How big the S in the 3GS really is

by Milind Alvares on July 9, 2009

How big the S in the 3GS really is →

John Casasanta, developer at Tap Tap Tap, explains how significant the RAM increase in the 3GS really is:

At a glance, you’ll notice that the RAM in the 3GS doubled from past iPhone models. Twice the amount of RAM than you’ve had is never a bad thing, but the reality here is far more noteworthy… The older iPhone models have been often considered underpowered when it comes to RAM, so even though the RAM amount is technically doubled, in actual use, you’ll often be working with 4x to 10x the amount of free RAM. And that’s one major aspect that’s contributing to the overall speedier feel of the 3GS.

There must be a similar increase in CPU resources over and above the base operations.

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Bikalpa Paudel July 13, 2009 at 7:22 am twitter.com/bikalpapaudel

True. My iPod almost crawls checking out shorturls from Twitterfon. And the slowness is erratic, signifying a RAM issue as compared to CPU or anything else.

And this is the fastest pre iPhone 3Gs device.

   

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