iPhone 6s to only have 1GB of RAM?!!!
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Four oF NINE
macrumors 68000
You're right, I just checked a thread I started, no apparent mechanism for that.. oh well, thanks for trying lol
Sorry to burst your anti-Apple sentiment, but Apple usually uses quality components. It's cheap (cost-wise) products like Google Nexus tablet that had issues with SSD slowing down to a crawl. If you look at SSD used for Macs they are top notch components with much higher bandwidth compared to competition.
maxsix
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It's all a matter of how the phone is used.
Apples highest priority is two pronged. First is to grab the most profit per unit off the highest volume sales. It's this influence that'll keep a measly 1GB on board. Plus as this thread reveals, there's still plenty of Apple worshippers to tell anyone who'll listen that Apples always right.
Next is bragging rights so they can quote big numbers and each event.
If 2GB was included on one or both S models Apple would be announcing it from the roof tops. They never pass an opportunity to tell the world how wonderful they are.
adamhenry
macrumors 68000
Don't worry, if the s models come with 2GB they will find another reason to lay on the floor while kicking their feet and holding their breath.
Lol..and "extending out their credit cards"
Dwalls90
macrumors 603
Actually you're wrong. My best friend is a release manager for iOS at Apple and was allowed to take his 6S outside of Apple as of the keynote wrapping up, so this could be legitimate, but I doubt this is a screenshot from one of those people.
TheMacApple
macrumors regular
So, ask him aboit the ram, tell him you'll rat him out to his lady if he don't snitch
lagwagon
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The keynote wasn't a month ago when I made the comment. So no, I'm not wrong.
HEK
macrumors 68040
You got that right. I can see it now, 2GB ram confirmed and we go right into, should have happened sooner, it's about time, yadda yadda yadda ....... It wrong kind of ram, not the newest. Give it a rest already!
The RAMtagonists on here are right, no one should buy a 1GB phone, it's a disgrace, sin against technology. All 70+ million of us worldwide are living in a delusional world, thinking our iPhones are running well. Shame on us for not embracing the Scientology of Macrumors, the gospel of RAM.......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjoMQJf5vKI
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You are talking nonsense and embarrassing yourself. Apple does not communicate the RAM specs of their iPhones, neither in "unflattering" years (when the RAM stays the same) nor in the years when they double it. But you'll get this soon enough when the iFix teardown confirms the 2GB.
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super chimp
macrumors 65816
I really don't understand why they don't just put it in the tech specs on their website. Do they think Apple purchasers are too daft to understand it.
Ludatyk
macrumors 604
I think they feel is irrelevant to the consumer. Although to people here at MacRumors or people that follow specs.. It is. But iOS is incredible optimized for iPhones, that's why they do so well in benchmark test.
I understand to the degree that you really can't compare it 1:1 to an Android device and that an iPhone with its optimized iOS can indeed run smoother than an Android with twice the RAM. People would simply compare the amount of RAM and draw too simple conclusions.
That said, we've now reached a point of app/OS evolution where Apples optimizations can only improve the performance so far and many will indeed be able to see a real life difference between iOS devices with 1GB and 2GB.
vanzantapple
macrumors 6502
That is fuzzy math at best. Your link leads to a blog(BGR) that stats that another website Mobliesyrup(IIRC) was told by an Apple employee that the iP6S has 2G of RAM. So I go to that link and nothing on that page mentions "RAM" or "2G". So I watch the video(skimmed through it but didn't watch it fully) nothing was mentioned and the person on camera didn't talk to anyone else on camera. Unless I missed it in the video, which is possible, there is no there there. Nothing. If I am wrong, show me where it's at. Thanks.
wchigo
macrumors 6502
It was mentioned in the MobileSyrup link, but it doesn't say anything about it being confirmed by Apple employees when asked, so it seems that BGR simply assumed that...? From the link...
vanzantapple
macrumors 6502
I see my problem now. I did a page search several times(RAM and 2G) and it would go straight to the comments at the bottom of the page and skip the article.
Thanks for answering my post.
lsutigerfan1976
macrumors 68030
Is this really that big of a deal? Maybe cause I have a new iPad for my apps and games. So I use the iPhone strictly as a phone and simple apps. It makes no difference to me how much ram it has.
The 6 is decent with 1gb of RAM but the Plus desperately needed more. Try having two or three apps open and switch between them to see all the annoying refreshes. That's not even counting the web page reloading in Safari.
Cryates
macrumors 68040
The Plus needs more than 1GB RAM, for sure. At first I was able to look past the occasional crash/reload, but over time it gets more and more annoying. I think 2GB would be plenty sufficient, given the optimization of the software, but it desperately needs the bump. Most with a 6 Plus are likely what we would classify as power users, who would utilize the extra RAM.
What are you talking about? The amount of RAM is a legitimate concern. The iPad Air 2 is practically perfect because of the RAM.
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