Are you returning your Samsung chip iPhone for a TSMC?

[hammy434]

It just occurred to me. Apple will probably start phasing out the Samsung chips in future production runs once it gets back to them that some of us are referring to our IPhones as the "Samsung IPhones".

i hope so, it would be logical to phase them out seeing as: samsung chips get worse battery life in intense load, samsung are their only real competitor for phones, and they no longer need 2 chip suppliers to meet demand, and of course they don't want people referring to them as samsung iphones xD

 

[Appl3FTW]

Here

 

[yashz]

Called apple in regards to my 6s+ battery draining faster than my 6. Totally forgotten that I'm running public beta on both. The agent at Apple is very nice but pretty much that if I'm on beta, there's not much they can do as it can be software related and they don't support beta software. So as he advised I end up restoring to 9.0.2, set up as new, to see if it helps. Currently installed just 20 of my usual 200+ apps to see if battery actually improved the next few days. If not, I'll need to contact the agent and they can troubleshoot from there...

 

[doxielover]

Are TSMC showing up more in 64gb or 128gb? Sorry I'm tired from work don't feel like reading through 24 pages.

 

[Jayjew]

Are TSMC showing up more in 64gb or 128gb? Sorry I'm tired from work don't feel like reading through 24 pages.

I also want to know this

 

[chestvrg]

Rocking the TSMC chip here. Anyone with a Samsung chip needs to return their phones cuz my TSMC iPhone kicks butt!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you provide me instructions how do I check which chip I have? I currently have a 64GB SIM free unlocked model A1633

 

[doxielover]

Can you provide me instructions how do I check which chip I have? I currently have a 64GB SIM free unlocked model A1633

I read you download an app called lirium info lite but people are reporting model number grayed out so you need to purchase full version now Is this correct?

 

[invisibleshoes]

I read you download an app called lirium info lite but people are reporting model number grayed out so you need to purchase full version now Is this correct?

I used the app yesterday and it displayed the chip model just fine. Unless they've updated it, the lite version works.

 

[welsea]

I couldn't even imagine taking it back to try and get a TSMC chip. What if every time you got a samsung one?

That said I got a TSMC chip in my 6s Plus...I waited 2 weeks after launch date to get it so I'm pretty pleased.

 

[chestvrg]

I read you download an app called lirium info lite but people are reporting model number grayed out so you need to purchase full version now Is this correct?

Thank you.

 

[lordofthereef]

Are TSMC showing up more in 64gb or 128gb? Sorry I'm tired from work don't feel like reading through 24 pages.

My understanding is it's just a 60/40 split overall. Our three 128gb phones all have TSMC (if that means anything to anyone)

 

[Jayjew]

My understanding is it's just a 60/40 split overall. Our three 128gb phones all have TSMC (if that means anything to anyone)

iPhone 6s Plus also?

 

[lordofthereef]

iPhone 6s Plus also?

Afaik, based in what I've read, there doesn't seem to be a strong difference between which phones get what. We have two 6s and one 6s plus.

 

[Zombiecrowd]

Are TSMC showing up more in 64gb or 128gb? Sorry I'm tired from work don't feel like reading through 24 pages.

The ratio difference is the plus or 6s not SSD size. If you are a 6s its close to 80-20 TSMC but much closer to 50-50 with the plus version

 

[doxielover]

My understanding is it's just a 60/40 split overall. Our three 128gb phones all have TSMC (if that means anything to anyone)

Are they the plus? I wish someone would start a poll. It would be interesting to see if a pattern.

I couldn't even imagine taking it back to try and get a TSMC chip. What if every time you got a samsung one?

That said I got a TSMC chip in my 6s Plus...I waited 2 weeks after launch date to get it so I'm pretty pleased.

Your lucky. I'm paying full price no contract. I want the better chip. I will take it back if I receive the Samsung. I have no problem doing so. It's my hard earned money.

 

[btrach144]

Can you provide me instructions how do I check which chip I have? I currently have a 64GB SIM free unlocked model A1633

Download an app called Lirum Device info lite - system monitor. On the start page, you should see something like NXXXMAP or NXXXAP. MAP= TSMC and AP=Samsung.

 

[darricksailo]

The ratio difference is the plus or 6s not SSD size. If you are a 6s its close to 80-20 TSMC but much closer to 50-50 with the plus version

where do you get this 80-20 TSMC anf 50-50 ratio from?

 

[CraigGB]

well I got my phone yesterday, set it up, charged it up and installed everything. got the 128GB 6s+, left all location services on, brightness on auto, used the phone as it is paired to my apple watch. over the next 15 hours (I'm nocturnal )

I listened to about 8 hours of podcasts over a bluetooth speaker
checked Facebook and twitter a couple of times a hour
used Facebook messenger about 3 times a hour
sent on average a couple of texts every hour
did about 15 minutes of phone calls
played about 15 minutes of that pewdiepie game
watched a half hour or so of a condensed american football game
took about 25 photo's
checked macrumors and used the web every so often, normal use basically
this is pretty normal weekend day for me, if anything it's heavy as normally I would be too busy to use the phone

figured oh I would check the chip, turns out I have the Samsung so now I have to return it

I'm kidding, no way am I returning this thing, everything is perfect with it, it's the first screen I have ever had on any device with no backlight bleed at all, seriously I didn't think they existed, no blemishes. no nicks or scratches, all my buttons are firm with a nice satisfying click, the phone hasn't gotten hot or frozen or lagged or anything like that, maybe the TSMC chip is better but this meets Apple's advertised specs and coming from a nexus 5 is an incredible experience, if I play a heavy game I will likely plug it in as I've always done with every phone I have owned, if I watch a movie I will use airplay to play it on my apple tv. for 99% of my usage there shouldn't be a huge difference for me, benchmarks have shown normal app usage, browsing the web and watching video, Facebook and texting, navigation and all that is basically the same on both phones. with everything being handled by dedicated hardware the only thing I can really see being different is games I would guess which do rely on the CPU.

I know this isn't some super accurate benchmark or test under controlled conditions, it's just my real life experience which is well what the phone is for. I feel the only thing I've really lost out on is being able to brag on here for the rest of time like some people

 

[Max(IT)]

Real life experience is what really counts ...

 

[Newtons Apple]

Called apple in regards to my 6s+ battery draining faster than my 6. Totally forgotten that I'm running public beta on both. The agent at Apple is very nice but pretty much that if I'm on beta, there's not much they can do as it can be software related and they don't support beta software. So as he advised I end up restoring to 9.0.2, set up as new, to see if it helps. Currently installed just 20 of my usual 200+ apps to see if battery actually improved the next few days. If not, I'll need to contact the agent and they can troubleshoot from there...

200 apps? WOW!

Hard to imagine needing 200 apps but everyone is different.

 

[iAstonish]

200 apps? WOW!

Hard to imagine needing 200 apps but everyone is different.

It's hard to imagine needing a Tscm chip, yet here we are....

 

[Newtons Apple]

It's hard to imagine needing a Tscm chip, yet here we are....

The chip blow up is typical here. Not so sure about 200 apps. Like I said to each his own.

 

[Max(IT)]

200 apps? WOW!

Hard to imagine needing 200 apps but everyone is different.

I'm happy with 56 apps, but to each his own...

 

[raab]

FWIW you can see a the Samsung/TSMC split here http://demo.hiraku.tw/CPUIdentifier/chart2.php

Stats are based off people using his app

 

[Max(IT)]

FWIW you can see a the Samsung/TSMC split here http://demo.hiraku.tw/CPUIdentifier/chart2.php

Stats are based off people using his app

I'd like to know how many units they surveyed ... Some numbers seem strange to me (in Taiwan 90% are from Samsung ...)

I don't know if there is any regional connection, but in Asia Samsung seems to be the more used, while in Europe/US the split is like 60/40 in favor of TSMC (a taiwan foundry ....).