Apple is losing me: that's why.

[Trius]

I don't think the argument is that iOS is better than Android or vice versa. I think it comes down to the experience. For the most part, they do the same thing. If you have a lot of friends on iOS than using iOS yourself can be more pleasant. If you are a little more techy, you might prefer Android.

They're both great for different reasons. I don't really find either to be lacking too much when compared to each other.

Yesterdays keynote was probably not all that exciting to the average user, and that's exactly why they give those keynotes to a room full of developers. From a dev standpoint, there is some cool stuff coming to iOS which will eventually make the user experience better. When I saw "better" I mean compared to previous versions of iOS.

Are you from the future?

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Not everyone knows me, for sure, but I'm a quite active forum member.
And surely I can define myself like a true passion at Apple user.
My first Apple experience are dated 1989, with Macintosh. The complete switch from windows environment dated 2005 when I purchased the iMac Intel powered , followed a few months after by a white MacBook 13". Never had regrets. Never look back.
Quite naturally I bought my first iPhone in 2008, the iPhone 3G (the original iPhone wasn't available in Europe), and since then I owned every iPhone's iteration, including my actual iPhone 5S.
Due to my job I need to have with me a second phone, so I basically tried every other interesting products (I'm a really tech enthusiast), but my primary phone was and is the iPhone. I also have an iPad, actually every single version except for the iPad 3 (when I decided to switch from my previous iPad 2, Apple released the 4). And a MacBook Pro 15". And a Mini. And a MacBook Air 11" (for my wife).
My home is permeated with a strong Apple ecosystem.
Well, for the first time in my recent life, I'm not sure my next flagship will be the iPhone 6.
Why ? I can't give you a direct answer. Am I satisfied by my iPhone 5S ? Yes .... and no.
It's a premium product. It's well designed, well manufactured, it has a top notch technology inside (I truly love how Apple caught all other vendors unprepared with the A7) ..... but it is somewhat "half baked".
The display is too small. Don't get me wrong, I need a compact primary phone (my secondary is a phablet), but this one is too small by any means. The missed the point after iPhone 5. That was the moment to make a change.
And this is related to iOS 7.
It was a new iOS, an innovation compared to every previous iteration, but is was not really innovative .... I don't know how to explain it. It was "more of the same" , just presented in a slightly different form.
Now we are waiting for the iPhone 6. We know it will sports a bigger display. We know there will be a phablet version.
But it will be "more of the same", nevertheless.
I'm not going to judge something without seeing it, but with all the rumors and with the iOS 8 presentation I'm afraid we are not going to have a revolution here.
I'm using Android and windows Phone 8.1 on a daily base (Nexus 7 and Lumia 1520), and while they have several defects (especially Android), they both are satisfying me more than iOS. WP 8.1 in my opinion is absolutely the best os out there (I'm speaking about the os, not the App Store ).
Now I'm debated, and I don't know what to do.
There are strong points in favor of iOS and iPhone (think about the App Store, by far better than any regardless what Android supporters are claiming), and the ecosystem I'm used to. But I'm not going to spend 730€ or more for the iPhone 6 if it won't satisfy my expectations.

How many of you share my feeling ?
What do you think about this ?

Ask again next week. Only then can you make an informed decision.

 

[Technarchy]

I'm not too troubled by it on either iPhone. I have no issues with reloading tabs on my iPhone 5S - or even on my iPad rMini.

I have seen it on the Air though. I would be concerned if the Air came with less than 2 GB of RAM.

We are at a point where iOS is so big, the apps are big, and the resolutions pretty much require more RAM.

The lack of RAM is a user experience impacting matter.

The lack ofRAM also gimps the 64 bit potential.