Seeing how bad Android phones make the iPhone look when it comes to battery life, I think you're making way to big of a deal when it comes to the power use of extra RAM. Clearly its very very minimal.
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Seeing how bad Android phones make the iPhone look when it comes to battery life, I think you're making way to big of a deal when it comes to the power use of extra RAM. Clearly its very very minimal.
You are completely ignoring the fact that the iPhone is generally a lot thinner/smaller than most Android phones and simply doesn't have a big battery. In fact, the iPhone 5S has nearly HALF the battery that the Galaxy S5 does because it is much smaller. You may not care about how huge a phone is, but a lot of others would scream bloody murder if Apple made the device any thicker. It's a matter of taste. I don't think you fully appreciate how much battery drain applications wired in RAM use. It's the same exact reason that Microsoft spent SO much time and energy making Windows 8 more RAM efficient than Windows 7 was, because they knew that less memory usage = less battery usage in mobile devices.
Again, this notion of yours that more RAM is always better is just completely wrong. Android phone makers add in completely unnecessary amounts of RAM for pure marketing reasons. It's the same reason that the Samsung Galaxy has a QUAD CORE processor. It sounds so nice to the uninformed, but the truth is that the overwhelming majority of applications are single-threaded and will never make use of all 4 cores.
In fact, the iPhone 5S utterly decimates the Galaxy S5 when it comes to single core performance, which is what ACTUALLY matters because the overwhelming majority of apps can only use a single core. So if you've ever wondered why Apple has stuck with a dual-core setup with the A7, this is why. Because Apple is working for actual real-world performance, not nice quaint marketing gimmicks.
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I know the phones are bigger. I brought it up because you're blowing the power use out of proportion. Everyone knows why the iPhone is dual core. No ones arguing you with that.
But for my final point, no one would scream because of a thicker iPhone. I know many and have heard many others say the iPhone 5/5s is too thin.
OP sounds like another guy on a Honda 2015 Fit forum, that did not like the new Fit, bought instead a Ford Fiesta, than comes back to the Fit forum to rant how good his Fiesta is over the Fit, and also stated he liked the Fit forum better over the fiesta forum. Go figure. 
Really? I think something closer to the thickness of the 4/4S is the sweet spot. I use my phones without a case and the 4S was great in the hand.
Granted I do not own either a 4/4s/5/5s, but I have held them and yea, I want thinner. For that very reason I will not even touch any cases unless they magically protects the phone without adding any weight / thickness, and even then I doubt I'll use a case.
Battery power is only relevant if I bring my phone with me.
It's like you insist on being wrong on every point lol. A lot of people wouldn't buy the iPhone if it werent so thin. So Apple has to find ways to deal with that. And not adding unnecessary amounts of RAM is one way to cut power usage.
Apple main selling point isnt killer features on a yearly basis, its the experience. The Apple Experience. That is something that no android device can match and the reason many people always come back to ios, what happens when you need a repair? Take it to the LG genius bar? Apps crashing on android and bad port overs are so common that i left that experience after leaving ios for a year. In the end its just a cell phone, much bigger things in life to worry about rather than the latest and greatest device..till the next device comes out and here we go again. 
Apple main selling point isnt killer features on a yearly basis, its the experience. The Apple Experience. That is something that no android device can match and the reason many people always come back to ios, what happens when you need a repair? Take it to the LG genius bar? Apps crashing on android and bad port overs are so common that i left that experience after leaving ios for a year. In the end its just a cell phone, much bigger things in life to worry about rather than the latest and greatest device..till the next device comes out and here we go again.
Have to agree. I don't know why people get so worked up over phones and their specs! I've just changed from an iphone 5 to a galaxy s5 as I fancied a change from being on iOS for the past 4 years. There are pros and cons of both OS and I'm not saying I'll never come back to apple but I'm just a bit bored with it at the moment. If it turns out I made a big mistake going to android no biggie, I won't lose sleep nor will my life fall apart, I'll either change my phone or wait until the contract is up.
People should just buy what suits their needs and everyone's needs are different!
Yay, another thread where someone leaves iOS because they don't like a phone which won't even be introduced for another couple of months
That said, goodbye from the iOS community.
This except replace couple of months with weeks
Apple main selling point isnt killer features on a yearly basis, its the experience. The Apple Experience. That is something that no android device can match and the reason many people always come back to ios, what happens when you need a repair? Take it to the LG genius bar? Apps crashing on android and bad port overs are so common that i left that experience after leaving ios for a year. In the end its just a cell phone, much bigger things in life to worry about rather than the latest and greatest device..till the next device comes out and here we go again.
Same with me. I left Apple and got a Moto X. Phone itself is flawless and apps didn't crash that mach but it wsan't an iPhone. I can definitely see why people like it and props to them, it's a personal choice. As for me, iOS is what's best for me.