14 DAY TRIAL // Apple talked big of its iPhone 7 lineup in the official unveiling earlier this week, but the company didn’t fully disclose the specs of the two devices, as it preferred to concentrate on upgrades like camera, the new Home button, and the removal of the headphone jack.
But thanks to a TENNA certification that has reached the web today, we’re finally getting confirmation that Apple has increased the amount of RAM available on the iPhone 7 Plus to 3 GB.
On the other hand, the standard iPhone 7 with a 4.7-inch display continues to feature 2 GB of RAM, just like the existing iPhone 6s lineup.
Why the RAM upgrade makes sense
At first look, it doesn’t make sense for Apple to increase the amount of memory available on the Plus and leave the smaller iPhone behind, but when looking at the spec sheet, it’s actually an upgrade that the company really had to do.
The iPhone 7 Plus comes with a new dual-camera system supposed to provide super high-quality photos that need more resources to be processed. With 3 GB of RAM, the iPhone 7 Plus should provide faster processing without a substantial impact on battery life - and this is one of the reasons the battery has been upgraded as well.
On the other hand, the standard iPhone 7 comes with a single-lens camera, so offering more RAM on this model wasn’t entirely necessary, although we do admit that it would have been a welcome upgrade.
At the same time, it’s worth mentioning that Apple’s spending a lot of time optimizing iOS for better performance, and this is one of the reasons the iPhone has always had less RAM than its Android rivals. At this moment, Android devices have much more RAM, and some even ship with 6 GB, but given the extreme optimizations that Apple is making in iOS, a lower amount is just enough for what the iPhone is capable of offering.