RAM is an always relevant feature in an electronic device, although in the case of iPhone data is never known by Apple. The reason for this you will find in this article, as well as you will also be able to know what RAM memory your iPhone has, regardless of what model it is.
Why does Apple not say the RAM of the iPhone?
In its day we already explained the reason why the iPhone have less RAM than an Android, the difference in capacity between devices being very notable in recent times. In summary we could say that iOS, the iPhone operating system, requires fewer resources to function and therefore Apple can afford to install lower memories on its devices and still guarantee its correct operation, without slowness or applications failing if many are opened at the same time. Precisely in this would be the reason that Apple does not give official information about it.
At the image level, it is very bad to see that a last generation iPhone has less RAM than a competitor’s Android and although this has its explanation in what we discussed above, perhaps many not so knowledgeable users tend to believe that they will have problems with your device for that reason. But then how can we know how much RAM an iPhone has? Well, thanks to the disassemblies that are made of these equipment and to be able to check what parts they have inside. Perhaps a user with the naked eye cannot measure this, but the professionals can. There are also tools that test the performance of phones and are capable of giving the RAM data.
RAM memory of an iPhone
Here is the amount of RAM that all Apple iPhones have, from first to last:
- iPhone (original): 128 MB.
- iPhone 3G: 128 MB.
- iPhone 3GS: 256 MB.
- iPhone 4: 512 MB.
- iPhone 4s: 512 MB.
- iPhone 5: 1 GB.
- iPhone 5c: 1 GB.
- iPhone 5s: 1 GB.
- iPhone 6: 1 GB.
- iPhone 6 Plus: 1 GB.
- iPhone 6s: 2 GB.
- iPhone 6s Plus: 2 GB.
- iPhone SE (1st generation): 2 GB.
- iPhone 7: 2 GB.
- iPhone 7 Plus: 3 GB.
- iPhone 8: 2 GB.
- iPhone 8 Plus: 3 GB.
- iPhone X: 3 GB.
- iPhone XS: 3 GB.
- iPhone XS Max: 3 GB.
- iPhone XR: 3 GB.
- iPhone 11: 4 GB.
- iPhone 11 Pro: 4 GB.
- iPhone 11 Pro Max: 4 GB.
- iPhone SE (second generation): 3 GB.
Is it possible to install more RAM?
No. Unlike what happens with many computers, it is not possible to expand the RAM of an iPhone, something that also happens in any other smartphone on the market. The main reason is the difficulty of acquiring this type of part, since the ones that can be found are not original and therefore are not optimized for the proper functioning of the iPhone. Perhaps you have been able to see a video on the internet in which this process is done, but they are always carried out by professionals with full knowledge of the subject and as something merely testimonial. In any case, we insist on emphasizing that, especially in the most recent models, the RAM memory that they incorporate as standard is more than enough to execute any type of action without difficulty.