Second-Generation iPad Air May Get Memory Boost to 2 GB

[Michael Goff]

Yah either way apple is copying -

Where are all the Samsung Microsoft haters now?!

Reveal yourself NOW!!! I COMMAND THEE!

That's not going to work, they're just going to say one of two things:

A) This isn't real, no multitasking

or, if it happens

B) Yeah, well it'll work better on iOS (regardless of whether or not it does)

 

[jmgregory1]

I don't care if it has 1 or 1.46 GB of ram, as long as it performs without compromise. That is how Apple tries to make things work. Maybe 2GB is the right number, but maybe not?

Touch ID is the only thing that will make me want a new Air and even then, it's not like I'm not still digging the Air. It is hard to go back to the iPad 4, because it's just so heavy compared to the Air and battery life is significantly less too.

 

[Hustler1337]

So the iPad Air gets a 2GB memory boost, whilst the iPhone 6 still stays with 1GB?

LOL

 

[jbachandouris]

So the iPad Air gets a 2GB memory boost, whilst the iPhone 6 still stays with 1GB?

LOL

Since there has been no official announcement, none of these questions matter at this point. Sadly, I don't use my iPad Air enough to even notice the low memory issue.

 

[jpep]

more memory intensive,,, good luck with that!
Browsers will still quit.

 

[576316]

meanwhile in africa lol 🙄

I literally don't have a response. You can have an up-vote instead.

 

[Traverse]

Glad to hear it. I really think it's needed. I can't tell you how many times I left a game to send a Skype message and had the game restart or left Safari for another app and had to reload my tabs.

 

[Piggie]

Split screen multitasking and 4:3 are probably one of the largest challenges.

On our home computers, I'm sure we all can understand how two windows/programs/apps side by side benefit from the width of your typical screen.

A 4:3 aspect ratio does limit what you can do/see to a large degree.

Not saying you can't do it, just that wider is better for 2 things on screen at once.

 

[Truthfulie]

It's 2014. Give us more RAM and better multi-tasking feature, at least on iPad where multi-tasking can be useful.

 

[kazmac]

It definitely needs it. I had so many crashes on the iPad Airs I attempted to purchase, it would be real nice if Apple continues to offer more ram for the same price in other products beyond the rMBP.

 

[Carlosgomes]

Revolutionary!

Who said apple can't innovate?!

I'm betting on a touch sensor too.

Let me check in with the analysists 1st!

I find it hilarious that most times the ones using the "revolutionary" term are the naysayers trolls.
Eh.

 

[jrswizzle]

Honestly, it makes sense. I have no safari tab reloading issues on my iPhone 5S or iPad mini but it does happen on the Air. I've been told by other posters it has to do with the display size and resolution.

While I still think we'll see 2GB of RAM across all new devices (it follows with a pretty consistent pattern), I don't really have any reason to believe 2GB is NECESSARY in any device other than the iPad Air.

 

[joeblow7777]

Lol split screen multitasking?!


What is apple trying to be like Samsung?

Can't innovate

Not sure if you're joking, but I've never understood this response from people. Why wouldn't a company use the ideas that worked for competitors, in any industry? It's called not reinventing the wheel, and it's what drives improvement.

 

[Carlosgomes]

What about your cell phone bill and food and such?

See, this is where trolling backfires and makes you look dumb.
Why would he need to justify his grocery bills to his girlfriend, huh?

 

[fallenjt]

That's all good! Let's hope the iPhone gets that boost too!

You multitask on iPad, not iPhone.

 

[omenatarhuri]

Apple had to save Touch ID and 2GB RAM from last year to this year to give customers that 'I want that' factor 😀

I certainly hope they have more in their sleeves. Touch ID and more ram would be rather lame.

 

[Michael Goff]

Not sure if you're joking, but I've never understood this response from people. Why wouldn't a company use the ideas that worked for competitors, in any industry? It's called not reinventing the wheel, and it's what drives improvement.

And yet when Samsung does anything remotely close to something Apple does, people are calling for the company to get burnt to the ground.

 

[Digital Skunk]

That's one of the things I've been waiting for.

The others? Whatever else that Apple can think of to add in a new iPad Air and/or iPad Mini Retina.

 

[Milese3]

You multitask on iPad, not iPhone.

I was referring to the RAM upgrade; the primary subject of the article.

 

[JonneyGee]

I would like 2GB in the mini.

0% chance they upgrade the Air and not the Mini.

The whole point of the last refresh was to make the Air and Mini identical except for screen size. No way they backtrack on that now. Sadly, it makes me doubt the validity of this rumor altogether.

 

[herbapou]

It HAS to go to 2 GB...being unable to switch between multiple apps (especially anything in iWork) rapidly, or having Messages freeze up while it repopulates the message list drives me nuts. 1GB on my current Air is biggest complaint of any Apple product I've ever owned.

There must be hundreds of bugs and glitches causes by the lack of memory on Apple devices. They should have done that last year.

 

[MacSince1990]

HOOOOOLLYYYYY JEEEEZUS, TWO GIGABYTES OF RAM, OHMAHGODDDDDD THIS IS AMAZINGGGGG

>_>

Yeah anyway, probably good news.

 

[prism]

Honestly if they boost the sram to 2gb, it will just prove that the original Air was just a crippled device that could never be fixed with any amount of software optimization. Pathetic and annoying as I'm going to have to sell my Air to replace it with what it should have been.

 

[jlake02]

Memory is cheap and very useful. It's time to start adding more to iOS devices.

This 100%. I don't understand why Apple is so stingy with memory. It's 2014...

 

[gotluck]

I am jealous, but will not be updating from my Air. Hopefully the first gen air and previous are not hamstrung by iOS 8.