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Friday, October 14, 2011

Why The iPhone 4S Only Needs 512MB Of RAM

Why The iPhone 4S Only Needs 512MB Of RAM

We’ll probably never hear an official justification for why Apple only put 512MB of RAM in the iPhone 4S. But you know what? They don’t need one. Because you’ll hardly be able to tell. Here’s why.


 New Apple iPhone 4S News : Why The new Apple iPhone 4S Only Needs 512MB Of RAM

Live Long and Prosper

The more RAM you pack in a device, the more power it uses (at least until the next generation of RAM comes along, then it resets and starts all over again). For decades, power consumption was a secondary concern for gadget hardware and software engineers. They had an unlimited supply of energy piped through a cord. But now that battery-powered devices have become our most vital trinkets, how long that device can live without a recharge doesn’t just affect performance — in a lot of ways it is performance. And since they jumped into the smartphone pond feet-first, Apple has made battery life a priority. It’s why the first iPhone didn’t have 3G, and the reason why the iPhone 4S doesn’t have 4G. It’s why the iPad 2 also has 512MB of RAM — but still beats the pants off of the burlier competition.

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