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Are you returning your Samsung chip iPhone for a TSMC?
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Yeah. But in coming from a old iPhone 6 to the 6s plus. Surely the 6s plus has a bigger battery the the 6?
All we see are extreme benchmarks ran by tech blogs that probably only know as much about tech as the next person here, where real life difference would probably no significant.
I wonder if a user can actually tell a difference when blindly tested to use both versions in day to day activities.
Having said that, we do have something close to it. Know that there are a TON of reviews of the iPhone 6S/6S+ before we know the two versions of the SoCs. So, we kinda have a blind test of reviewers, not knowing which chip they have, and offering good reviews/results of the product. So there you go.
This reminds me how "concerned" people had between "made in Japan" and "made in China/Taiwan/other Asian countries" in the past.
I wonder if a user can actually tell a difference when blindly tested to use both versions in day to day activities.
Having said that, we do have something close to it. Know that there are a TON of reviews of the iPhone 6S/6S+ before we know the two versions of the SoCs. So, we kinda have a blind test of reviewers, not knowing which chip they have, and offering good reviews/results of the product. So there you go.
This reminds me how "concerned" people had between "made in Japan" and "made in China/Taiwan/other Asian countries" in the past.
Thought you knew someone at Apple.....Tim CookI've edited my post...got the 10 months bit the wrong way 'round. It's been a long day.
I assumed it was a typo and that you were comparing the 6+ to the 6S+. If you're seriously claiming that the 6S+ battery lasts no longer than your old i6 then there is a massive problem. Don't go blaming it on the Samsung processor though because that's BS. My first 6S+ had a Samsung chip and actually returned better battery life than my TSMC so I'm just not buying into 'chipgate' and certainly not to the level that an iPhone 6 battery lasts as long as a Samsung-equipped 6S+. There is a software issue, backup issue, settings issue or other hardware issue involved.
My new 6s plus is lasting longer than my 6 plus. Which I expected as the old phone had a year of charging cycles on the battery.
After all I don't have a TSMC iPhone 6s Plus to compare to, all I'm saying is my Samsung 6s plus doesn't have better battery than the old 6. I've set up the plus as new, having the exact same setting if not turned off more features on the new plus than the old 6, running the same public beta 9.1.
I might give apple care a call later on to see what's going on. But then the thoughts that maybe I'd end up with a phone that has longer battery life but yellowish screen, lagging, freezing etc stop me from playing the iPhone lottery for now.
Thank you for your help.
I think they will just outweigh that people usually do not know this, and take the opportunity to make fun anyway. Oh well.How can they when they make the processor in question.
Since I lasted with a nice white even iPhone 6s screen after a couple of swaps (5) I don't want even to know what my chip manufacturer is...
So far what I can see is that my battery life is more than one day (by turning on the flight mode over the night as usual) and I'm happy with this and my phone is not particularly warm... (I'm not a gamer). So will not get any possible psychological disappointment by knowing I got a Samsung chip... Since I'm really happy by my phone.
So far what I can see is that my battery life is more than one day (by turning on the flight mode over the night as usual) and I'm happy with this and my phone is not particularly warm... (I'm not a gamer). So will not get any possible psychological disappointment by knowing I got a Samsung chip... Since I'm really happy by my phone.
Yes, I returned my 6S Plus because of the Samsung chip / battery life issue I was experiencing.... Happily reactivated my 6 Plus and will wait to see what the upcoming months will bring for change....
I returned mine. Had horrible pathetic battery life and checked it after 2 days which had a Samsung chip. I'll keep my 6.
Apple now has a screen and chip lottery. Incredible
Before returning I showed the guy at apple how dim my screen was. My screen compared to demo at same brightness was not as bright. Whatever Apple uses for the demo phones should be released to customers.
Apple now has a screen and chip lottery. Incredible
Before returning I showed the guy at apple how dim my screen was. My screen compared to demo at same brightness was not as bright. Whatever Apple uses for the demo phones should be released to customers.
can't believe some of you guys are acting like its no big deal and saying we're apparently we're "childish" for complaining and returning our phones. i'm sorry but (some of) you need to realise how bad this is, instead of blaming us because, (strange i know) we want a phone with good battery life. i haven't got the 6s yet but if this isn't fixed when i do, early next year, i will be returning it till i get a tsmc chip. don't get me wrong - the 6s is a great phone, it just pisses me off that some of you are acting like there's no problem when there clearly is. bottom line - if i'm spending the same as someone else on a supposedly identical iphone, i should get the same battery life.
also i had to edit this cause i accidently posted this with like 5 words, so sorry if that looked a bit weird. anyway ive wrote it now
also i had to edit this cause i accidently posted this with like 5 words, so sorry if that looked a bit weird. anyway ive wrote it now
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If you experience a real problem with your phone overheating and/or your battery not lasting you like it should, I don't think anyone would fault you for returning it.can't believe some of you guys are acting like its no big deal and saying we're apparently we're "childish" for complaining and returning our phones. i'm sorry but (some of) you apple dick riders need to realise how bad this is, instead of blaming us because, (strange i know) we want a phone with good battery life. i haven't got the 6s yet but if this isn't fixed when i do, early next year, i will be returning it till i get a tsmc chip. don't get me wrong - the 6s is a great phone, it just pisses me off that some of you are acting like there's no problem when there clearly is. bottom line - if i'm spending the same as someone else on a supposedly identical iphone, i should get the same battery life.
also i had to edit this cause i accidently posted this with like 5 words, so sorry if that looked a bit weird. anyway ive wrote it now
What's going on is that there are people freaking out and returning perfectly good phones that would serve them well just because of these very preliminary test results conducted on too small of a sample size with too many variables. At best all these tests can do is give credence to anecdotal evidence that some Samsung based iPhones run hotter and less efficiently. There is not yet any evidence that over the entire IPhone release that there is a problem of sufficient magnitude that justifies the panic and returns.
People are ignoring the fact that the chip lottery isn't just a Samsung vs. TMSC issue but also factors in many differences between batches of chips from the same manufacturer and even batches of chips from the same wafer. There will be countless other factors impacting the rate of battery power consumption and heat dissipation beyond the brand of the chip. There could be plenty of Samsung based IPhones out there that can outperform and outlast a TMSC one. To play the chip lottery at this point also means playing a lottery on the screen and other components as well.
It therefore strikes some of us as a frivolous pursuit to engage in this return process if everything on the phone seems fine and you're just doing it because an app tells you your A9 was made by one manufacturer vs another.
The sheer waste of time, of resources, of fuel involved in such a return honestly gives me pause, too. Again, nobody is taking about an iPhone that is truly a portable heating unit that doesn't last through a typical day. We know those are out there. By all means, send those back.
If the iPhone you have has a lovely screen, works as it should, and lasts you through your typical usage pattern for the day, what does logic and common sense tell you to do?
I can see road warriors having concerns and wanting to eke every extra minute of battery life out of their devices. But most true road warriors I've ever known use battery cases or take along other means of keeping their devices charged on the road. The person who has to take the occasional business trip isn't likely to see a benefit to returning their iPhone and hoping they get the TSMC chip and a great screen and no other defects.
Lol! By all means, why not? I never cared either way because I was satisfied with my iPhone but I find these things interesting to know, so I looked mine up and it's a Samsung.
i haven't seen any samsung iphones outlasting tsmc ones. sure none of the tests are technically scientific, but it's pretty obvious the tsmc ones have better battery life.
for me it's just the fact that the tsmc one lasts longer. i'm not saying the samsung one is bad, it's just i would feel i'm getting something worse than the other half of iphone owners. and when you're spending that amount of money, you want the best...
hopefully apple either:
-fixes in a software update (seems unlikely, but maybe the extra <1% performance of the samsung chip makes a big difference in battery life and they could therefore underclock it <1%)
-exchange samsung for tsmc (imo actually possible considering only geeks will really know whether they have tsmc/samsung)
-stop selling samsung ones
-put samsung in 6s plus, tsmc in 6s
otherwise i guess i'll have to keep returning when i decide to buy my 6s, well hopefully i'll get tsmc first time but if i dont, just so its not awkward and cause im kinda shy in real life, ill explain i want a tsmc one not a samsung one so they don't think i'm returning them for no reason. hope they have a lot of 128gb 6s space greys
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