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iPhone XS and XS Max Have 4GB of RAM, XR Has 3GB; XS Max and XR Have Larger 3,174 and 2,942 mAH Batteries

fumi2014 said:
I think that 30w USB-C Lightning charger will be pretty much an essential purchase if you plan on buying the Max. That's probably Apple's thinking too. An extra £84 on your bill.
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Charging is likely limited to 18W max like last year’s X, and that peak rate isn’t even used for much of the charge cycle.

Apple’s 12W charger for $19 will give you similar overall charging times, but if you live on your phone USB-C can come in handy for fast 0-50% charging. The USB-C—>Lightning cable is $19 and you don’t have to buy Apple’s charger; there are other, less expensive options
 
cmaier said:
Why? For what purpose? It's a dumb comparison because what matters is battery life given your desired workload. Nobody should give two ***** about the mAh. That's just a means to an end, and one of many variables. Dropping to 7nm for the SoC saves a ton of power, for example. Would you rather have 2x the capacity battery but consume it twice as fast? You are asking the wrong question by focussing on one spec for one piece of the overall solution.
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Yes, I am sniffing at it. It's stupid, it's an edge case, it's of little use to anyone, and it's hardly worth compromising the device for everyone else so that you can brag about a stupid capability nobody will ever use. The space that the card slot takes up is space that can't be used for other things. It's another source for liquid entry. It's creates all sorts of complications. If you want to use a card, use the lightning adapter, and don't saddle the rest of us with the burdens imposed by your useless demands.
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Well, for the purpose of driven determination to provide battery life. I understand it's Apple's choice to feel good enough about battery usage improvements by using more efficient components but it would be nice to stop flip flopping back and forth every other generation. 6 to 6S was a reduction, the 7 was an improvement beyond the 6's capacity and of course they claimed how great the battery was going to be so I don't understand where you can make the argument that it has no purpose to have a bigger capacity if the ability is there to make use of it which directly benefited the consumer
 
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zetti said:
I legit probably am in the minority but every time I see a review of XS or XS Max, it just reaffirms my choice to get the XR later this year. Again, minority here.
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I don’t think you’re in the minority at all, the XR will be the best seller by far if the three models. Mostly due to price, it’s also bigger than the more expensive XS. Nice color options don’t hurt either.
 
michial said:
Coming from an 8 Plus I’ll take a minor battery hit but I’d rather have the size of the Xs. The plus isn’t too big for me as I’ve used them since the 6 Plus but I really like the fact the screen is almost the same on the Xs but the phone is smaller and lighter. I rarely if ever used landscape so don’t care about losing that. Was a big Pokémon Go player and that ate my battery, but I hardly play so I don’t need the biggest battery or screen anymore. The Xs is a sweet spot.
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Had the 6 plus since launch and upgraded to the X last November.

Trust me you won’t be disappointed.

The size is perfect. Loved the plus, but the MAX trying to go edge to edge with one hand isn’t possible.
 
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Princejb134 said:
your telling me
all i do is text, listen to music, browse safari, read books, and play simple games like solitaire, yet im hyped up to have the 4gb ram lol
idk why though i guess specs just look sexy to me
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Lol, I actually do less on my smartphone than what you listed. The only thing I find sexy are physically fit women , even if they are petite .
 
zetti said:
I legit probably am in the minority but every time I see a review of XS or XS Max, it just reaffirms my choice to get the XR later this year. Again, minority here.
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I think the XR is going to be huge. Not many people care about LED vs OLED, and it hits a real sweet spot in device/screen size.
 
itsmilo said:
Imagine what you could do with optimizations AND a bigger batter in those things
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It would be hard to imagine it would be significant, but I'll gladly take any help I can for sure. In personal experience all the way from my first iPhone which was the iPhone 4 and having all releases since then, seems on par with Apple every upgrade anyways. Marginal improvements at best each year, sometimes unoticeable.
 
Zachari said:
Forget the breakthrough technology like the 8-core nueral engine, 4-core GPU, Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto camera, Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture, etc. But yes, the S iteration of iPhone is "peaking". I can't roll my eyes hard enough.
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I don't know. The event was titled "Gather round". I took that as symbolic to the watch dial. I believe they may have shifted a majority of resources to wearables. In 5-10 years maybe everyone on MacRumors will be complaining about lack of updates to the iPhone like they currently complain about the Mac line because they are too busy innovating on the new wearable device(s).
 
An additional GB of RAM to 4 GB is just sweet to the Xs models! Going last much longer since it is 33% increase!:) I cannot wait to try it out!
 
Honest question, what can you do with 4GB RAM that you won't with 3GB RAM?

jona2125 said:
Honestly can't say Android is less efficient anymore, for sure 5 years ago it was but nowadays it seems fine. My Note9 is a daily media device through the day for background music and video, about 10 hours of my day (8 hours streaming audio on cellular and 2 hours video streaming on cellular). I get home with it at 60%+. My X's could never dream of such good efficiency
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You listen to 8 hours of music on daily basis? also on cellular, how many Gigs you have on your plan?
 
magicschoolbus said:
Give me the iPad
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Might have to buy a new iPad too if there is a new Mini release!
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MacBH928 said:
Honest question, what can you do with 4GB RAM that you won't with 3GB RAM?



You listen to 8 hours of music on daily basis? also on cellular, how many Gigs you have on your plan?
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4GB refer to random access memory or RAM! It is use by computers to keep stuff loaded temporary like webpages full of pictures, photos, act as a buffer to streaming video so it is smooth and continuous along different apps temporarily suspended for switch from one to another, or even doing split screen viewing. It has nothing to do with cellular expenditure, that how much you use in your cellular plan.
 
Naaaaak said:
We get more information about device specs from "Great Firewall" China than Apple Marketing.

https://www.apple.com/iphone-xs/specs/ still doesn't show battery capacity or RAM.

If these specs "don't matter" enough to mention, why does the XR have less RAM? They don't want you talking about it.
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The Xr’s LCD screen has less pixels in it to render the image since is a lesser screen resolution, the lower 3GB RAM amount and less “costly” for Apple to produce. It should be very fast and adequate for the Xr model.
 
Well, I'll tell you how RAM helps. Multitasking. My OnePlus 6 puts my iPhone X to shame when it comes to RAM management, obviously. I can simply keep more applications open without them reloading.

Gone are the old days when iOS just paused applications without background refreshing.
 
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cmaier said:
Wait, is the article implying OLED is “power hungrier” than LED or is it correctly pointing out the power implications of managing so many more pixels or is it unsure so it is hedging its bets?
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Drogba11 said:
I thought OLED screens were more power efficient than LCDs because they don't require a backlight? This sounds like a crock.
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cmaier said:
Correct. The issue isn’t oled vs led. The issue is the number of pixels that need to be driven. For each pixel on the display you need display driver circuitry, RAM, etc. You also have to perform many more calculations, and every time one of those wires transitions from a 1 to a 0 or vice versa, in order to decide what color to make that pixel, it consumes energy.
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Princejb134 said:
because analyst and companies overhype things sometimes in order to sell units
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I updated my article hours ago but just got around to posting this response:

I should have drank more coffee this morning. Not sure why I said OLED consumes more power. Wrong conclusion.

Hopefully it reads better now. Thanks!
 
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MacBH928 said:
Honest question, what can you do with 4GB RAM that you won't with 3GB RAM?



You listen to 8 hours of music on daily basis? also on cellular, how many Gigs you have on your plan?
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On average yes, while I'm working and driving to and from work (11 hours of my day) I listen to music/podcasts and watch some things on YouTube and on the weekends I use it when in the car and for background noise around the house. My plan is unlimited data on 6 lines.
 
NIKKG said:
Dude, its 2018, times have changed. They don't even make Nexus anymore. Seems like alot of the Apple guys are still living in the past. Both Android and Windows are pretty darn good these days. Get a Note 9 and it'll make the iphones outdated.

How can Samsung put a 4000mah battery plus headphone jack and stylus and Apple can't?
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outdated? na, ive played around with my friends note 9 and pixel 2. The Ui still looks cheap compared to ios. All these nifty features but still looks cheap
 
Only a 3,174 mAh for 6.5" screen? No wonder SOT is only 4 hours and 30 mins...... Smh
 
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Apple should be making the battery capacity larger and not smaller as iPhones have historically placed bottom on battery drain tests even with the smallest display.

 
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mi7chy said:
Apple should be making the battery capacity larger and not smaller as iPhones have historically placed bottom on battery drain tests even with the smallest display.

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The iPhone charging cable in the video is shameful
 
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