There's no hard limit. And it could be increased with a firmware upgrade.
They only run one app at a time. And 512MB is less than 1GB.
Yes and that is because the system is limited to 1 GB. Doubling the amount of RAM allows for a doubling of the limit (not sure if its 300 MB on current devices).
Pretty good then that the xbox 360 and ps3 were limited to 512 MB. Didn't waste anything.
Knowing Apple and the fact that they talked about "desktop class scalar engine" I wouldn't be surprised if they would just run (some) games in a lower resolution (2x as on the 6).
The whole point on the 1GB of RAM deal is that this was a standard size back in 2011 and a downright embarrassing amount for a flagship that will carry the brand through 2015. Look it up, the Galaxy S II shipped with 1GB of RAM.
There's no hard limit. And it could be increased with a firmware upgrade.
They only run one app at a time. And 512MB is less than 1GB.
Not relevant (they make more relevant things for this question like the SoC, the OS, drivers, scalar engine...). I disagree.Apple doesn't make games. That's up to the developers.
Not relevant (they make more relevant things for this question like the SoC, the OS, drivers, scalar engine...). I disagree.
Apple needs to think about the problems their devices could have and how to mitigate them. If a dev has this question they need to have an answer/solution ready.
There's no reason to act personally offended on behalf of Apple that people want more RAM in their phones.
You know that people want to be able to use their ridiculously expensive phone a few years from now just as well, too, right? You can't defend a $1000 phone for not having at least 3GB of RAM.I asked what iOS software would require a device with more than 1GB of memory. Responses like "Samsung did it" and "Don't be offended" aren't answers to this question.
Also, the operating system limits the memory of each app to well under the hardware limit of the device.
You know that people want to be able to use their ridiculously expensive phone a few years from now just as well, too, right? You can't defend a $1000 phone for not having at least 3GB of RAM.
That's another "Samsung did it" response that completely ignores the question.
Here's a good one: What Android app needs 3GB of memory?
I'm always low on memory and so are most iOS users.
Keeping apps open in active memory leaves me with a bit of free memory:
Closing all active apps:
This is on my iPhone 5. If free memory runs out, iOS will try to kill backgrounded apps. Safari is the biggest memory hog on iOS and really needs to be slimmed down for 1GB to be feasible.
I remember how terrible the user experience the iPhone 3G was in its later support life. I only had around 50mb free to play with, and once the number got too low, the app crashed. 128mb vs 1gb is a lot different; I'm hoping it won't be nearly as crashy
An iPad Air teardown I found had the memory costing $10.50. I guess we will have to see how much the 6 parts cost, but 2 GB of memory could cost more than the A8+M8 processors. Apple could obviously afford it, but you have to remember that Apple still only really allows the foreground app to run. It's not like Android or especially Windows. I just don't think forcing apps to reload is that big of a deal, esp when the developer is accounting for that.
I dunno, memory is relatively expensive right now for consumers. I don't know if it's the same for OEMs, but it's certainly not cheap. Still, Apple would hardly stand to lose much if anything by going to 2GB, as there would be increased demand, and consumers would benefit greatly.Memory has gotten cheaper. $20 is still almost irrelevant when compared to the cost of the device and the margins apple is making. I have no problem finding $199 2GB android or win8 tablets for example.
I dunno, memory is relatively expensive right now for consumers. I don't know if it's the same for OEMs, but it's certainly not cheap. Still, Apple would hardly stand to lose much if anything by going to 2GB, as there would be increased demand, and consumers would benefit greatly.