Eventually, NAND fabs would either stop manufacturing 16GB NAND packages or they might cost more to manufacture compared to 32GB (on smaller process). I'm guessing by that time, Apple will move the base model to 32GB.
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Eventually, NAND fabs would either stop manufacturing 16GB NAND packages or they might cost more to manufacture compared to 32GB (on smaller process). I'm guessing by that time, Apple will move the base model to 32GB.
Yes and No. Why, cause all these are driven by demand and if demand for 16gb is still strong then manufacturing of 16GB NAND will not increase.
Not when the fabs have moved to smaller lithography and it's impractical to make 16GB NAND. I reckon most of the < 4GB flash drives you see nowadays are either due to old NAND stock or newer, bigger dies with a bunch of bad blocks.
Be ready to buy Ipad Air 2 a year from now with double the ram and nothing else change at same price. Guyssss
Tim Cook new product strategy is to discontinue current gen every year and replace with new one at minor upgrade so pretty much ipad air is beta version for those who upgrade every gen. They dont keep the previous gen anymore because people wouldn't buy the new one.
Funny thing is the long lasting device seem to belong to Jobs era.
Iphone 4s and Ipad 2.
Tim Cook new product strategy is to discontinue current gen every year and replace with new one at minor upgrade so pretty much ipad air is beta version for those who upgrade every gen. They dont keep the previous gen anymore because people wouldn't buy the new one.
Funny thing is the long lasting device seem to belong to Jobs era.
Iphone 4s and Ipad 2.
Lots of valid perspectives here. Just ordered my Air, will have it tomorrow. I'm not regretting the purchase, despite the 1GB RAM. I know the OS runs lean. My Air will run well on 1 GB. I know a faster CPU and higher memory bandwidth will help iOS reload apps and app states from flash memory back into RAM quicker, as well.
All that said, SURE I wish it had 2 GB, and am bummed that it doesn't. If there's one thing us computer geeks know, you can never have enough RAM. And yes, if you look for the effects of low RAM on the iPad Air, you will see them. But I bet most casual users can't even tell, because iOS hides it well.
Anyway, it's not enough of an issue to ruin my experience. For some, it may be.
All that said, SURE I wish it had 2 GB, and am bummed that it doesn't. If there's one thing us computer geeks know, you can never have enough RAM. And yes, if you look for the effects of low RAM on the iPad Air, you will see them. But I bet most casual users can't even tell, because iOS hides it well.
Anyway, it's not enough of an issue to ruin my experience. For some, it may be.
No, not at all.
The applications gets a specific message that it is being closed to recover memory. The application has an opportunity to clean-up before it is closed. It's not considered a "crash". A properly-written app should have no trouble with this. It will first save any data that is in RAM that has to be saved.
The UI guidelines say that an app that is closed this way should start-up exactly where it left off. It is up to the application to insure this - i.e. to save anything that needs to be saved, and restore when it is restarted.