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Well, ahem, humble pie eaten...

sunking101

sunking101

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So, without further ado, despite my protestations that I would buy an iPhone 6 over my dead body due to the 1GB of RAM...

Sigh. I'm now the proud owner of a 64GB Six Plus.

I came to this decision after buying a Note 4 and using it for a few days. Thankfully my carrier offered a one time only change of handset within 14 days and I took them up on the offer. Although the Note 4 was superb performance-wise, and didn't reload any browser tabs, I missed my apps and wasn't too chuffed with the Note's build quality either. Despite having a metal rim and being very solid, it had a wobbly volume key rocker and the fabled 'S Pen' was a cheap & nasty affair. So yeah, I'm still very unhappy with the 1GB of RAM and the fact that lots of apps still aren't optimised for the screen, but it's a very nice phone. No loose buttons either! Thank goodness, because my iPhone 5 was plagued by that from day one.

I haven't encountered any lag yet and even iOS 8 seems to be performing like a champ. The signal strength is also MUCH better than my i5 ever was. Oh and the battery life is phenomenal! So far I'm a pretty happy camper, webpage reloading aside.
 
Congrats, and hopefully you enjoy your new baby.

I think overall, too much was made of the ram issue, and folks dug their heels in needlessly.

I'm happy with my IP6+, so that's all that counts, I don't care if it has 1 or 100 gigs of ram. It just works as they say :)
 
I agree that 1GB of RAM is a bit of a cop out by Apple to save a few pounds however, iOS is heavily optimised and uses that 1GB very well despite the device utilising 80-90% of RAM constantly.

2GB will be nice and will almost certainly be included next year.
 
McDaddio said:
A lot of people like the lighter devices and would prefer that weight savings vs. having an extra gig of memory.
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I'm pretty sure he means pounds as in money. Not pounds as in weight. He really didnt think a gig of ram was measured in pounds.
 
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