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42 points skadamat | 7 comments | 09 Sep 25 18:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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awestroke ◴[09 Sep 25 18:48 UTC] No.45186752[source]▶
Hilarious how they refuse to list memory (RAM) capacity of their phones. Probably because they are way behind other phones in that regard.

Which is weird, since they focus so much on on-device AI. I guess the very very slightly lower profit margin from including more RAM is incredible unpalatable.

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1. whalesalad ◴[09 Sep 25 18:53 UTC] No.45186856[source]▶
It's because since the invention of the iPhone ram has never been a concern of the customer. I've never considered it, or felt the need to.
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2. minimaxir ◴[09 Sep 25 18:58 UTC] No.45186954[source]▶
It was an issue with earlier iPhones with the frequency it killed background apps/tabs.

The main incentive causing Apple to finally increase RAM is AI, with everything else being a good side effect.

3. az226 ◴[09 Sep 25 19:16 UTC] No.45187276[source]▶
Your apps constantly refresh despite only tabbing out to other apps for seconds. Super duper annoying and frustrating.
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4. pgm8705 ◴[09 Sep 25 19:44 UTC] No.45187694[source]▶
Not sure why the downvotes, it's largely true. Almost every non-techie I encounter in real life incorrectly uses the term "memory" to mean storage space.
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5. saagarjha ◴[09 Sep 25 20:33 UTC] No.45188510[source]▶
Mine don't.
6. ziml77 ◴[09 Sep 25 20:34 UTC] No.45188535[source]▶
Is it really that incorrect? Flash memory is persistent storage. Memory cards used to be how game saves were stored on consoles. The M in ROM stands for memory.

So it seems like we're using the term memory too narrowly, rather than them using it incorrectly.

7. McAtNite ◴[09 Sep 25 23:30 UTC] No.45190971[source]▶
This is demonstrably false to anyone with one of these devices. I can page over to my podcast app that I used days ago and find it is exactly where I left it.