Apple - The Game Changer

Saturday, 13 September 2014

Why iPhone do not require 2 GB or 3 GB RAMS like other Phones??

I hear lot of people complain that Apple charges high price for iPhones but still provides only 1 GB of RAM, where as the other phone makers like Samsung and HTC provides 2-3 GB of RAMs.

So, here we need to understand the first basic thing that iPhone runs on iOS which is written on C & C+ language, where as Samsung, HTC runs on android which is written on Java language.

So when we run an app on Android, it runs on top of a virtual machine* on the phone. This requires much more memory than a native operating system* like iOS.

Meanings:

1. Virtual Machine: Dalvik is the process virtual machine (VM) in Google's Android operating system. It is the software that runs the applications on Android devices. Dalvik is thus an integral part of Android, which is typically used on mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers as well as more recently on embedded devices such as smart TVs and media streamers.

2. Native Operating System: Used to designate the lowest level of virtualization or the absence of virtualization. For instance the term “Native VM” is used ensure reference to the lowest level operating system, the one that actually maintains direct control of the hardware when multiple levels of virtualization occur.

[So on android to run an app the system requires one more software (Dalvik) to run the app. That is why more RAM is required for android phones]

Test: Cross-platform apps are a great measure of performance. Bloons 5, for example, past level 80 or so and lags like crazy Galaxy S5. It continues to run smoothly on my iPhone 5S well past level 100.

Putting more RAMS in a phone does not directly have an effect on user experience, moreover, more RAMS gives bad app developers more excuses to not optimize their apps, they can let their app bloat in the memory, affecting the phone's performance. iOS is considered more adept than Android at managing and optimizing resources. So comparing the amount of RAM on an iOS device versus that on an Android device is a bit like comparing apples and oranges.

Friday, 12 September 2014

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Apple has launched two iPhone's on Tuesday- 9th September, 2014. Both the Phones look great and are far bigger than the previous models. People were waiting from long time for apple to launch bigger iPhone. Both the iPhone's have same functionality and design, except iPhone 6 Plus has got little batter battery life and an optical image stabilization.

In India iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be available in store from 17th of October. It will be a great time to launch these phones in Indian Market as Indians love to do shopping before Diwali.

In India People can expect the price of:-
iPhone 6 (16 GB): Between 45000-48000
iPhone 6 Plus (16 GB): Between 53000-56000.

I feel it is worth buying the new iPhone's as there is a great improvement on the phone and the price range is similar to the last year. Here we can have look what we are getting extra compare to iPhone 5S.

1. Bigger Screen
2. Better Display
3. A8 Chip which provides better speed, graphics and Sustained Performance.
4. Batter Camera- Camera has got Focused Pixel (technology found on SLR cameras) Optical Image Stabilization, Face Detection, 43 MP Panorama.
5. Better Video- 1080p Video recording, Video stabilization, Slo Mo with 240 frames per sec.
6. Better Front Camera
7. 73% overall better battery
8. Metal- Which provide far better graphics. Multiple animated objects can move and act separately. It was never possible before on a Phone.
9. Barometer.
10. Health App
11. NFC for digital payment.
12. Better Wi-Fi
13. Wi-Fi audio calling. (call gets automatically sifted to cellular network when Wi-Fi Signal is poor.
14. Better LTE band
11. iOS 8

I am expecting that these iPhone's will do good in Indian market as it is doing great in global market.