Kim reports, “We have since heard that the upcoming iPhone 4’s RAM has again been upgraded. This will bring it to a total of 512MB of RAM, twice as much as the 3GS and iPad.”
“The added RAM should help overall performance and multi-tasking on the new iPhone 4,” Kim reports. “It could also explain why the iMovie App that Apple introduced at WWDC will only run on the iPhone 4. Apple has said iMovie will only run on the iPhone 4 and not the 3GS or even the iPad.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Andrew W.” for the heads up.]
i cant wait till the 24th
I don’t know how they keep adding more stuff, yet shrinking the envelope. Pretty amazing engineering.
That’s a big deal. I thought 256 was small for the iPad. I’m glad the new iPhone has more. Hopefully the new touch and iPad will get a boost and cameras too.
What’s up with pop up ads in MDN app for iPhone?
I can’t wait either!
So the iPad won’t get multi-tasking with the iOS 4 update?
The iPad definitely needs more RAM. I hate that Safari has to reload pages that I revisit.
512 Mb of RAM, but no physical keyboard???? who will want a iPhone?
@r2
The ipad will have multi-tasking as will the 3gs. Only 1st and 2nd gen will not have it. First 2 have 128mb. Ipad and 3gs have 256mb.
According to previous presentations by S. Jobs – iOS 4 for the iPad will support multi-tasking. Only pre-3GS phones and Touches will take advantage of only some iOS4 upgrades.
And the original Macintosh had 128 KB of RAM.
Ain’t progress wonderful?
@Ballmer,
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I’m definitely getting nervous that my iPad will be obsoleted by November 2010. I was betting on a 12 month hardware update cycle by Apple when I purchased the 64GB 3G model, but looks like they are ready to update the hardware early. Nuts.
The iPhone 4 will redefine the word ‘snappy’
Amazing. This will be HUGE!
512 MB of RAM will be amazing for games and multitasking programs. This will be a great advantage for the iPhone.
Yep. This just proves as great as the iPad is and all that; the iPhone is gonna be Apple’s favorite love child.
I can’t wait til July 14th!
I mean July 17th! Or therebouts!
Kim from MacRumors reports, “We have since heard that the upcoming iPhone 4’s RAM has again been upgraded. This will bring it to a total of 512MB of RAM, twice as much as the 3GS and iPad.”
Please, don’t be a rumor!
also it just suck that it’ll probably take 2-3 more years to know the refresh rates and general time table on the iPad.
We got iPhone refresh June-July
iPod September-October
Macs, appletv – When ever the f*ck they feel like it.
iPads?
You just gotta wonder why they didn’t put 512 in the iPad, i know the upgrade to next gen excuse, but come on, iPad was a bigger unicorn than iPhone.
So, why doesn’t the iPad have 512 MB ?
I expect the new iPad to have 512, or even a gig of ram. Probably cameras too. But I knew that mine would be outclassed in a year anyway, that is the way of things. But it won’t be obsolete; I expect there to still be a demand for the things, and I bet depreciation on them will be low.
There is a rule of thumb in American football that teams make the most improvement of the year between the first and second game. Tech is different for sure, but that is why I will not buy an iPad until the second gen.
im guessing next april the new iPad should have retina display, 512 ram and a camera hopefully i will get a decent price for my wifi 32 gig
People who worry too much about specs should probably get a MacBook instead. The iOS devices are what they are; buy it, use it, and enjoy it.
Apple engineers know the hardware specs and limitations and developers know the hardware specs and limitations, because the hardware is consistent (for each model year) and not upgradable. The variations are very limited, and a device is supported, partially supported, or not supported based on age, not specs. They will design their iOS software to take advantage of and NOT exceed the capabilities of the known hardware types. It’s not like a Mac, where the performance can vary greatly from one Mac model to another based one specs such as CPU type, number of cores, CPU speed, user upgradable RAM, graphics hardware, etc. Such specs are advertised by Apple because they are relevant to the Mac user’s experience. Such specs are not relevant for the iOS user’s experience, so Apple does not advertise them.
after seeing iPhone 4, you gotta wonder why the two aren’t similar in specs, i can understand design, seriously iPad would be in hyperdrive if it had just even face time.
i’m just gonna keep looking on craigslist for some poor unfortunate college student who needs money or wait for the refurbs on best buy and apple’s website.
But hey lets all start rumors for the next iPad already, I am over the new iPhone.