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Like I said, 3/4 of it is usually taken up by springboard. My source:
Apple A4 Teardown - iFixit
Scroll down to step 19.
IPad disappointment
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Like I said, 3/4 of it is usually taken up by springboard. My source:
Apple A4 Teardown - iFixit
Scroll down to step 19.
Yes, I have seen that tear down before (those guys are nuts). Step 19 shows that the processor is equipped with 2Gb (that is giga-BITS, not giga-BYTES) of memory. Take 2,048,000,000 / 8 and you get 256,000,000 bytes, or 256MB.
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Says right on step 19. 2GB would be nice tho....
Decoding this part number shows there is 2Gb of memory inside. This translates into ~128MB of memory per die, for 256 MB total.
I'm sorry for stating absolute facts that you don't like.
So what's the matter?
So if my MacBook can load at less than 5 seconds and YOUR iPad can load at 5 seconds, why does my ipad take 19 seconds to load the same page?
I set up a help call with apple and they never phoned.....fail!
Since i use this iPad mostly for couch surfing, this wireless speed is a big issue for me
So if my MacBook can load at less than 5 seconds and YOUR iPad can load at 5 seconds, why does my ipad take 19 seconds to load the same page?
I set up a help call with apple and they never phoned.....fail!
Since i use this iPad mostly for couch surfing, this wireless speed is a big issue for me
So if my MacBook can load at less than 5 seconds and YOUR iPad can load at 5 seconds, why does my ipad take 19 seconds to load the same page?
I set up a help call with apple and they never phoned.....fail!
Since i use this iPad mostly for couch surfing, this wireless speed is a big issue for me
It takes mine about that long to load the page as well. The page comes up before that, but it takes about 20 seconds to completely finish loading if looking at the progress bar. My desktop loads the page in a couple of seconds. Believe it or not, my iPod Touch 2G loads the page in less than 10 seconds. The only thing I can say is that it seems like the iPad is very picky about which routers it works well with. I have a new router on the way next week so it will be interesting to see if that changes the performance at all.
OK, going to do a pretty comprehensive test using my desktop, iPad and Android phone using this link:
CBC Saskatchewan - News, Weather, Radio, TV
Speed test for iPad on wifi:
Speed test for Epic4g on wifi:
Speed test for Desktop hardwired:
Load times for www.cbc.ca/sask/ in seconds.
Not finished loading until all elements appear on the page. Progress bar means nothing unless all elements are loaded.
iPad (Safari):
8.873, 8.862, 9.49
iPad (iCab adblock):
11.237, 10.313, 13.902
iPad (iCab no addblock):
14.513, 9.41, 9.646
Desktop (Chrome w/adblock):
2.3, 1.8, 2.1
Epic4g (Browser w/adblock):
6.53, 5.766, 6.387
The iPad should be faster than my phone, but for some reason its not. It has a much better wireless card as evidenced by the wifi speeds. I dont know what is going on with the iPad using the iCab browser, as somehow blocking ads slows down the browser?? Very confusing. Safari is the fastest browser on the iPad as usual. The ping for the iPad is consistently slower than the Epic4g, but its still a very good ping. I have no way to disable adblock on the Epic4g, or else I would do that to test. Its cooked into the rom to block all ads throughout all apps.
Overall, it doesn't look like the iPad is as optimized as it could be for web browsing. It could be a function of having only 256MB of memory, or it could be some deeper optimization that has yet to be done.
CBC Saskatchewan - News, Weather, Radio, TV
Speed test for iPad on wifi:
Speed test for Epic4g on wifi:
Speed test for Desktop hardwired:
Load times for www.cbc.ca/sask/ in seconds.
Not finished loading until all elements appear on the page. Progress bar means nothing unless all elements are loaded.
iPad (Safari):
8.873, 8.862, 9.49
iPad (iCab adblock):
11.237, 10.313, 13.902
iPad (iCab no addblock):
14.513, 9.41, 9.646
Desktop (Chrome w/adblock):
2.3, 1.8, 2.1
Epic4g (Browser w/adblock):
6.53, 5.766, 6.387
The iPad should be faster than my phone, but for some reason its not. It has a much better wireless card as evidenced by the wifi speeds. I dont know what is going on with the iPad using the iCab browser, as somehow blocking ads slows down the browser?? Very confusing. Safari is the fastest browser on the iPad as usual. The ping for the iPad is consistently slower than the Epic4g, but its still a very good ping. I have no way to disable adblock on the Epic4g, or else I would do that to test. Its cooked into the rom to block all ads throughout all apps.
Overall, it doesn't look like the iPad is as optimized as it could be for web browsing. It could be a function of having only 256MB of memory, or it could be some deeper optimization that has yet to be done.
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So if my MacBook can load at less than 5 seconds and YOUR iPad can load at 5 seconds, why does my ipad take 19 seconds to load the same page?
I set up a help call with apple and they never phoned.....fail!
Since i use this iPad mostly for couch surfing, this wireless speed is a big issue for me
My first 16GB wifi iPad had horrible internet speeds, very slow app downloading while my MBP, my iPhone 4, etc all had great speeds. Upon running some speed tests I noticed my ping times on the iPad were terrible, approx. 150-400ms compared to approx. 40ms on my other devices. I saw similar results on my home Airport Extreme as well as my Cisco router at work. Exchanged the iPad for another one (16GB 3G/wifi) and didnt have that problem. So I dont know if it was that one particular iPad or the wifi version in general. I saw conflicting reports all over the internet on whether the 3G version was seeing stronger wifi signals than the wifi iPad.
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