My problem is that people make claims to know that a supposed device is insufficiently built because of a problem they are experiencing as a minority. And literally have no evidence to back up that claim, i'd suggest making a video like bobby did, because this is pointless. I test iOS environments with loads of apps opened in the background everyday. It's neat to know how certain apps respond to certain circumstances. I say iPhone 6 and 6+ have sufficient RAM, my devices are working accordingly. You say that you're experiencing differently. Fine, the burder of proof is not with me in this case. But please don't claim it's a universal thing. Because it's not it's not happening to everyone.
Of course there is a local minority that is reporting these "issues". I've been apart of tech forums for a while now, and no matter which one you go to, the only people on the forums complaining about issues (perceived or not) are the ones that care about technology. The average consumer just takes the device as is, and assumes it's working fine regardless of how a technology enthusiast thinks of it. A good example is the people using budget Android phones from 2 years ago. I couldn't stand using them because of how sluggish they are compared to more modern devices; however, the devices still function and perform the functions requested. The anecdotal evidence that people are providing is evidence enough in this situation. Being a technology enthusiast doesn't necessarily mean that the person will know all the inner workings of how the device works, just that they are very enthusiastic about the device and similar devices overall. Even if this problem was happening to others, the non-tech enthusiast crowd, I doubt they would be coming on to MacRumors to complain; and some wouldn't even complain at all and just deal with it. If you think nobody is that big of a pushover that they wouldn't tell Apple or anybody that their device isn't working correctly, you'd be fooling yourself. Also, another reason the average consumer wouldn't complain is that they: A) Are the classic iSheep that believes whatever Apple makes is gold, B) Come from a phone that is much less capable and know it's better than their old one, C) Don't feel it's necessary to complain, D) Just take it back to the store and get it replaced with something else, E) Just assume that's how it's supposed to be; I could go on a while for the motivations of people but I won't. Telling people to provide you with proof when they have no idea where to start, and you are providing no help, doesn't help your case or theirs and just makes you out to be the arrogant one in the argument, despite the rudeness of some posters.
Overall, the issue very much seems to be RAM related. Whether or not that is due to only having 1GB or RAM, or the software purging the RAM too aggressively, or a combination of the two doesn't really matter that much as it is still about the RAM. I have had a similar experience on my Moto X (2014) when it was updated to Android 5.0 (albeit slightly different). My phone had app and tab reloads about as bad as my 2nd gen iPad mini, but it would show that I had 500 MB RAM free. The entire 5.0 line of Android had overly aggressive memory management and never completely used the full 2GB. Recently is has been updated to 5.1, and the problem has gone away entirely as the memory management system was fixed and it properly utilizes all available RAM before purging apps. In this case it was definitely a software issue. On my 2nd gen mini I have installed a widget that displays system information including the percentage of allocated memory. Upon a fresh boot between 600 and 700MB of my 1GB was used for whatever system processes and other programs start at boot. When opening a Safari tab that figure jumps up to over 900MB of used RAM. Opening 3 tabs with mild to heavy content refreshes 1 of them when I switch back and forth without fail. I know Safari has had issues with being poorly coded in the past and uses a lot of system resources. I feel the main crux of the argument is that others have had better multitasking experiences with devices in the past, and they are not experiencing the same with current devices. The only differences between these devices is: 1) OS (which is a huge one), 2) Screen resolution, and 3) The particular A series chip in the device in question.
Despite you feeling that the RAM is sufficient for your uses, that doesn't mean that other people are wrong to complain about the experience on their own devices being worse than a device they owned 2 years ago. When the 6 plus first came out there were people who noticed lag and reloads and had Apple replace it a couple times, until they came to the conclusion that's how it will behave. So, unless they just got 3 bad devices in a row I feel that their complaints are valid evidence that something is up. While I agree that software is the likely culprit, having more RAM isn't a negative thing to add to the device. Now, while the iPhone doesn't need 8GB of RAM, it would still benefit from more; like any device really. Memory is indeed cheap, and the savings that Apple will most likely receive from using components that are in the iPhone 6 could easily go towards the increased RAM of the 6S. Just adding in the 2GB of RAM doesn't necessarily encourage developers to be lazy, because if they were going to be lazy with 1GB of RAM and do the bare minimum with that, then you can bet they will be lazy and do the bare minimum with 2GB. I feel it really comes down to how Apple handles the resource use of it's own system apps, and the requirements it puts on it's developers for future iOS versions. At some point it will need more RAM. There was a time where people thought 256KB was all computers needed, that's not the case any more.
