Nope. All statistical evidence (not the single tests that are statistically meaningless) indicates a tiny variance. Nice try with the 4K and gaming. All that matters is Apple published a spec: battery life. If the phone meets the spec it succeeded. If it is below spec, swap it at the Genius Bar. Case closed.
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Apple Claims TSMC vs Samsung A9 Chip Variants Result in Only 2-3% Difference in 'Real World' Battery Life
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According to this... Jobs replied to a customer in an email with:
"Just avoid holding it in that way"
Which eventually became part of the lexicon as:
"You're holding it wrong"
This make me think about a more efficient TSMC SoC ...
Using synthetic benchmark the SOC is used at around 100% of its computational power and in that conditions the TSMC A9 is less power hungry than samsung's
In real world usage , differences are masked by the continuous switch between power states of the SoC, reducing the gap to a 2%....
Using synthetic benchmark the SOC is used at around 100% of its computational power and in that conditions the TSMC A9 is less power hungry than samsung's
In real world usage , differences are masked by the continuous switch between power states of the SoC, reducing the gap to a 2%....
Well, to be honest this is the first time I saw a SoC built in two different foundries...
Internal components surely come from different suppliers on every mass production item, but the SoC usually is made by one foundry.
That's true, and it represents the typical hysteria of forums like this.
Except the A9 has been demonstrated to hardly use any throttling, even under stress conditions like synthetics benchmarks ....
Because it isn't...
What is very funny is that I'm sure differences between different batches of the same battery are bigger than 2-3% but people here ignore that, while whining for this TSMC/ Samsung issue...
Well, they should try gaming for a few hours then, that 3D one they demonstrated in the keynote. I would call that a real world test.
very true indeed.
This story as any other false #gate in the past few years, is just a click bait, and mac rumors fuel it up.
Serial complainers, heaters and extremely picky people are enjoying threads like this.
I'm sure there actually will be people returning perfectly working devices looking for a TSMC A9.
I really hope they will find a sub-standard battery in their new unit.
You are surprised that apple has about 60 million Samsung chips out there and don't want a panic return epidemic on them lol
Of course they are going to make a statement to stop a huge rush of people wanting a chip that uses less power.
Again, he never said "you're holding it wrong". His solution was to hold it differently. And he was right.According to this... Jobs replied to a customer in an email with:
"Just avoid holding it in that way"
Which eventually became part of the lexicon as:
"You're holding it wrong"
Nah man, the regular consumer doesn't give a ****.
The lithographic process used and power profile of a chip is not some 99% of customers care about.
Commenting only gives it credence
I have a Samsung A9 6S and got 8:50 usage time at 16% left yesterday with 56% of that being a game (Star Wars Commander). Not going to return this phone. The screen is near perfect, and in my normal usage its at least as good as the 6 I had prior battery wise if not a little better.
Yes this forum is full of herd mentality based around click bait type reporting. MR has some good info and other times feed into the herd mentality aspect.
I can definitely see Tim being more interested in better battery life than a slight uptick in performance. Actually, most of us would if it means an extra half- hour or maybe more?
Correct.
But if Jobs didn't send that email... we wouldn't have that glorious quote. It all began with Jobs.
So who was the Gizmodo blogger you're crediting?
Yeah. I have one, which can only help me keep the phone on before sleeping, and the recharging speed is really slow.
Despite that, I don't know if iPhone 6s Plus could handle such 10 hours use.
Do you by any chance use Overcast? The smart speed feature kills the battery. So if you got a Samsung chip and use this a lot I guess there will be a real world difference right there after all.
According to this report... the Samsung/TSMC split was set into motion back in 2013:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ion-of-apples-14-nm-a9-chips-in-2015.1685887/
I wonder what will happen in the future. Can a single supplier handle all of Apple's chip needs? Why does Apple split the load anyway?
Of course they can. They did in the past. Apple are just spooked by Samsung/Apple suing taking over and they shut off the hot water. Instead of just getting along they are running this "We are afraid, so we better put up nukes"-tactic, that America does today. Its shameful to see this happen the IT industry. Thereby not saying Samsung is any better, that is.
No, all statistical evidence proves you're wrong, nice try to defend Apple.