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Next iPhone: A4 Processor, 256MB RAM, N90 PRO2, Translated Impressions
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No. This is fact.
Not exactly. They just keep previous generations around, not different models. There's no evidence to suggest this line up will be different.
Weak for a full blown computer, but not bad for the iPhone OS.
Man...we have Windows machines in our office with 256 MB of ram.
Either way if you make the comparison of iPad specs vs iPhone 4 specs 256MB of RAM is not enough.
Welcome to every Mac user's request, ever (myself included). Add me into the choir of people complaining about only 256 MB of RAM. 512 MB of RAM is dirt cheap nowadays. There's no excuse to not have at least that much. On that note, everything else about this new phone seems to be pretty damn awesome. Can't wait for it.
It runs the same, actually less powerful apps, than the iPad. Why would they add more RAM to the phone?
Remember, 2GB RAM in a Mac > 2GB RAM in a PC due to better memory management in the Mac. Just like with multi-tasking, I'm sure Apple has worked out the details.
Is that a joke? OS X LOVES to eat RAM up. Yeah, it runs smoother than butter when it has enough, but when it doesn't? Ugh.
screen size would be FAIL!
I would expect at least a 3.7" screen. 4.0" would be perfect! A hair smaller than 3.5" = FAIL!
They don't want competition for the iPad.
And 256 MB RAM is sad. How expensive could it possibly be? $4.00?
The battery life is hopefully a big upgrade.
I would expect at least a 3.7" screen. 4.0" would be perfect! A hair smaller than 3.5" = FAIL!
They don't want competition for the iPad.
And 256 MB RAM is sad. How expensive could it possibly be? $4.00?
The battery life is hopefully a big upgrade.
They, and the metallic rim, at first reminded me of my last phone, bought more than 2 years ago (and it was not the latest model even then):
The OS was sooooo ugly. It had this "loading" animation that looked like the Knight Rider's "eye", only in red/orange gradient on a white background. I'll post an image if I can get it.
I can't bring myself to look at the front of this for long but I do want to see Knight Rider's "eye"
only the inferno screen is showed
Disco inferno.
AAPL better start stepping up their game 256 (if true) is not going to fight off the 'Droids.
Disco inferno.
AAPL better start stepping up their game 256 (if true) is not going to fight off the 'Droids.
I too hoped for more RAM, but only in the way so developers have more space to work with. But limiting it to 256 mb also has a benefit: developers are kinda forced to create proper, clean code and in this case 256 mb (with proper coded apps) will work great.
I can't bring myself to look at the front of this for long but I do want to see Knight Rider's "eye"
Here it is (sorry for the bad pic)
Apple's going for pocketability here. It's a very sleek package, but I must say that the screen size is the most disappointing spec here for me too. If it was 3.7" I would buy it launch day without any hesitation, but as it isn't, it's not an instant buy for me and I'll be looking around a lot harder than I usually would for a something else.
I bet its not clocked at 1GHz either...700/800MHz if anything. Probably still 600/650 MHz.
256MB makes me worry, i know it works well for the most part in the iPad but the iPad hasn't got multitasking and you can already see the effects of the small RAM because Safari reloads everything instead of caching and then there's the not enough memory errors. Add multitask and all other goodies of OS 4.0 and i start to wonder...
No real changes over the 3GS save for the new cams. It even has a smaller sized screen it seems...granted its a higher res one.
256MB makes me worry, i know it works well for the most part in the iPad but the iPad hasn't got multitasking and you can already see the effects of the small RAM because Safari reloads everything instead of caching and then there's the not enough memory errors. Add multitask and all other goodies of OS 4.0 and i start to wonder...
No real changes over the 3GS save for the new cams. It even has a smaller sized screen it seems...granted its a higher res one.
I can't bring myself to look at the front of this for long but I do want to see Knight Rider's "eye"
I need to add, the "Metallic rim" is actually gray plastic painted silver. And wears off easily. This thing didn't quite last the 2 years it was supposed too (the battery ended up almost completely dead). In the end I switched to a 3GS after 14 months, and paying a fine around 80 usd, spread through several monthly bills.
I only miss the 5Mpx camera.
Congrats on falling for the MHz myth. There is a TON of optimization that has been done with the A4 for power savings and speed.
I actually hope Apple clocks the new iPhone chip to the same speed as the 3GS just for speed comparison sake considering the rest of the hardware seems to be the same.
Take the HTC Desire for example with its 3.7" screen.
It measures up at 11.9mm thick, 60mm wide, 119mm tall.
The iPhone 3GS is 12.3mm thick, 62.1mm wide and 115.5mm tall.
Pretty much nothing in it.
EDIT: Actually the Droid Incredible goes one step further being 11.9mm thick, 58.5mm wide, 117mm tall yet still housing a 3.7" screen.
The next generation iPhone will have 256MB of RAM. This is the same amount of RAM found in the iPhone 3GS
Last year model had it, so it makes sense to call it weak! 512MB is/was the way to go.
The new Andoid kernel in 2.2 will unlock more of the Nexus One's memory. So for the next month the results will seem similar when comparing to an overclocked Milestone (Canada and Europe) / Droid (US).
Sorry I just felt the need to point that out. Don't know why.