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liptonlover

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Mar 13, 2008
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does the sim simulate how powerful the actual iphone is, or does it have all the RAM it needs that my computer has to offer?
 

firewood

macrumors G3
Jul 29, 2003
8,141
1,384
Silicon Valley
The iPhone Simulator simulates a device with far more memory, and also is much much faster (neighborhood of 3X to 12X) than the actual device.

Use Instruments to check an apps memory usage (should be well under 20 MB max to be safe) and make sure you have tons of performance headroom.


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mpramodjain

macrumors regular
Nov 20, 2008
152
0
Banglore
#Net or #Overall

The iPhone Simulator simulates a device with far more memory, and also is much much faster (neighborhood of 3X to 12X) than the actual device.

Use Instruments to check an apps memory usage (should be well under 20 MB max to be safe) and make sure you have tons of performance headroom.


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Hi fireWood,
Do I need to check #Net or #Overall Object Allocation in the Instrument for testing memory. The safest 20MB is for the #Overall or #Net ALLOCATIONS.
 
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