Although high-end smartphones can boast anything up to 4GB RAM these days, the iPhone has been stuck on 1GB ever since the iPhone 5. This hasn’t really been much of a problem, because iOS is so efficient that developers have been able to continue making apps and games superior to most things on Android, while sticking within the 1GB limit.
This may be about to change, however, according to a new report circulating in the Taiwanese media, which suggests that Apple plans to boost up its iPhone to 2GB of LPDDR4 memory for its forthcoming iPhone 6s, which will likely arrive this September.
The advantage of LPDDR4 over the LPDDR3 RAM used in the current generation iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is that it doubles the devices’s bandwidth from 17GB/s to 34GB/s, while still maintaining the same power consumption.
According to the rumor mill, the RAM modules for the next iPhone will be split between Hynix, Samsung and Micron-Elpida — with Hynix taking half of the orders, Samsung taking 30 percent, and Micron-Elpida getting the remaining 20 percent.
Other reports about the iPhone 6s have suggested that it will come with a significantly improved camera, sporting a dual-lens setup with optical zoom capabilities and a 3D pressure sensor. for the iPhone 6s, which will likely arrive this September.
Given Apple’s history with its incremental “s” upgrades, it is unlikely that the phone will receive any kind of exterior redesign, which limits all improvements to internal ones.
What improvements are you hoping Apple whips out for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus?
Via: GforGames
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
8 responses to “Apple could finally give the iPhone more RAM this year”
VERY HAPPY that apple doesn’t redesign for the sake of redesign….the exterior is still soooo new & fresh that a redesign would be a waste i feel. i’m happy for an incremental “s” upgrade internally to make it worth my money!
although the 6 plus that i have is the first iphone i wish had 2gb ram….so i’m definately ready for that….there was NEVER a need on the 5s, 5, 4s for that kind of ram, but now there is!
Yeah it was a major bummer that the 6Plus didn’t get 2GB of RAM to begin with. I still love mine, but the extra RAM would definitely have been put to good use.
iOS is so RAM efficient that it has to reload a webpage overtime you tap away from it. No thanks.
Serious question, but is 2G of ram really needed on the 6? I am a non gamer, I use the phone for sports updates, video, text, FB, Twitter, pictures and the occasional phone call. Is (if the 6S is updated with 2G) is it worth upgrading and the extra 3-4 hundred dollars for it? I doubt we see a change on the exterior of the 6 though.
It’s not necessary on the 6; people just like to complain about things they don’t understand. The exterior definitely won’t change, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear them “strengthen” the design (a la the Bendgate farce). The upgrade to 2GB on the 6S would be because they can do it without a negative impact to battery life, which is what has prevented them from adding more RAM until now. It won’t solely be worth the upgrade if you already have a 6.
They need to tighten their OS a little better this year. Come out with an OS X SNOW LEOPARD type update for iOS.
Improvements? Smaller display,