I also feel it's so weird for 1tb to have 6gb. With the guy providing so little information on how he got this info I wouldn't worry about this quite yet.
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iPad Pro Ipad Pro 2018: Only 4gb of RAM
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We’ll know in a week. The first thing I’m going to do is run Geekbench against it and I’m sure others will, too.
Yup, I’m waiting for reviews and user hands on reports before considering a purchase. If the 256GB has only 4gb then I’ll be passing for this iteration.
I also postponed my order for the time being and will first see what the actual specs will be.
Already posted this elswhere but if the rumor is true what bugs me about Apples marketing is that they paint image of Ipad delivering pc and xbox one s level performance to consumers.
Leaving important components such as ram lacking the device will not obviously be on the same level as it was lead to be in the keynote. Believing on Apples pitch how it is on level of Xbox One S customers will be expecting to use the new Ipad to play games on par with red death redemption 2 in the future.
Its unethical and bad marketing practice.
Already posted this elswhere but if the rumor is true what bugs me about Apples marketing is that they paint image of Ipad delivering pc and xbox one s level performance to consumers.
Leaving important components such as ram lacking the device will not obviously be on the same level as it was lead to be in the keynote. Believing on Apples pitch how it is on level of Xbox One S customers will be expecting to use the new Ipad to play games on par with red death redemption 2 in the future.
Its unethical and bad marketing practice.
You would if you had the right use case/app combination. Affinity Photo or Designer will use more RAM if available. I believe the likes of Lumafusion will too - in fact they could allow additional video & audio tracks while editing for 6GB devices. Would suck if that only applied to the 1TB model.
Maybe. I have never had a problem with any of those on my 4GB Pro. My fiancee uses Affinity Photo and Designer on her 2GB 2018 iPad also without issue. I am sure there are some use cases out there, but I think it's a little overblown. Who knows, maybe that extra 2GB of ram is exclusively to manage the 1TB controller or something.
Yup, it's a non issue for the majority of the time and the apps work great on my current Pros. I just see some cases where extra RAM would make a tangible difference and the processing and software is clearly capable. In these extreme cases, the RAM is actually a bottleneck.
Yea I am sure there are some situations out there. My only worry would be if I planned on keeping this device through iOS 15 or something. I upgrade every year so it's not a huge deal to me, but I have to respect that it might be for some. That TB iPad sure is pricey though, total overkill for me.
I work in Photoshop 24/7..How are we getting a 3.3 RAW File to an iPad? Loading them in the cloud (which takes forever) then loading it into the iPad? I always wondered how this even works. There's no SD card reader.
Who mentioned RAW? The PSD on the keynote was an illustration which could have been created on the device or pulled down from a share or even copied over via iTunes sharing.
There is also a SD card reader available.
Technically there is an SD card reader available, but it is treated as a digital camera not as general purpose storage.
Apple does not want to make it too future proof so as they have alway done before they skimp on the RAM amount! It really the only thing that makes mobile device bottleneck and become eventually useless. The SoC can still work but will be slower but the overall usability is the amount of RAM inside.
I’m still confused with the evidence of this. I’ve seen 8 skus, 4 for each size device and a screenshot that was clipped only including 2 devices showing 6gb of ram but not matching any skus. I would’ve believed Apple to do 4gb in the smaller pro like they have in the past due to it rendering everything at a much lower resolution and 6gb in the 12.9 than for them to only include 6gb in an extremely niche configuration of each model.
If my 10.5’s durability can last as long as the Air 2’s has, I’m content. If Apple continues to focus on iOS stability, that should be pretty easy.
All SSDs get faster when storage volume increases. That is true across the industry.
In addition, I would find it very odd for there to be different memory sizes based on 1TB or below.
A developer may want to release a kick-ass game that works better with more RAM. If users get better game performance with the 1TB version because they have 6GB and some lag on those with less RAM, could you imagine the backlash?
A developer may want to release a kick-ass game that works better with more RAM. If users get better game performance with the 1TB version because they have 6GB and some lag on those with less RAM, could you imagine the backlash?
I would imagine there would be none at all... iPhone XS vs XR... Additionally all devs have to make their apps available on a range of products. An app today will certainly be supported on a 2gb iPad Pro.
No way you would make it to 4GB on a 4GB device. There is a lot more held in memory than just the file.
More like 1.28GB/$ or $0.78125/GB.
The fixed cost is the iPad. That's the basis for calculating margins. Assuming a manufacturing cost same as out of warranty service cost of $500 (11") and NAND flash at $0.30/GB (recently bought a 1TB 860 EVO for $150 or $0.15/GB), markup is:
60% on 64GB
70% on 256GB
100% on 512GB
137% on 1TB
Nope, Apple is absolutely not eating the cost of RAM on 1TB models even if it's true that it has more RAM than lower capacity models.
Mind, I already know Apple likes their profit margins on the high side. Right now, I'm just analyzing the pros and cons of spending nearly $2K to upgrade one of my iPads and the ceiling I'm capping for iPad purchases.
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If it’s 4 then it’s a joke on us, premium prices demand upgrade components all the way through not just enough to try warrant getting it....leave the shelved crap from last couple years to the bottom value stuff like iPad 9.7, they are really starting to take the loyal for a ride, even more than before at these prices.