Xcode reveals new iPhones have 2GB RAM, iPad Pro gets 4GB

A developer has used Xcode 7 GM asset catalogs to confirm that Apple's new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus both have 2GB of RAM - twice as much as their predecessors - while the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro has 4GB.

Andy Weir Senior News Editor Neowin @gcaweir · Sep 14, 2015 03:14 EDT · Hot! with 27 comments

When it launched the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last year, Apple ignored the cries of those desperately calling for a bigger battery and more RAM. With its new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, launched last week, Apple actually made the batteries even smaller (!) - but as 9to5Mac reports, both handsets have finally got a boost in RAM.

Not much of a surprise but Xcode confirms 2GB of RAM for the 6s (and 6s plus), and 4GB for the iPad Pro pic.twitter.com/X8Ym4DtamS
— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) September 13, 2015

Developer Hamza Sood sifted through the Xcode 7 GM asset catalogs to uncover details of how much RAM is inside the new iPhones, as well as the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro. He discovered that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus each has 2GB of RAM - up from just 1GB in their predecessors - while the giant iPad has 4GB.

The image asset is chosen based on the memoryClass key in the simdevicetype’s capabilities.plist. 0 = <1GB, 1 = 1GB, 2 = 2GB, 3 = 4GB.
— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) September 13, 2015

As we noted in our Specs Appeal showdown between the iPad Pro and Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 last week, Adobe was first to reveal that the new iPad has 4GB of RAM, but now Apple's own code has confirmed this to be the case.

Source: @HamzaSood - 1 / 2 | via 9to5Mac