FAQ about iPhone RAM

How much RAM iPhone has?

As the apps and games become more complicated, they need more resources on your phone to eat. Apple responded to this trend by gradually increasing the RAM size in their products but at a slower pace than other smartphone manufacturers. For example, while iPhone 12 is to come with 4-6GB of RAM, the first generation of iPhone has only 128MB. They also improved the speed of Mobile RAM used from 200 MHz to 2133 MHz in the recent models.

Do Android Phones use more RAM than iPhones?

If you look at the specs and benchmarks of a given generation of iPhone and compare it with the specs of Android flagships from the same year, you will see than iPhones use less RAM but it offers superior performance. Glyn Williams has explained on Quora that iOS devices beat Android devices with even double the RAM. As a result, some people think that iOS needs less RAM than Android.

In practice, iOS devices such as iPhones need the same amount of RAM to perform a given task, but the difference is the way they manage memory. Because Android is a JAVA based platform, it uses a process named 'Garbage Collection' to recycle RAM once an app is closed. This method of memory management leads to overcrowded and chunked RAM over the time. Besides, background apps consume a large portion of the device's memory.

On iOS opposite is true, it has a better scheme for dealing with memory and preventing it from chunking and slowing. iOS also handles background processes better and background apps occupy less memory. As a result, iPhones use the available memory more efficiently and need less RAM.

Which iPhone has the highest RAM?

As now, iPhone X/XR Pro and iPhone 11 Pro/Max have the highest RAM. They are introduced with 4GB of RAM installed. The second winners in this category ar iPhone XR, iPhone SE(2nd), and iPhone 7/8 plus. They are equipped with a 3 GB RAM chipset.

According to some rumors, at least two models of the 2020 Apple iPhone are expected to come with 6GB of RAM.

Why is Apple RAM so expensive?

To minimize support costs and customer frustration down the road, Apple only uses top-shelf products with a very low failure rate. This assures them that the RAM manufactured from the third-party meets the quality standards of Apple and won't damage their branding. For that, Apple has to add some additional margin to RAM and sell it at a premium price.

What brand of RAM does Apple use?

Like many other manufacturers, Apple doesn't endorse any RAM brand but buys RAMs from multiple suppliers. They also test RAMs bought to make sure it complies with the Quality Control Codes of the company.

The most common RAM types used in MacBooks are Samsung and Micron. Product teardowns revealed that Apple used Hynix or IBM mobile RAMs in mobile products such as iPhone and iPad. For example, iPhone 11 is shipped with an H9HKNNNCRMMVDR LPDDR4X RAM made by Hynix.

Here we went over all you need to know about RAM on your iPhone. If your iPhone is feeling sluggish RAM shortage may be the cause. To clean your iPhone Ram tap Settings > General > iPhone Storage. Look at used and free memory plus what apps are using the memory most and try to close memory-consuming apps from task manager. To keep your iPhone RAM clean, it's recommended that you restart your iPhone device at least once a day.