I have zero problems with one gig of RAM on my iPhone 6. I am hoping they do not increase the amount of RAM since I don't want to pay for more RAM that I don't need.
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The iPhone RAM issue keeps getting worse..
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Speak with your wallet. You bought an iPhone 6...and it sounds like you'll buy the 6S too since it will have 2GB RAM.wins..
Even 2GB will not make all happy here. It is also possible that the 6S might STILL have 1GB so keep your hopes under control
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I use way more than that and still see no problem. Funny on "some" users complain and not the majority which would be the case if the 1GB was causing problems.
Not going to get into a pissing match here as there is no winning for either side. Try to enjoy you day.
I completely agree. It's really annoying that Apple is letting their bottom line affect the usability of their products. I don't remember being this annoyed with any of my past iPhones.
I have no ram issues. My biggest app is Real Racing 3. I can exit, go do a few other things, and when I go back the game is still held in ram. That's perfectly good for me.
More would be nice but it's not particularly lacking.
More would be nice but it's not particularly lacking.
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Really?
The lack of RAM affects me on nearly a daily basis.
Here's just one example. I keep a number of tabs open. Perhaps one of them holds a wiki page or issue tracker or something. I need to refer to one of the original tabs to cite something. When I toggle to one tab and then back, it's all too easy to have a page refresh and then lose state. Great. The problem is only magnified if you need to use other apps.
100% of the people I polled complained about the same problem. So they counterbalance your scientific poll and confirm that the measly RAM situation of the iPhone is indeed a wide spread issue.
You don't understand how RAM works, likely because you've used nothing but iOS devices and the concept of free RAM is foreign to you.
Now let me show you the same set up, but from my iPad Air 2 with 2gb of RAM. See the difference?
Forget RAM, thanks for the NC stock widget app! I'm downloading that! Yahoo!'s iPad app doesn't have a widget.
With 3 safari tabs open and less than 5 apps loaded, I'm getting reboots with the apple symbol semi-regularly on both the 6+ and 6. I've owned every phone since the first one - it hasn't been this bad since the iPhone 3g running iOS 3 or 4.
Not sure whether it is ram or software update, but it is as bad as it has been in years.
Not sure whether it is ram or software update, but it is as bad as it has been in years.
I run several work related apps that are database driven. I don't know if it's RAM or a security issue but I regularly have to refresh current pages while switching between apps. I would tend to believe it is a RAM issue. Having to refresh a page often is a PIA especially when a client is staring at you. I think 4 gigs would be very nice. What if Apple built a pro model, gave it 4-6 gigs RAM a slightly better battery and made it a mm or two thicker?
I hope you don't mind that I put these side by side, it's really telling. It's hard for for even the biggest apple defenders to ignore, it reflects the difference in ram. I was going to get an ipad mini but may wait until I can get an ipad air 2.
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The problem is, what can we do about it? Only Apple can make the decision about how much RAM to put in a device, and neither Android or Windows Phone are viable alternatives.
You don't understand how RAM works, likely because you've used nothing but iOS devices and the concept of free RAM is foreign to you.
Now let me show you the same set up, but from my iPad Air 2 with 2gb of RAM. See the difference?
I got very similar readings from my iPhone 6 Plus and Air 2 after rebooting. Usually, once all the system processes are done starting in the background more RAM returns open on the 6 Plus. iOS 8.3 improves it dramatically, but more still needs to be done. The Air 2 is a flawless iPad IMO, and I hope the A9 is a repackaged A8X. That would be nice speed bump and RAM bump for the iPhone lineup.
I knew when the first benchmarks appeared with only 1 GB of RAM this was going to be a problem. Its a great phone, and as long as you keep 4 or less Safari tabs open and leave no more then 5 apps running in the background it usually runs pretty good. I just hope iOS 9 brings greater improvements to memory usage.
I can't switch between one app and one Safari tab without my 6+ reloading both. Anyone can open a stock app and a simple web page, or three low-data browser tabs and quickly swap between them but doing 10 mins of work in a heavy app such as Amazon, with a search dialled in, then doing 10 mins of work on a store webpage, again with a search dialled in, will cause the lack of RAM to punch you in the forehead. RAMgate.
I get it, haven't experienced anything on my Plus but my iPad Air 2 can be a PITA sometimes but that's the beauty of being a Mac user. I'm locked in with my iTunes purchases.
I admit I prefer android more because of the endless customization but caved in because of it.
I admit I prefer android more because of the endless customization but caved in because of it.
load up the brand new spanking samsung s6 with 3gb of ram. open up some tabs in the default browser. close it. try switching apps around and then going back to the browser. voila, it will refresh each tab.
if you think adding 1 or 2 gb more ram is gonna make your little phone work like a full fledged computer, think again.
All that proves is how inefficiently Android runs. 1GB Apple RAM = 3GB Android RAM. Once Apple doubles it to 2GB, we should see some huge benefits.
All this post proves is how inefficient you are at talking about anything related to Android.
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Touchwiz ≠ Pure Android (TW is a memory hog of a skin)
I haven't noticed any issues that are likely RAM-related on the iPhone 6. But on my iPad I have. It does something similar to my iPad 3 that would not respond for a few seconds after I tapped an icon. It would go through these phases of doing that until many months down the road it was so awful that I upgraded to the Air.
It's rare that it happens, but it just did to me yesterday again. I don't know whether it's RAM or if it was the slower DSL at my parents' house. But whatever the issue is, it seems to be more on iPads than iPhones from my experience.
It's rare that it happens, but it just did to me yesterday again. I don't know whether it's RAM or if it was the slower DSL at my parents' house. But whatever the issue is, it seems to be more on iPads than iPhones from my experience.
Except that I just tried to cycle through the apps on my Nexus 6 to get the RAM to even 1gb out of 3 left, or a major refresh. One app refreshed out of twenty, and I was able to get down to see 1.5/3 at one point.