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tl01

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A few iterations ago of iPhone....the phone finally had enough RAM where I was able to start a text and then switch to something else and come back to it and have the message I had started still be there. Since then, that aspect of my phones have become worse and worse and now with my X it really cannot do that. I start a text and then if I check anything else like email, I come back and nothing is there. Am I doing something wrong? Should I reset my phone?
 
Maybe reset and this time set it up as new. Give that a day or two. Restoring from backup and bringing old problems and files. Also if from 11.0 to 11.3.

Examples. Screenshot of memory. Specific scenario app(s). Group chat with heavy media or just text. Long, old iMessage thread. All the time you see this?
 
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I have noticed that my iPhone X holds considerably less apps in active memory than my 7 Plus did. They have the same 3GB of RAM... is there that much more OS overhead with the X (gesture controls, higher resolution display, etc)?

It has been very frustrating since upgrading to iPhone X... with my 7 Plus I was able to start watching a YouTube video, switch to messages app and send a text, then go to email app and read a message, and when I went back to YouTube, my video would be right where I left it. Not even close on the iPhone X.

I totally believe in hardware/ software optimization and how less resources are needed because of the way Apple designes the hardware around the software. But, this is a bummer from an end-user perspective.
 
It's the 6+ situation all over again. The X is gimped on RAM. Next iPhone will have 4gb and it will multi task just fine (as the case was for 6S doubling the RAM)
 
Just a wild guess here (probably totally wrong) but the X may use extra RAM due to FaceID using it up. Always active.
 
It's the 6+ situation all over again. The X is gimped on RAM. Next iPhone will have 4gb and it will multi task just fine (as the case was for 6S doubling the RAM)
Keeping a typed up message in memory while you use another app for a bit before you come back is something that even a 1 GB device has been able to do in most cases.
 
I have no problem doing the things mentioned in posts 1 and 3. Maybe something else going on---
 
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