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iPhone 6 Plus Might Be Limited to 1 GB of RAM
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No version of iOS supports extending virtual memory to flash memory. If the OS runs out, it will kill apps instead.
Tim Cook: "This is the best iPhone we can make" (really, with 1GB RAM) 
He should say: "This is the most profitable iPhone we can make"
He should say: "This is the most profitable iPhone we can make"
the main reason I am going back to apple, my galaxy crashes all the time and reboots it self all the time, I will miss some things about android but I will much
you arent really thinking of the future when buying a 700-900 device are you?
remember when 512mb was enough on iOS? now it cant even run iOS7.
its just a principal that i wont buy a 800 device in 2014 when they could have easily added another GB for a few bucks to make it "future" proof just as i wouldnt have bought a rMBP if it had only 4GB of ram instead of 8
With most people on 2-year contracts, they'll upgrade their iPhones by the time iOS 10 or 11 rolls out anyway.
Are you saying you don't have any LowMemory logs in the list at:
Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage > Diagnostics & Usage Data
?
Why does this matter? Apple doesn't even advertise this spec for the phone. All it serves is spec junkies who like to smile at spec sheets regardless of real world benefit or performance. iOS on the latest model iPhone is as good as it gets on mobile for stability, fit, and finish. Don't need to be able to tell my friends my phone has 2GB of RAM.
Apple rarely competes on specs. They compete on design, polish, and "feel" for the user. It's the reason why no Android manufacturer can match the awe around iPhone launches. All they can do is pump out product after product throughout the year at times when Apple is quiet and hope something sticks. They have no true brand loyalty or brand presence. Bigger iPhone is the nail in the coffin for Android handset popularity. 1GB of RAM or not.
Apple rarely competes on specs. They compete on design, polish, and "feel" for the user. It's the reason why no Android manufacturer can match the awe around iPhone launches. All they can do is pump out product after product throughout the year at times when Apple is quiet and hope something sticks. They have no true brand loyalty or brand presence. Bigger iPhone is the nail in the coffin for Android handset popularity. 1GB of RAM or not.
I actually rarely do. In fact, I have more crash reports then low memory. Most of the crashes are 3rd party apps too. Rarely an stock app. Makes me wonder the apps crashing is due to bad programming by the developers.
Furthermore, I don't have this infamous safari tab reload on my iPad Mini, Original, with 512MB ram. Unless I'm viewing a webpage with a lot of content, it doesn't reload or need to.
Lol strokes 5S knowing i made the right decision not going for either the 6 or 6 Plus this year.
I feel come end of this week once benchmarks and reviews are out a few people that bought the 6 Plus thinking it was going to be better, are going to be really disappointed.
Looks like Apple saving all the goodies for the 6S and 6S plus, like open NFC and 2GB of ram & maybe a quad core A9.
I feel come end of this week once benchmarks and reviews are out a few people that bought the 6 Plus thinking it was going to be better, are going to be really disappointed.
Looks like Apple saving all the goodies for the 6S and 6S plus, like open NFC and 2GB of ram & maybe a quad core A9.
THIS!
RAM uses so little power compared to the display and the CPU/GPU that more RAM would not have any impact. Where RAM does have an impact is in stand-by time (everything else powers down, but the RAM continues to draw power). However, for a phone that needs to be charged every night, stand-by time is mostly irrelevant.
That being said, I personally don't have a huge problem with only 1 Gig of RAM on my 5S. The only time it really seems to impact me is in Safari where I *HATE* the fact that I usually can't have two tabs in memory at once.
Really Safari ... do you need 500mb per open tab? I wouldn't care about extra memory if Apple could at least keep a couple of Safari tabs in memory at once. Or maybe even figure a way to page the tabs to disk as needed. Or something!
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Phone Arena has been debunked. For more info see here.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1780197/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1780197/
Future proofing smart phones sounds funny.
That's what services like AT&T Next are for these days.
Lol strokes 5S knowing i made the right decision not going for either the 6 or 6 Plus this year.
I feel come end of this week once benchmarks and reviews are out a few people that bought the 6 Plus thinking it was going to be better, are going to be really disappointed.
Looks like Apple saving all the goodies for the 6S and 6S plus, like open NFC and 2GB of ram & maybe a quad core A9.
The benchmarks won't show anything wrong because of the RAM. It is the real world usage that will show problems (especially Safari and its bloody reloading tabs).