I don't see a problem. Like I said somewhere here, I have a lot of tabs open, and browse the crap out of the thing... No issues...
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Now that the phone has been out for a while does the RAM bother anyone?
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I don't see a problem. Like I said somewhere here, I have a lot of tabs open, and browse the crap out of the thing... No issues...
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On my note 4, with 3 gigs of ram, tapatalk reloads everytime, i think its just crappy app. Chrome reloads everytime as well. My 5s with 1 gig is much better experience than note4 with 3
You know which phone OS was a champion multitasker and kept apps truly open and active unlike iOS solution where apps get suspended, was nokias s60 OS, my e71 was a multitasker champ with only 128 mb of ram as where many other s60 devices, hell they would multitask like a boss with 64 mb of ram. Those were the days...
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While this isn't meant as an excuse, many launchers (read: not safari) will cache your tabs on your internal storage. Some are paid, some are free, but all of those that utlize this feature are great. I am unsure why Apple doesn't implement this, at least as an option, in Safari. The additional space needed is so small, especially considering texts with no pictures can eventually easily get to GB in size...
There are You Tube vids of Android phones with 1.5GB of RAM not reloading. If you're not BSing, I'm amazed that the Note 4 reloads for fun. Are you saying it's as bad as the iPhone for doing it?
Have you used any samsung phones? The ones i ve had, which includes galaxy s, s2 , s3 , s4 s5 and note series, they all do that. Ill make a video one of these days
To add to that, it doesnt reload them immediately, but after lets say 20 min of inactivity the apps shut down and even if you go through recent apps menu they still reload, which is very annoying
To add to that, it doesnt reload them immediately, but after lets say 20 min of inactivity the apps shut down and even if you go through recent apps menu they still reload, which is very annoying
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No it doesnt if you use the home/recent button to put it in background. But if you dismiss it with the back button, then it assumes you have closed it and will start afresh next time. Of course this assumes you didnt run a heavy RAM app in the meantime which forced the unloading of the backgrounded apps.
Ram usage on stock note 4 is very high without running anything in the background. Im usually showing 2.2 gb ram used out 2.7 available due to heavy TW bloat. So, even though note 4, like note 3 before it, has 3 gigs of ram, the user is left with little to work with. The fact that the iphone is very fluid with only 1 gig speaks volumes for it efficiency.
Works like a champ trust me.
The issue that keeps cropping up is the tabs reloading in safari, aside from that its fine
I didn't really expect many issues besides apps and tabs reloading. Generally apps reloading bothers me less than tabs reloading because they can be designed around that in some cases.
I still don't know if I want to get one though. I could get one and return it anytime before Jan 8th according to my apple store which is sort of tempting I must admit. Especially with how the Nexus 6 apparently has a questionable screen and meh battery life, which was my intended purchase, also availability is as bad as the iphone 6+ currently hah.
RAM has not be an issue to me. I seldom have more than a few tabs open and my 6 has run pretty well without flaw.
I was recently overseas and often without any internet when I wasn't connected to a wifi network. I would purposely open web pages before disconnecting from wifi so I could reference the cached page when I was out and about.
Unfortunately, this didn't work. Whether I'm connected to a network or not, Safari always reloads whatever tab was last open when you start the app. It's incredibly frustrating, and if you don't have internet, you're out of luck. The webpage is now gone.
I love my iPhone 6 Plus on the whole, but I suspect the problem above is due to the phone having much less RAM than other flagship devices which are cheaper. The lack of RAM makes some parts of the user experience lackluster, and I think the decision was made largely to cut costs.
Unfortunately, this didn't work. Whether I'm connected to a network or not, Safari always reloads whatever tab was last open when you start the app. It's incredibly frustrating, and if you don't have internet, you're out of luck. The webpage is now gone.
I love my iPhone 6 Plus on the whole, but I suspect the problem above is due to the phone having much less RAM than other flagship devices which are cheaper. The lack of RAM makes some parts of the user experience lackluster, and I think the decision was made largely to cut costs.
I have more of a problem with reloading tabs on my iPad 4 than my 6. Both have 1 GB RAM - go figure. So, no, no problems with my phone here.
That's how android behaves. It doesn't mean you see high ram usage (or low ram available) doesn't mean those ram is taken by apps.
I have no issue opening 10 tabs with heavy websites in addition to all the current background apps. Iphone 6 would have reloaded much earlier.
I have the 128gb 6 Plus, had it since launch day and so far I have zero complaints.
for some it is an issue but I would guess that for the vast majority of the unwashed masses out there they also do not have any issues with it.
for some it is an issue but I would guess that for the vast majority of the unwashed masses out there they also do not have any issues with it.
I was afraid of that since I have such huge problems on my iPad Air since it's reloading apps all the time. The same doesn't happen on my iPhone 6
I thought when my note 4 stuttered and lagged, it was because the gpu/cpu couldn't handle the display (the note 4 offers poor gpu performance due to samsungs hi res screen, low power graphics strategy).
Now it could also be the ram.
Now that the phone has been out for a while does the RAM bother anyone?
It certainly felt like a cheap knockoff compared to the iPhone 6/6+, but no it was a note 4 805 with the 420 adreno gpu. I also tested an exynos 8 version (what a piece of ****).
You don't have a 6+.
It certainly felt like a cheap knockoff compared to the iPhone 6/6+, but no it was a note 4 805 with the 420 adreno gpu. I also tested an exynos 8 version (what a piece of ****).
You don't have a 6+.
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My ram doesn't bother me. It generally leaves me alone. Except this one time in the middle of the night...
RAM is not a big issue for me. I was disappointed when I read about only 1GB of RAM on the iPhone 6 but I really wanted the bigger display and I seldom need to open more than one tab in Safari, so I bought it. Sometimes my apps start from scratch, it means they've been purged from RAM and reloaded, but I can live with it.
However I could use 2GB on the iPad and that's the reason why I ordered an Air 2 instead of mini this time.
However I could use 2GB on the iPad and that's the reason why I ordered an Air 2 instead of mini this time.
RAMgate 6: Safari Reloaded
Seriously though, as a long-time iPhone user, I got used to the low RAM a long time ago. They really screwed us this year though. The iPhone 6 really should have been boosted to 2GB by now...much like what they did with the iPad Air 2.
Seriously though, as a long-time iPhone user, I got used to the low RAM a long time ago. They really screwed us this year though. The iPhone 6 really should have been boosted to 2GB by now...much like what they did with the iPad Air 2.
Personally speaking, the RAM issue is a bigger deal with the iPad than the iPhone. I don't keep many tabs open on my mobile phone. Usually at most 2. Whereas with my iPad I will sometimes have 5 or 6 tabs open, and that's a serious problem with every iPad except the iPad Air 2 which has 2 GB of RAM.
So while I'd happily welcome 2 GB of RAM in the next iPhone, I think the bigger issue is that it's not featured in the iPad Mini 3.
So while I'd happily welcome 2 GB of RAM in the next iPhone, I think the bigger issue is that it's not featured in the iPad Mini 3.
