New report suggests new iPhone may have 3GB of RAM

04 August, 2016
Research of Taiwan's memory chip industry suggests the new higher-end iPhone model could sport 3GB of RAM.

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  • Anonymous
  • mgK
  • 04 Aug 2016

I would really appreciate this. But I think it would be even better and cheaper for Apple to take the currently available 4GB chips

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    • Smartphonebuyer
    • KZJ
    • 04 Aug 2016

    The real fact is if u charged the buyer this price u got to give the worthiness packages to them. Realistically an iphone 6s 16gb are same price with the mighty galaxy note7. Wake up apple, people are not stupid.

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      • AnonD-549785
      • r$5
      • 04 Aug 2016

      Finnaly

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        • AnonD-525557
        • d@b
        • 04 Aug 2016

        SG N5, 04 Aug 2016So u feel iphone is Kia sportage and high end androids are ... moreYou got so many things wrong in your comment...but never mind...kiddo..
        hope you have fun driving in your ford and pretending you drive jaguar ;)

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          • Anonymous
          • tDC
          • 04 Aug 2016

          Anonymous, 04 Aug 2016They said 512 MB is enough for Iphones...... HAHAHAHAHAHYeah, apple sure put a brilliant hocus pocus magic to the apple fans.. .. Bravo apple,...

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            • Anish
            • Hkt
            • 04 Aug 2016

            Anonymous, 04 Aug 2016Android had 3 gb ram for the first time on Galaxy S6 in 201... moreActually android has been having 3gb ram since the note 3 and moto nexus 6 but I get your point....the htc m8 with marshamallow runs just fine.....

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              • Typhoon
              • jeu
              • 04 Aug 2016

              Used to be an Android/Nexus user until i bought a slightly used 64gb Jailbroken 6S from Swappa.. Gah!! Crazy Cydia UI customization with A9 performance i love it!! Don't miss Android at all, good times on XDA though lol..

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                • AnonD-525557
                • d@b
                • 04 Aug 2016

                SG N5, 04 Aug 2016So u feel iphone is Kia sportage and high end androids are ... more1. You know what I mean, you just play dumb...or maybe...you don't play anything...maybe...you just are...
                2. you can't be serious when you state that xiaomi is high end android...nothing Chinese is high end, not any smartphone, not any car, nor tv, nor any home appliance, NO chinese brand of anything is considered high end...maybe it will in the futere, but not now.
                It is blasphemy to compare any Chinese xiaomi with apple, it would be blasphemy to compare any chinese brand with samsung or htc or lg or sony or motorola.
                3. I'm no apple fun boy...assumption is mother of all fuck-ups, and you assumed.
                My last iphone was iphone 4, after it htc sensation, htc sensation xl with beats, htc one x, sg note 2, sg note 3, sg note 4...and now sg s7 flat....so you assumed wrong.
                thing is that I have respect for other oem's like apple since they've been around for many years and they made some great products, I yet don't have any respect for chinese brands since they copy everything, they pop like mushrooms (vivo oppo xiaomi meizu...etc) and flood the market with brands and copied products. and yes...apple is a brand name, samsung is a brand name, sony is a brand name and you compare it to xiaomi WTF...
                people buy brand names and people like brand names...it is same with cars, with watches, clothing, shoes...etc
                In the end...judging by your comment I guess maybe I could be your father...since I'm 40...
                Check with your mother...just to be on the safe side...

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                  • Anonymous
                  • p2I
                  • 04 Aug 2016

                  They said 512 MB is enough for Iphones...... HAHAHAHAHAH

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                    • Anonymous
                    • p2I
                    • 04 Aug 2016

                    Zenfone 3 has 6gb , so Zenfone is better than Iphone.

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                      • AnonD-234645
                      • nYT
                      • 04 Aug 2016

                      Anonymous, 04 Aug 2016You are clearly not a mobile porn personOh well~ don't need to.

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                        • AnonD-540746
                        • pSR
                        • 04 Aug 2016

                        fags, 04 Aug 2016apple can make quad core but they wouldn't because it will ... morethey have to reduce their ridiculous price and make an iphone with quad core cpu with more ram
                        also they should remove 750p from their displays and at least 32gb storage.

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                          • AnonD-525557
                          • d@b
                          • 04 Aug 2016

                          AnonD-443963, 04 Aug 2016Oh really !!!!!......lol Yes! Really!

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                            • AnonD-367917
                            • i2s
                            • 04 Aug 2016

                            Report suggests....

                            No, just no!

                            2gb ram likely. More just isn't needed.

                            Android generally true too!

                            Yes Android on the whole might have need for more,.. my guess is iPhones would be pretty happy around 1.5gb mark,.. that would be more than enough legs for most users.

                            If everyones phones have too much spec, and are replaced too often, it is the world that suffers.
                            Bragging just isn't worth it.

                            Now; lets talk reality!

                            3gb on an android device with crazy high res screen (eg my note 4) and a great graphics chip might have nuts headroom for a game with crazy textures. I don't know if many such games exist. I know I haven't any of them.
                            Android on 512mb is almost happy... 1gb, certainly.
                            2gb allows the system to cache programs into the available ram,.. generally sitting around 1.8gb
                            Leaves enough memory for something to load, and then drop other unnecesary stuff from ram,.. to leave some available.

                            As google/android don't tell manufacturers what spec chips to place in their devices, slower storage chips might benefit from an arrangement where frequently used applications are 'pre-loaded'. More memory only helps if it is needed. Even my 3gb Note 4 (2014) has not gone above 2Gb used, and if so, it was brief (a few seconds).
                            If the phone had 2Gb of ram it wouldn't then, or today, have changed my buying it.

                            Now, Apple.... control over the chipset, the A9 has a crazy fast bus. (My A9X I write this from is greater than 50Gb per second, which alleviates dropping level three cache), the A9 had half that bus but doesn't render 5.6million pixels from a top tier video chip that shares the bandwidth....

                            Assuming they don't suddenly go backwards in chipset design (nothing in the companies history suggests they would),.. a new phone, with 2Gb of ram will,be fine... and given they load from superfast storage, it truly wouldn't matter.

                            If a usage scenario had to keep one program loaded in ram that needed more than this (the first Crysis used a whole 2Gb and allowed the whole island to load into ram at once), there might be an issue.. but a phone doesn't load >2gb spreadsheets,.. and if so, then an iPhone presently might not do it... fair enough!

                            Yes the system needs a base working set,.. but superfast storage on a wide bus to fast ram sufficient for a users need is 'the right amount'.

                            2Gb incoming.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • UD{
                              • 04 Aug 2016

                              AnonD-560664, 04 Aug 2016Yeah, don't look at actual measurable, objective measures, ... moredon't be deceived by numbers dude.

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                                • AnonD-241270
                                • S4s
                                • 04 Aug 2016

                                yeah yeah....it will have...by 2025! until then you have to buy ijunk 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and then, when aiple have enought profit to give all employes a lambo they will "offer" 3GB variant - ops, i say offer?! meh, aiple dont offer nothing to nobody!!!! - you have to pay...A LOT!

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                                  • AnonD-560664
                                  • 3qC
                                  • 04 Aug 2016

                                  Anonymous, 04 Aug 2016They are. Far better. Don't be a spec-whore...try to look... moreYeah, don't look at actual measurable, objective measures, just focus on the shiny object and swear allegiance to the Apple Politburo/Marketing Department.

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                                    • AnonD-539246
                                    • akC
                                    • 04 Aug 2016

                                    3GB and 4GB is enough if the performance is way better the older gen RAM chip. Keep in mind that bigger number of capacity is always better than lower number capacity if the speed can't keep up.

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                                      • AnonD-361638
                                      • 9Dx
                                      • 04 Aug 2016

                                      Dot-WiFi, 04 Aug 2016wow.... android user dont like jokes I don't think u ware joking.
                                      But Its ok.by ifan i can accept it.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • McW
                                        • 04 Aug 2016

                                        AnonD-522698, 04 Aug 2016other companies are planing to have 6gb ram and apple still... moreThey are. Far better. Don't be a spec-whore...try to look at the entire package and how it just works.