iPhone 6 Plus Might Be Limited to 1 GB of RAM

[AppleScruff1]

LOL @ the overreactions to this revelation.

I'm pretty sure that this phone will have more RAM than the Tricorder on Star Trek.

Its OK ppl. Pretty sure that you will be able to take calls.

Who uses a phone to make calls?

 

[blackcrayon]

It does have some short comings but that one handed mode is a complete gimmick and not needed at all.

I hear the one handed mode is needed to easily use the phone with one hand... How could that not be useful? "Needed" is up to the person I would think.

 

[doomfront]

I don't see the big deal...I've never had a problem with the amount of RAM on my iPhone 5 and I multitask.

Sure, Apple could of ponied up and increased the RAM to 1gb and the minimum memory to 32gb, it's not that big of a deal.

Just strange paying so much for something that has mid tier specs

 

[SMIDG3T]

Totally. It's always better to have a smaller battery, a 326 ppi vs 400+, and no optical image stabilization. Right?

Battery life will be a tad better as the 6 Plus will have to work harder.

326 ppi vs. 400 ppi+ will not be notable at normal viewing distance.

OIS? Huh. OK. One feature.

 

[irnchriz]

iOS is silky smooth on 1GB imagine what they could do with more..

 

[Enabledobject]

Great, thanks a lot Apple. Now I can't have 40 tabs open at the same time. Apple is doomed

 

[iBaloney]

who gives a **** if the 6 has 1GB? iPhones still outperform other phones with "higher" specs.

 

[mike...]

There's nothing in that image that proves it came from an iPhone 6+ or even an iPhone 6. There's no model identifier, and it isn't 1080p which I'd expect for a 6+ screenshot.

 

[doomfront]

I hear the one handed mode is needed to easily use the phone with one hand... How could that not be useful? "Needed" is up to the person I would think.

You're right, depends on the person I guess. I have the Note 2 and haven't used the one hand mode since I had the phone.

 

[sk1wbw]

So it seems like the only app that uses RAM is Safari, based on the comments that I've made on other threads. True?

 

[Brian Y]

lol cue thousands of internet phone engineers explaining why the iPhone NEEDS 2GB of RAM.

 

[magbarn]

Perhaps, perhaps not in the iPhone 6. There are certainly more open (as in the design is open) examples where RAM definitely has an effect on power consumption. If you've ever burned your hand on the RAM on a video card... (extreme example, but just to illustrate).

Huge difference in power consumption between GDDR5 (which was designed mostly for all out performance) vs DDR3L (which was designed for least power consumption) It's like trying to put in a Pentium 4 in an iPad like device 15 years ago.

 

[larrylaffer]

The way they're marketing the two devices, I would be surprised if the Plus has more RAM than the regular one. They're not >implying any kind of higher performance in the keynote, or on the website.

So why bother adding to your BOM cost?

 

[irnchriz]

Just strange paying so much for something that has mid tier specs

I ask the same question of anyone buying anything running android. Nice shiny powerful hardware running the windows vista of mobile OS.

 

[camnchar]

Well if Apple put in more RAM, we'd have to deal with yet another Samsung commercial: "We innovated extra RAM first, Apple! Way to copy us!"

Thank god we only have 1 gb.

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

iPhone 6 Plus might be limited to 1Gb of ram.
I'm going to pretend not seeing this and keep my hopes alive till I see some concrete evidence.

At least Apple is keen on selling the 6S and 6S Plus with 2Gb ram!
How cool is that?!

 

[slicecom]

If you have a problem with the iPhone 6 only having 1 GB of RAM, just buy two iPhones. Now you have 2 GBs of RAM. Problem solved.

Buy one phone and a stick of RAM.

 

[CJM]

I get annoyed when my phone has to reload Spotify if I dare open another app other than Mail or a single page in Safari. So yeah, I do find this hamstringing of pocket computer capability to be incredibly annoying and I won't be buying the phone.

Having to reload Spotify means that I have to take my eyes off the road when I'm driving or waste precious time before I set off.

 

[kemal]

So Safari won't crash in iOS 8? Or it will just crash 25% faster.

 

[jlake02]

6 > 6 Plus.

Simple as that!

For boys, yes. For men, no.


On topic, 1GB will be disappointing but not surprising.

 

[doomfront]

I ask the same question of anyone buying anything running android. Nice shiny powerful hardware running the windows vista of mobile OS.

meh. Android is a great OS, especially with the last 2 big upgrades. Only reason why I'm thinking about switching is just to try something different and Windows mobile doesn't interest me

 

[neuropsychguy]

The more I sit on this the more I'm leaning towards not getting it. Specs are kinda disappointing in a techie's mind

"Techies" lean towards Android if the cores/RAM/storage/PPI are important to their self-identity or if they want something they can tinker with.

 

[roasted]

Whatever. It still outperforms competition products. That's really all that matters in the end.

Sorry, but I LOL'd.

"Whatever. It's still better than name-any-competitor-here. I don't care."

 

[baryon]

Disappointing news for those who are disappointed by this!

 

[bushido]

I ask the same question of anyone buying anything running android. Nice shiny powerful hardware running the windows vista of mobile OS.

hey i dont even like android that much but Cyanogenmod has turned my Nexus as a secondary device at least into a Windows 7 of mobile OS