, I just checked my iPad Mini, there is no low memory either and it only has 512MB ram.
Look at all that expertise you bring to the conversation.
I really don't understand where you people come from.
There are people that know.
There are people that don't know.
And then there are forums, where lots of people like to pretend like they know.
Look, Apple was never bottle necked with their cpus. They've always had the best performance cpu. Then they introduced 64 bit. Why? Gimmick maybe?
As an Android and iOS developer these are my thoughts as well as Android seems to be a RAM hog. That being said, I am little surprised with the 1GB and more could be useful.
According to truth and fact, noone actually has one in their possession yet, so this speculation, FUD and pointless fuss is precisely that.
Guess how many days to go until you know for yourselves? Go on... guess...
Just another reason for MR to create another pointless, unsubstantiated "news" story.
In the words of Larry David - "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car" ... IF, IF, IF...
And so the inane cycle of FUD continues.
Guess how many days to go until you know for yourselves? Go on... guess...
Just another reason for MR to create another pointless, unsubstantiated "news" story.
In the words of Larry David - "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car" ... IF, IF, IF...
And so the inane cycle of FUD continues.
Great post.
You are right about the memory architecture and the fact that iPhone 6+ is going to use more memory than iPhone 6. Is using less memory than an iPad though.
I don't expect any lags with 6+, but I do expect iPhone 6 to be faster if they keep the same RAM and GPU on both phones.
iPad 1 was terrible because of 256MB of RAM, and that's one of the reasons why it didn't make to the iOS 6 compatibility list.
iPhone 4 and iPad 3 had performance issues due to the GPU, not RAM. iPad 3 has 1GB and iPhone 4 has the same amount of RAM as 4S.
Total system memory, does not equal available application memory. The OS uses up a chunk of that 1GB of RAM itself too
.But I am really not that bothered by this. iOS is good at memory management, and many of those running OS processes act as shortcuts for 3rd party developers, meaning they don't have to have vast quantities of code loaded into memory in order to talk to sensors, produce sound, or create animation.
Clearly more memory would be good, however I have yet to run into vast application crashes, or re-springs due to low memory (and yes I check my application error logs
)Thank God I signed up to the Next and jump plans, as this phone is going to need replacing next year.
No band 12 LTE for Tmobile and now just a measly 1GB of ram. Short of forcing you to upgrade every year, there is no reason apple would be so shortsighted and not include 2gbs of ram, which would have cost them a few dollars extra.
Before anyone whines about the efficiency of IOS, IOS = Android, they are both UNIX systems. This flawed rationale was the same deal with limiting everyone’s screen size because SJ thought 3.5 inch was good enough.
Apple has had a few lucky streaks over the last 10 years (only) but this Microsoft “yeah whatever" strategy is doomed to fail in the long run, versus companies who listen to the market and their customers.
Ironically, listening to the gripes of customers is precisely why apple did so well with the iPhone in the first place. That is, in comparison to the competition at the time, who did what they thought was right (i.e. profitable).
No band 12 LTE for Tmobile and now just a measly 1GB of ram. Short of forcing you to upgrade every year, there is no reason apple would be so shortsighted and not include 2gbs of ram, which would have cost them a few dollars extra.
Before anyone whines about the efficiency of IOS, IOS = Android, they are both UNIX systems. This flawed rationale was the same deal with limiting everyone’s screen size because SJ thought 3.5 inch was good enough.
Apple has had a few lucky streaks over the last 10 years (only) but this Microsoft “yeah whatever" strategy is doomed to fail in the long run, versus companies who listen to the market and their customers.
Ironically, listening to the gripes of customers is precisely why apple did so well with the iPhone in the first place. That is, in comparison to the competition at the time, who did what they thought was right (i.e. profitable).
You can have more resent apps open at the same time, so they don't reload just because you had to check something on a webpage.
It allows safari to keeps more tabs open, so only a few users are affected by it, not almost everyone.
Better more impressive games.
It allows two big apps open at the same time when split screen comes.
It allows apple to stop wasting CPU on compressing RAM and jumping through hoops to compensate for the tight resources.
So it bothers you that some folks prefer a particular brand and spend their hard earned money how they please? Grow up.
Yeah, more memory was one of the "must haves" for me to upgrade from my old iPhone. See you in a year!
Ok, so it could still be a 5c, 5s, 6, or 6+. We won't know for certain until Friday what the specs are.
What? That still doesn't make any sense.
What a freaking joke apple, 1GB of Ram really? On a 64 bit SoC? Ridiculous. Havent they learned anything about the ipad air ram issues? Apple know they can get away with this cause iphone users are not too tech savy.
Apple actually explained why and it has been discussed here to death. It had little or nothing to do with marketing and a lot to do with efficient on-the-fly decryption for touch-id data. There are instructions available to 64-bit ARM that don't exist for 32-bit processors.
You will of course continue to believe whatever you like
Truth be damned.