The 1020 has 2G RAM. I think there's a phone out with either 3G or 4G so 8G is not unlikely. Also MS claim is based on the current OS architecture. It was meant to show the kernel was future proof as way of saying to devs that they're hear to stay and there's longevity in the OS.
I'm not trying to say that 64 bit shouldn't be on phones. I just think it doesn't matter a thing for the iPhone at the moment. I much rather see Android as a candidate for the need of higher RAM, but as Android is Linux based it shouldn't be that hard for Google to provide a 64 bit version.
Here an excerpt from the Engadget live blog. Start at the bottom. This is just so incredibly arrogant. I'm sure the developers of Android are talking about this very much, it's just not announced.
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"I don't think the other guys are even talking about it yet."
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The first ever of any kind.
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It contains the A7 chip! A 64-bit chip.
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"The iPhone 5S is a huge leap forward in mobile computing performance."
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"Thank goodness we've moved beyond that."
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He's reminiscing about the old days of computing.
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First, the performance.
Edit: 20 seconds use of Google: 64-bit processors and 4GB of memory coming in 2014 - Android Authority
Well, I am going to bed now. I want to go for a run tomorrow at 6.30, weather forecast says 9? C. This will be fun.
Have a good night, and don't mind me ranting about Apple or technical stuff I don't know too much about. ;-)
Can't resist... gonna have to cruise iMore and see how excited everyone over there is.
Hey, I begrudge no one the fun of a new device....
Can't resist... gonna have to cruise iMore and see how excited everyone over there is.
Hey, I begrudge no one the fun of a new device....
Almost the weekend that will be nice! :excited:
shame on you. I got excited for a sec, but it's not even hump day yet
Well, I hear that the difference between an iPhone 5 and 5s isn't really that different.
No it only a few changes, you think by a year there would be something truly awesome!
Well its Apple, we should have expected more, but we didn't, those two phones are gonna get tons of sales because they're Apple devices.
Well as long as the techs sites pay check comes from Apple, they're gonna be biased towards Apple and Android.Sad but true all the other tech sites are hiding a lot of the details such as the price for one.
Which is ridiculous!
I was actually expecting something "different" from Apple, but I'm defiently not gonna switch anytime soon, I'm happy using Windows Phone.
I wasn't expecting much all the leaks gave too much away to be a surprise.
The leaks gave away alot about the iPhone 5C, but not as much with the 5S.
Yeah, what was the price of the 5S? I heard about pricing for the 5C, but apparently there is not much of a difference between both in pricing.There wasn't much to give away for the 5S.