Are there any phone apps in need of MORE? OS bloat and 3rd party back ground multi tasking are extremely tightly managed on iOS.
I was hoping with the introduction of USB-C the pro models might have a thunderbolt port and support a dex-style experience similar to stage manager on iPad os. More ram would have been helpful for that, but looks like I might not be getting what I dream of
And the only “technical” hurdle preventing this is that it would canibalizes iPad sales :-(
That actually would be pretty badass
Which means Apple probably won’t.
Yeah if they won’t let an iPad run MacOS this definitely isn’t happening
There is UTM which certainly benefits from more RAM.
@redcalcium @AlternateRoute
Technically, yeah of course. Though I think that people rather use it on Apple’s larger devices like iPads and MacBooks. It’s not that convenient to use virtual machines on small screens (although I understand it can be useful in some specific scenarios).
Gaming is also one use case where it's desirable to have more RAM.
I have a 14 Pro and can’t really think of a single time it didn’t do what it needed rapidly.
If it was getting marketed like one of the old windows phones that was a computer when docked (similar to the M processor iPads) then I could maybe bet it but honestly don’t feel it’s necessary.
Spotlight search still not instant
iPhones with 6 gb of RAM have no issues at all, meanwhile those 6 gb of RAM makes my apps reload a lot with A13 on my custom ROM :/
It’s nice how iOS doesn’t need to play the specs game. Who cares how much RAM it has as long as it works well. Other platforms need to complete on specs. Apple does not.
But there will still be a substantial price increase as if there was more RAM. Count on it!
When deciding on specifications, a vendor has to consider the requirements for the whole of its support lifecycle, not just year one. So Apple needs to be building a premium phone that will be functional for everything they have in the pipeline
to the largest Apple community on Lemmy. This is the place where we talk about everything Apple, from iOS to the exciting upcoming Apple Vision Pro. Feel free to join the discussion!
Apple Hardware
Apple TV
Apple Watch
iPad
iPhone
Mac
Vintage Apple
Apple Software
iOS
iPadOS
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
Shortcuts
Xcode
Community banner courtesy of u/Antsomnia.