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		Gigachad 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smartphone market forecast to decline this year du... I can't imagine the iphone is entirely powering down memory. Otherwise just unallocating memory won't change the power consumption.

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mosura 10 days ago [–]

Those aren’t the only two possibilities though.

mort96 10 days ago | | [–]

What other possibility are there? By what mechanism are you suggesting that iPhones save power by keeping RAM usage low?

LtWorf 10 days ago | | [–]

Do you have any source that the iphone is turning RAM on and off?

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