iPhone 4 Specs to overshadow of iPad, iPhone 3GS

MacRumors is reporting that the upcoming iPhone 4 will have an immense upgrade to its RAM memory.

At WWDC 2010, Apple was quick to announce that the iPhone 4 would contain the same A4 chip, clocked at 1GhZ that the iPad has but Apple did not announce any real details about what the new iPhone hardware would contain over the other iDevices.

It is rumored that the new iPhone will have double the memory of the iPad and it's predecessor, the iPhone 3GS (which both have 256MB). The rumor is that the iPhone 4 will have 512MB of RAM.

This upgrade would put the iPhone up-to-speed with other new smartphones like the HTC EVO, which has 512MB of RAM, a 1GhZ clocked processor, and front facing camera.


To put it into perspective with other iDevices and the Mac Mini, a fully operational computer, check out this graphic:

The image above showed up in one of the WWDC sessions. Session 147, Advanced Performance Optimization on iPhone OS, pt 2 can be found in iTunes and is available for download by registers Apple developers.

This RAM upgrade to the iPhone 4 would explain why only the iPhone 4, and not the iPhone 3GS or the iPad, would be able to use iMovie video editing

How-to: Overclock iPod touch or iPhone

Overclocking is defined by Wikipedia as

the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer, usually practiced by enthusiasts seeking an increase in the performance of their computers.

Now this same concept can be applied to your jailbroken iPod touch or iPhone. This process will allow you to increase the amount of free ram your device has by using the flash memory that is intended for music, video, and apps and turning it into extra virtual memory.

This virtual memory can be used by your device to perform normal functions while you play games and listen to music and have a movie downloading in the background with extra memory to spare. So lets get started!

1. Make sure you are jailbroken. (How do I do that?) And that you are on or at an above firmware of 3.0. (How do I check?)

2. Open Cydia then, in the bottom right corner tap on the Manage tab.



3. Tap on Sources then in the top right corner tap on Edit, then Add.

4. Type in http://repo.beyouriphone.com and press Add Source.



5. Once it's done, in the bottom right corner, tap on the Search tab.

6. Type in iPhoneVM 2 (OS 3.X) and tap on it.

7. Install iPhoneVM 2 (OS 3.X) to your device.



There you have it, once you restart your device, you will have much more RAM to use for more functions.

Please note that over-usage of this feature (running more than 7-8 memory intensive apps at once) may reduce the performance of your device over a period of time (a few years).