Oh yeah!!!! 1GB is enough and works well with the 5s/6, but 2GB is awesome
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The news we've all been waiting for and wanting for years. Less app reloading and tab reloading is the only bug bare I've had with iOS over the years.
i don't really think them not mentioning RAM is an issue. There are dozens of reviews available before new iPhones hit the shelves.That's a good point, but again consumers can understand "the brain is smarter than any others on the market" and "holy crapnuggetsp) check out how we got the camera to take pictures this good" vs RAM (which consumers still don't understand after 30+ years of a PC industry existing).
I'm not saying your points aren't valid, but Apple does a TON of work internally deciding what to focus on, and RAM is just not compelling to normal consumers and for whatever reason it seems to confuse them.
...you actually type with a lisp?Yeth but what about the iPad Mini 4 ?
Hold up now. Using more than one app on a smartphone? What is this madness?! Dare I ask what's next? Two apps at the same time?The RAM "problem" with the 6 Plus is only evident if you keep switching apps.
Why is Apple so secretive about RAM? It makes no sense to me. Everyone finds out anyway; they may as well just list it in the specs.
I kinda wonder though, how do you come to that number? What workflows? Any captured data on actual memory use, or just anecdotal evidence?
I do think it is time for 2GB devices (especially the plus), but when I see people state this as fact with no hard evidence, it does suggest that us developers are simply not doing our job, or that we can't optimize correctly? Or somehow play no part at all?
To a point, the trade off is more RAM means less battery life, even in standby, as you have to keep that RAM powered and refreshed to maintain the data stored there. So you need to counteract it with a bigger battery or smaller transistors.
Great, no more will I have to read about people moaning about wanting 2gb of ram. Thank you Apple!
i don't really think them not mentioning RAM is an issue. There are dozens of reviews available before new iPhones hit the shelves.
2GB of ram can only be unlocked with an in app purchase subscriptionof $25 a month!
1GB. And how that RAM gets used depends on what is multitasking, and how many recent apps you expect to remain resident in memory at once.
Yes and no.Keep in mind, before the "wowz it took soon long" wave comes in, this 2GB of RAM is going outperform many/most of the 3GB+ devices out there. The amount of work they've done in memory compression (acquiring firms like anobit) and tuning the OS to the hardware is just staggering.
Having used the 6+ all year since launch, I can tell you the problem is only there if you tend to leave ton of apps open (as in don't clean up the multi-tasking list of apps) and have background app refresh running for ALL apps.
Then again its really not a problem though as some apps will crash every once in a while which is almost normal on mobile devices. I wouldn't say the lack of extra 1GB of RAM crippled the 6+ in anyway and for vast majority of consumers, its still optimized to the point where they will not noticed the lack of RAM.
Why is Apple so secretive about RAM? It makes no sense to me. Everyone finds out anyway; they may as well just list it in the specs.
2011: 32gb of storage isn't enough, we need 64gb!And, I almost forgot at least 256 GB Storage
OS X and iOS both use the same filesystem, HFS+ , the only difference being that iOS uses the case sensitive version while OS X doesn't.Sorry, not until it has a decent file system.
LOL You do know the goal posts will move again, right? There will just be complaining that they don't have 4GiB RAM now.
Why is Apple so secretive about RAM? It makes no sense to me. Everyone finds out anyway; they may as well just list it in the specs.
My guess is they've been waiting for LPDDR4 to hit the price point and density they've been designing around for the last few years. Apple is VERY picky when it comes to component purchasing, and I don't blame them, they are responsible for more NAND purchasing than any other device maker on the planet. It's one thing if your component is just going to ship in a few million units, to have it be in THE product of the company...well you don't just throw anything in there because "its pretty cheap".Yes and no.
Safari's just a PITA with 1GB of RAM. Also app switching.
Optimization or not, iPhones needed this much earlier.
You can only optimize so much and since RAM is pretty cheap and the profit margin of iPhones staggering they have taken too long.
Now that that's fixed we can concentrate on another, possibly even more hurtful under-specced aspect of iPhone, base storage capacity.
Glassed Silver:mac
Apple does focus on specs, though--every year they talk about GPU and CPU performance.
Not at allI think the reviews are definitely what Apple wants. To them its about how the product functions, they'll tout the engineering when they need to, but at the end of the day it really is ALL about the user experience.
I hope you didn't think I was getting confrontational with you, I like these technical minded back and forth discussions here.
2011: 32gb of storage isn't enough, we need 64gb!
2014: 64gb of storage isn't enough, we need 128gb!
2015: 128gb of storage isn't enough, we need 256gb!