Only problem with that is the impending multi-tasking that Apple will bring to iOS soon. This will undoubtedly require more memory and they equipped the Air 2 to handle it...the iPhone 6 & 6+ kind of got left in the dust since Apple boosted their screen size but crippled their ability to effectively handle multi-tasking with paltry RAM.
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Now that the phone has been out for a while does the RAM bother anyone?
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Only problem with that is the impending multi-tasking that Apple will bring to iOS soon. This will undoubtedly require more memory and they equipped the Air 2 to handle it...the iPhone 6 & 6+ kind of got left in the dust since Apple boosted their screen size but crippled their ability to effectively handle multi-tasking with paltry RAM.
Smasungs implementation of the multitasking interface frankly blows, its like carousel or whatever and it cumbersome
And it lags too with certain applications on screen, dual window applications on a smartphone is pretty stupid honestly
Light years better than seeing one and a half screen of the apps on the iphone task manager screen.
But that's how Apple does things. This year they kindly offer you that bigger screen you've been wanting. Next year, yet another one of your desires will be fulfilled and you'll get 2 GB of RAM. See, you get it all...and Apple will be able to sell twice the number of devices they would have sold otherwise. So it's a win-win for everyone, right?
next year when the 6s comes out, all the people saying the ram today is good enough, will be praising the 2gb of ram and how much better the phone runs.
for me the 1gb is annoying. I leave stuff 'open' so safari reloads everything nearly everytime. bla.
for me the 1gb is annoying. I leave stuff 'open' so safari reloads everything nearly everytime. bla.
I've always upgraded to every new iPad (usually wait 2 year between iPhones) and my pages reload every single time I leave a few up. So has the ram never been up to par or is this simply the way safari/apple works? Will be upgrading to the new air with 2gigs of ram this month. I seriously doubt the pages wint reload, but I'll be pleased to be wrong. I don't need my iphone to run as quickly (or with as many tabs) as I do my iPad, so the 1g of ram does me just fine. I've not noticed any lag or problems.
True, but Apple is focused on profits and has a history of using the bare minimum amount of RAM. I get by because I buy each new model. I can't imagine long term use when things change so rapidly. I believe it's just one more way Apple squeezes more money out of the buyers. Frequent replacement is what keeps them smiling...
Because maybe the RAM makes it so it doesn't work the way you want it? Specs have a purpose ya know? They aren't just numbers on a piece of paper.
I simply don't understand why apple refuses to bump the RAM, competition has been using 2gb+ for years now.
Whether iphone needs or or not, it would have been nice to have as it would future proof the device
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There must be something else at play here. I can't imagine extra gig of ram would brake apple's bottom line.True, but Apple is focused on profits and has a history of using the bare minimum amount of RAM. I get by because I buy each new model. I can't imagine long term use when things change so rapidly. I believe it's just one more way Apple squeezes more money out of the buyers. Frequent replacement is what keeps them smiling...
So negligible that it's practically non existent.
You'd actually save battery with more RAM probably. You're using the CPU whenever an app or tab reloads and it's more intensive than just recalling something from the RAM.
25mA say for 10h means 15% less battery (IP6)
Source on 25 mA?
Here is a study with pretty out of date tech, ram is even more efficient now
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~emmanuel/courses/cs525m/S13/slides/smartphone_power_analysis_wei_wang_wk9.pdf
I'm on the road now, but if my memory serves me well the ram mod used in ip6 specs say 25mA peak!
Something's wrong with that, I can't find any link suggesting ram would consume anywhere near that, can't even find a link putting a number on the differences, the only thing I find are articles saying the difference is entirely negligible, and some saying, like me, that battery life could even improve because of less of a CPU load.
I'll double check this when back home and keep you informed.
RAM chip draws power all time while app loading happens rarely; It's a matter of balance!
Btw, I'd prefer 2gigs, just trying to guess, technically
Apple don't want the device to be future-proof, they want people to buy the 6S and i7!
It has clearly been demonstrated that there are very little real world performance differences between the i5/5S/i6, and this is despite processor upgrades. If the i6 came with 2GB of RAM then it would be good enough for years. Apple will drip-feed us RAM and continue with their iOS 'built in obsolescence' upgrades which slow down older devices. That and hardware failure due to poor longevity is what's needed to keep selling smartphones to the masses these days. Techheads and fashionistas will always want the latest & greatest, but Apple need to make sure that newer phones perform better than older phones in order to keep the tills ringing.
