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Apple Testing A5X Variant in iPhone Prototype Disguised in iPhone 4/4S Body?
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Jonny Ive has never disappointed before...Well the G4 Cube but that was more of marketing flop rather than design flop
NFC would be nice. I recall the CEO of Master Card (Visa?) hinting at negotiations regarding NFC.
Wouldn't mine a teardrop aluminum back similar to the iPad and iPod Touch line.
Larger display (although doubtful)
New Corning Gorilla glass
RAM increase
Better front facing camera with other controls for taking pic (pics are fuzzy with the current 4S front camera)
Ummmm, that's all
Happy Monday!
Wouldn't mine a teardrop aluminum back similar to the iPad and iPod Touch line.
Larger display (although doubtful)
New Corning Gorilla glass
RAM increase
Better front facing camera with other controls for taking pic (pics are fuzzy with the current 4S front camera)
Ummmm, that's all
Happy Monday!
Exactly what I was thinking. I have a hard time believing this rumor, or that Apple would make a move that silly.
Outside of being able to use your phone as a credit/debit card, I have yet to see any worthwhile example uses for NFC. And even then, a lot of people seem to be freaking out about NFC payments due to the security issues.
Yup, it would be graphical overkill. Not to mention the fact that a dual core Rogue will wipe the floor with the 543MP4 and is much more efficient to boot. There's no reason to rush to the 543MP4 for the next iphone.
Ya! It at least needs a Cortex A15.... LTE is not going to be enough to make me upgrade... I will just keep my iphone4 if they throw in the A5x....
The 543MP4 would be more then needed, but remember, the iPhone is one of the most expensive phones for sale. If apple is going to continue to charge such a premium for the device, the hardware should be as cutting edge as possible.
An A5X without quad core graphics is an A5. This may be where the iPhone and iPad start getting separate chips.
It doesn't need to be an A6 to be built on 28nm.
The normal way of doing things would be to shrink the A5X to 28nm, then make the A6 in 28nm for the next iPad.
For the first time, NFC could legitimately happen in the iPhone 5, as TI has put out a combo chip that serves up WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC all in one package. Apple would need that kind of combo-chip in order to fit it into the iPhone. The thing is, they currently use Broadcomm for WiFi and Bluetooth, so they'd have to switch suppliers.
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4330
There is no way that a chip as large as the A5X will ever be anywhere near an iPhone. Besides, what would the point be? The A5X is identical to the A5 CPU-wise. I also cannot see Apple changing the resolution of the display again, so the iPhone 2012 will either be the standard 3.5" or something very close (say, 3.7"). If Apple decided to go with the GiantPhone approach and adopt the huge 4.5-5" screen of certain Android phones, they would have to eat their words with respect to the "retina" marketing terms.
I honestly think that Apple has no clue what to do with the SoC for the iPhone 2012. The A5 is pretty ample for a phone (barely a handful of apps can even make use of two CPU cores) and Apple is stuck with the 45 nm lithography process for another year, so there is really no way of adding features or upping the clock speed without sucking up a lot more power.
I honestly think that Apple has no clue what to do with the SoC for the iPhone 2012. The A5 is pretty ample for a phone (barely a handful of apps can even make use of two CPU cores) and Apple is stuck with the 45 nm lithography process for another year, so there is really no way of adding features or upping the clock speed without sucking up a lot more power.
Don't think It's an issue, iOS is very well optimized and In my experience doesn't need crazy high end hardware, infact my brother has a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and even though It has much faster hardware, my iPod Touch 4G is noticeably faster in every aspect..
Is it?
The A5X is much bigger, dissipates a lot more heat and consumes a lot more battery.
Or is the A5X a higher clocked A5 with additional quad core Graphics?
When will the illiterate journalists STOP CALLING IT iPhone 5?!?!? It's the SIXTH generation iPhone! Give it up, already!
As soon as I see this written by a "journalist," I almost won't read the article. Even AppleInsider has started calling it "sixth generation iPhone," instead of "iPhone 5."
As the new iPad has demonstrated, Apple will stop putting a number after the iPhone name... JUST iPhone... period.
The new iPhone - aka iPhone 2012.
As soon as I see this written by a "journalist," I almost won't read the article. Even AppleInsider has started calling it "sixth generation iPhone," instead of "iPhone 5."
As the new iPad has demonstrated, Apple will stop putting a number after the iPhone name... JUST iPhone... period.
The new iPhone - aka iPhone 2012.
Just as when Macs went to Core 2 Duo chips with OSX and the UI was no longer the slow point of contact, after that it became more about features, I/O and other technical issues.
Now with handtop devices we have an iPad which could properly be described as being technically maxed out with a high res display, high speed wireless I/O and just enough speed it is not too slow when interacting with it.
This rumor which is likely true will bring these aspects to the latest iPhone. So from this point forward the hardware will continue to be "fast enough" and new features and benefits and capabilities will have headroom to grow into the envelope.
Just to be able to say that is an interesting and cool development. Some might even call "magic" or "insanely great."
Rocketman
Now with handtop devices we have an iPad which could properly be described as being technically maxed out with a high res display, high speed wireless I/O and just enough speed it is not too slow when interacting with it.
This rumor which is likely true will bring these aspects to the latest iPhone. So from this point forward the hardware will continue to be "fast enough" and new features and benefits and capabilities will have headroom to grow into the envelope.
Just to be able to say that is an interesting and cool development. Some might even call "magic" or "insanely great."
Rocketman
Those are benchmarks using software optimized to use properly multiple cores, far from the real life software you would use everyday.
Usually (in reviews) you get web browser benchmarks which are close to real life except for the fact that in real life the connection speed usually is far from the best case scenario hindering the benefits that were shown on the benchmarks (since with a slow connection every device risk to get to a point where it's waiting for resources).
3D and Games benchmark are usually a better representation of the device GPU capacities but we lack the same kind of test for CPU performances (like some photoshop test, or the old running across a huge word document) some cases that represent something close to a real life usage of the device.
Also for Graphical test beware of the screen resolution used (either you want to see real performance (FPS) of devices or you want to see the hardware max capacities and run the test offscreen).
EDIT : Analogy...
Comparing a 1945 Jeep and a modern day Porsche
The Porsche would win every classical benchmark, but try to drive the Porsche in the roads available then and you wouldn't be able to exploit it entirely without killing yourself. At that point the designer can make the choice or removing power if the resources (money, heat, weight) allow him to add better seats, audio, navigation. trunk, longer range, which would lead to a better 1945 user experience. It's about balance.
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Possibly, but Apple hasn't done a shrink to date, and iPhone volume would suggest that a more specific 28 nm design is appropriate. Apple has the resources and volume to tailor a design for either device so I would argue that the 28nm will be a clean slate design rather than a shrink.
Hence, I believe that the A6 is by definition the first 28nm design. Whether it will be available for the iPhone 5 or for the next iPad (mini) would be the question.
Not necessarily - depending on what they are testing the current form factor would be just fine, though personally I hope they don't go to a 4"" screen.
I would agree, the a5x simply uses too much power. Who cares if the gpu is good if it drains as much power as some low voltage laptop cpus. The cpu in it is also pretty far behind and not just quad core vs dual core but there are many dual cores out now that run circles around it.