2nd this request! Thanks

IIRC, they did a tear down way earlier than Apple wanted them to, and lost early access to all future iPhones. It’s not that they don’t WANT to do it, they just HAVE to wait to get it like everyone else.

“In September 2015, Apple removed the iFixit app from the App Store in reaction to the company's publication of a teardown of a developer pre-release version of the Apple TV(4th generation) obtained under Apple's Developer Program violating a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement and as such their developer account was suspended.”

also, the media units have to be returned once the official units get released, so ifixit wouldn’t be able to return it after it had been torn down

iFixit is not offered pre-release hardware. And besides the reviewers are not allowed to open the gear to peek inside.

Also keep in mind Apple has pox’ed them as they are fighting for the Right to Repair which Apple is against.

wow, that board is absurdly small. They're just an integrated modem, and an eSIM away from getting it even smaller.

What do you mean? The screen is the OLED display no IC

The RAM was disclosed on macrumors.com a few days ago, all three phones have 4 GB

Jack It’s still 4 GB ;-}

It is going to be 4GB. Even the new Pixel is rumored to be 4GB and Android is a larger RAM eater in contrast to iOS.

RAM is almost entirely a spec sheet war thing on these phones. No one is ever going to use 12GB or even 8GB on a (current) Android phone outside of a benchmark.

Power saving will close background apps before RAM could even dream of filling up. My current OnePlus has 8GB and the average usage is 3.2GB and I’m a fairly heavy user. The majority of this is also going to the OS/Google Services.

Phones aren’t desktops. Please don’t pay for (or demand) excessive amounts of RAM and encourage waste.

I don't see it that way.

i have here an iPad device with 2gb ram, i have been doing the same things for years, the same apps.

but due to new functions and bigger websites, the apps load much faster in multitasking.

there are enough videos where clearly shows that e.g. the iPhone XS Max (4GB) loses against devices with 8 gb or 12 GB ram over and over again. because the gapps have to be reloaded.

Wut? That makes no sense. If you're talking about vs 8 and 12GB devices then you're talking about iOS vs Android which negates any assumptions about hardware. Thread management and thread eviction is completely different between the two OS'

Plus end of day, here in the real world, iOS feels consistently real world faster regardless. I use both an XS Max and a Note 10+ and as always, the Samsung device feels consistently less snappy. Benchmarks only matter for spec warriors who exclusively use their device to read and watch phone benchmarks. It's like bench racers in cars who can barely even drive.

Endless objective reports have been done showing that RAM on iOS barely matters based on *the range of RAM options available for iOS*, which is the only sound comparison. The best example is the 4GB vs 6GB iPad Pro.

Feel free to stay wrong and keep proving lack of experience by arguing an obvious point. I'm out.

I don't see it that way. I have an S10 and XS Max.

The XS Max throttles much faster and the battery is bad at games app. iOS in general is also very limited.

You always need more RAM and as you can see Android has much more functions than iOS. Android has many similar functions as a desktop system. and is independent without Apple server activation.

your iPhones or iPads are central products. without apple server you can't activate the devices.

I did this on my xs and it seemed to work but did not leave it like that for more than a minute as I didn’t want to potentially damage it. not saying it will but I don’t want to risk it.

No it's not possible. It will automatically pick the source the provides the most power.

Yep.

In April this year Apple cancels his own gadget announced two years ago: AirCharger

I think it could give more power than others assigned by Apple.

The proper way is to look at it from the software (one of the reviewers had already done this) not depend on the chip markings (as iFixit pointed out they needed to glean the code a bit as the decode sheet has not been updated by SK Hynix). Otherwise you really need to look directly at the chip microscopically counting off the storage cells to be sure. That takes time as you need to carefully grid the potting material off so you can visibly see the layers.

4 GB is quite a lot of RAM for a phone! Mobile devices are a balance, going to much is just as bad as going too light! In addition you can’t compare across different architectures.

As we’ve seen Apple’s design efforts in the past, they just don’t need as much RAM or faster running CPU’s as other phones, yet get much more performance!

that's not true. in reality speed test clearly shows it.

more ram are significantly better. for multitasking, games app and future system updates (if more features are added).

if you don't know yet, RAM is one of the fastest memories in the device. there is not a single technical reason not to install it anymore.

apple knows about this technique and intentionally use so little RAM. so that in the future, users will notice why many games apps need to be reloaded.

I'll follow you around and keep telling you you're clueless since you want to keep making this invalid point. Please spend more time actually learning and less time voraciously consuming and misinterpreting benchmarks. Especially the ones with broken methodologies.

“MAWR RAMZ IS BETTAR!” has *never* been an absolute truth, but becomes totally specious comparing *between platforms*. At least try to actually learn how thread management works and how it differs between iOS and Android. Actually learn it, maybe even try a hand at coding, and then revisit your poorly formed opinion. Or just now pretend you're already “a dev" and already know, even though you're clearly not and dont.

Everyone knows the lies of apple.

back then apple said 1 GB RAM would be enough for iPhone 6. everyone who uses the device today knows exactly how slow safari and other apps run. because the apps today are more functional and larger.

example the iPad mini 4 has the same A8 SoC as iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. but doesn't get iOS 13.

it's just a fact that the operating system has to do more and more and the RAM is the most important today. CPU/GPU or internal hard drive are now so fast. that there are hardly any improvements left for the daily apps.

but when new multitasking tasks, background tasks and new features are added for the third party app developers, there is a big difference.

as you can currently see iOS 13 add many functions of Android.

background tasks, download manager, File Explorer, Widget on homescreen (iPadOS) etc.

nevertheless all these new functions do not run as smoothly as under Android or are very poorly implemented.

anyone who has ever used file explorer, custom keyboard, Widget under iOS 10, iOS 11, iOS 12 and iOS 13 knows it. very buggy and few features.

Android is much better because they have been using it for years and have constantly optimized it. due to the great support of the android community, many android apps have become much prettier and faster. the iOS community, on the other hand, does almost nothing at all. their own fault.

 everyone who goes into the app store and doesn't just want to make games or messenger apps. knows exactly how many apps from independent developers are barely available anymore. many apps haven't been updated for years or aren't available at all in the app store anymore. most of them are still with lots of ads, trackers and slow.

While a lot of folks would love to see a Qualcomm modem as the previous generation of the Intel modem was a bit lackluster. We will need to see if this generation is better once it’s tested. I’m sure Intel was working hard trying to improve the design. So lets wait until the testing gets done before we cry.

Do keep in mind the Intel model used before was not that bad! Sure it was on the slow side but it wasn’t the worst either. Most people won’t need the few kbit difference between them.

What is with USB 3.0 speed support? Why do so many people keep forgetting that?

there has never been an iPhone that supports USB 3.0 speed. No problems with Android devices like Samsung Galaxy S10, S9, S8.

We will! Stay tuned for wallpapers!

You can find wallpapers here!

too bad.. they already bought the Dialog PIMIC division last yr.

You can find wallpapers here! Hope you enjoy them!

I would also like to know this! the new 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) implementation should be interesting.

Hey Vincent! Unfortunately there is not a way to clear the non-genuine parts error message after a battery or screen replacement unless you (or whoever does the repair) are an Apple authorized service provider. You can read more about the non-genuine parts messages in these two articles: batteries; displays.