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Next-Generation iPhone with LTE, NFC, and 1 GB RAM Reportedly Still in Engineering Testing
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That's what the top model cost.
It's not a bad price. Other countries have it REALLY bad.
2gb of RAM is for the iphone 5s
So true. apple is very incremental with specs on the iPhone. I chose the Samsung S2 LTE instead over the iPhone 4s because to me it was not a huge leap over the iPhone 4. I also got tired of iOS rows of icons . I still recommend the iPhone for anyone getting into the smartphone world due to its amazing support.
To those who are super excited to have everything within one device... it's convenient, until you drop your phone into some water, and can't call for help, access your car, summon a locksmith, pay for a ride home, or prove who you are.
Someone stealing your phone, having access to not just your ID and contacts, but house, car, accounts, ect...
I'm all for the future, but until there is some safe (proven) security, and redundancy in case of the unforeseen, I will gladly lug around my wallet, car and house keys.
Someone stealing your phone, having access to not just your ID and contacts, but house, car, accounts, ect...
I'm all for the future, but until there is some safe (proven) security, and redundancy in case of the unforeseen, I will gladly lug around my wallet, car and house keys.
I don't know why I care so much, but NFC really has me excited.
I can see the next iPhone "controversy": "You're paying for it wrong".
Sorry, couldn't resist.
You like having your "Pocket Picked"
The RAM doesn't consume that much power. The biggest battery drains are the display, CPU, cellular telephony chip (particularly in 3G or 4G mode), and GPU.
You can increase battery life quite a bit by simply dimming the screen backlight. You can save even more by turning off cellular data and using WiFi instead. Just use any of the battery monitoring apps and you'll see that Internet via WiFi provides additional hours of usage versus 3G cellular data.
Note that Apple has underclocked iPhone and iPod touch CPUs in the past to reduce battery consumption.
Apple doesn't play the spec game? You're so wrong. They act as if they don't, but they really do play the spec game. Before the iPad 2, there was - if I remember correctly - only one (or two) tablet with a dual core processor. iPad 2 was the first mass produced tablet with a dual core processor.
Remember iPhone 4? A4 processor: new architecture, higher clock speeds. Retina display with a high pixel density and IPS technology.
iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S all saw an immense push GPU-wise: they were able to offer GPU performance which the competition couldn't deliver - even if they wanted to.
Apple is very much playing the spec game: they act as of they aren't playing the game.
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RAM does actually consume quite a lot of power. RAM is powered constantly. If it isn't powered, it won't save anything that's stored.
http://www.itproportal.com/2011/10/13/microsoft-iphone-4s-ipad-2-less-ram-prolong-battery-life/
In a program on Tv a couple of years ago I saw I guy being injected with a chip, then they showed him going into a bar, ordered a drink and got scanned, paid his bill after having a few more beers and scanned again.(Amsterdam)
My point is that it should be possible to put a tag on a human and if you loose your phone you could still be able to ID yourself and even pay the bill.
But, is this is what people want, not me, that's one thing for sure.
Edit: Inject a NFC chip in your hand and pair it with the iphone, that way it does certain things while it's held only by it's owner.
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The image you just put in my head of someone carrying around a wall calender has made my day.
Yeah until someone steal your phone,hack it, & Steal everything you own. You really gonna trust your phone to get into your home, car , and bank accounts?
Boy we really need that neg button back....
Apple does care about specs when it suits them IMO. Honestly, I haven't seen my iPhone 4 slowing down for any reason and I play a lot of games on it. As long as the hardware is able to handle anything you are doing, does it really matter how much RAM it has?
While I understand your frustration about the iPad getting short changed (and completely agree), your logic is flawed.
A good example is the Galaxy S3. The S3 may never receive an OS upgrade. Samsung (and a few other companies) make their products "obsolete" the day they come out. There's no guarantee the S3 will get 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is something Apple would never allow to happen.
Secondly, The 3GS has 256mb RAM and it will get iOS 6. The iPad runs as smooth as it ever did on iOS 5. It's still a worthwhile tablet.
The year the iPad came out, it was much faster than any Android tablet I used, regardless of how much RAM other tablets had. It's about hardware and software being optimized for each other, not about specs.
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With every leaked iPhone 5 front-panel photo I somehow like the new wider design more and more.
Now I wonder. If said production of the display assembly is changed to the slimmer format, does that mean they are actually fused to the display - hence can there be a leak of a clear front pannel? I am by far no way familiar with it, but my understanding was that the display gets a shrink in thickness and is fused to the front pannel. If so, whare are the leaks from if the part cannot exist alone? Or is the front pannel still seprate but the screen underneath is thinner? Anyone?
Having tested the Galaxy S3 with its rounded back, it appears to be very pleasant, there are some quite similar iPhone concepts and that ultimately, imho, prove to be more sympathetic than those reported in the press.
And what about the processor?
Will Apple get rid of the ARM A9 (A5, A5X etc...) and release an A6 based on the new generation of cortex A15 (Samsung expects to produce them from this year http:// www.samsung.com/global/business/ og_13.html ... and possibly include them in the galaxy NOTE 2 http://ubuntulife.net/samsung-galaxy-note-2-release-date/)
And what about the processor?
Will Apple get rid of the ARM A9 (A5, A5X etc...) and release an A6 based on the new generation of cortex A15 (Samsung expects to produce them from this year http:// www.samsung.com/global/business/ og_13.html ... and possibly include them in the galaxy NOTE 2 http://ubuntulife.net/samsung-galaxy-note-2-release-date/)
What happened to the down vote button?
I think they got rid of it to try to alleviate the soul-crushing weight of smug, empowered negativity that it gave to users.
I could be wrong though.
As long as people post nonsense, the question will be raised. I other words, it won't stop.
I just upgraded to a 4s just in case the bigger screen rumors turn out to be true. No teeth or nails damaged in the process.
Down vote workaround
While I don't tend to like too much downvoting I think there is a need for it in some cases - if only to be able to downvote the trolls. How about this for a workaround?
Quote the original post and add the words: downvote post. Then, anyone who wanted to downvote the original can just up vote yours and we can at least see if most people thought it was stoopid!
... now I'm wondering if I'm going to be the first victim...
While I don't tend to like too much downvoting I think there is a need for it in some cases - if only to be able to downvote the trolls. How about this for a workaround?
Quote the original post and add the words: downvote post. Then, anyone who wanted to downvote the original can just up vote yours and we can at least see if most people thought it was stoopid!
... now I'm wondering if I'm going to be the first victim...