Are you returning your Samsung chip iPhone for a TSMC?

[CraigGB]

The OP is not wrong here to ask this. I would say wanting to return a phone that's 3% worse than other models without a 3% discount on the price is fair. On the other hand, I would say..who cares? It's not like you won't be getting iPhone 7 in a few months anyway. In johns YouTube video the Samsung exported video faster anyway.

even if they all had TMSC chips you would have a difference between individual chips and as a result everyones phone will be different, it's just the silicon lottery, and then with all the other components in the phone that can affect it, someone might have a better battery, someone might have a bad one, people could go crazy trying to find a perfect phone. I would think it's possible there are some bad TMSC chips out there that might perform worse then a good Samsung one.

 

[mcdj]

It doesn't matter, I paid a pretty big lump sum to have the newest and greatest! Not to have a 2-3% less than someone who paid the same price I did!

This is why we Apple users are called "sheep" as soon as Apple releases a statement people bow down and say yes Apple, I am sorry I went against you Apple.

Not me as I said I paid a premium to have the best out there not a 2-3% difference in performance!

I called Apple a little bit ago and spoke to a senior rep named Renee, and told her she has 2 choices (bluntly) either I get my phone exchanged or I get something for free, worth about $40 as that would have been the 3% difference in price compared to what I paid versus the TSMC chip. She told me she was in aware of the issue and couldn't find apples "statement" anywhere on her system. I told her if she didn't comply I was going to the local Apple Store at the busiest time of day and making a "huge"scene I don't care if I looked like an idiot, I'd do pretty much anything for 1,200.00 Canadian dollars.

She complied and issued me a replacement


And for those who claim "it's so small of a difference" don't worry about it idiot. That's how it starts keep giving Apple an inch and they will eventually take a mile. They got away with bendgate (cause the issued a statement, and Apple users bowed down to the master) they are trying to do the same thing with "chipgate" almost like purposely seeing how much the "sheep" will take before they have had enough.

Sorry, I missed the part where you said your iPhone battery is not lasting as long as the advertised time. Is that the case? Or are you just one of those guys who sends a steak back to the kitchen because someone next to you got a slightly bigger one?

Hilariously, just a few days ago you didn't even know what the hell the difference might between between the chips.

My understating is the Samsung will give you better battery life, and the TSMC will give you more speed. Not sure either would be noticble

But now that Apple has spoken, you've become a knight in the Kneejerk Reaction Brigade, with torch in hand. But everyone else are the sheep? LOL. Please.

It sure is a good thing you don't care if you look like an idiot...

 

[Hieveryone]

even if they all had TMSC chips you would have a difference between individual chips and as a result everyones phone will be different, it's just the silicon lottery, and then with all the other components in the phone that can affect it, someone might have a better battery, someone might have a bad one, people could go crazy trying to find a perfect phone. I would think it's possible there are some bad TMSC chips out there that might perform worse then a good Samsung one.

Yeah exactly. I can't imagine what iPhone customers would do if they had an android...

 

[Mercenary]

The mental process of the people on this thread.

Last week: "My battery is great and the phone is sooooo fast. Is Touch ID is almost too fast. The games look great too!"

This week: "I've got a Samsung chip so I'm going to return this slow, poor battery life POS! Then I'm gonna sue Apple because the Internet said I should".

 

[CraigGB]

Yeah exactly. I can't imagine what iPhone customers would do if they had an android...

haha I agree, my Nexus 5 has an amazing screen on time of 50 minutes on average, it was only about a hour and a half when it was new out of the box with no apps downloaded

interestingly the Galaxy S6 performs really well on the Geekbench battery test and from what I hear the real world battery life of that isn't very good at all?

 

[gimmmick]

Have the Samsung chip in my 6s, works great and gets me through the day easily. ~7 hours screen time and ~14-16 hours standby. Doesn't run hot. Phone is in mint condition. Not risking getting a phone with a real defect over a chip that MAY get me an extra percent or two battery life. If I'm that low on juice I will have my portable charging stick with me, also I would imagine most power users have a charging bank. I'll be keeping mine. Great job on the chips both TSMC and Samsung they both scream.

This. I got a great phone with me. No screen issues, doesn't over heat and it gives me better battery life then my 5s could ever give me. Does it suck we got the short end of the stick? Most definite. Though is it worth it to go through the whole process of getting another phone and hoping nothing is wrong with it out of the box? Nope. I'm happy with my phone, it has a samsung chip.

 

[ipooed]

Sorry, I missed the part where you said your iPhone battery is not lasting as long as the advertised time. Is that the case? Or are you just one of those guys who sends a steak back to the kitchen because someone next to you got a slightly bigger one?

Hilariously, just a few days ago you didn't even know what the hell the difference might between between the chips.



But now that Apple has spoken, you've become a knight in the Kneejerk Reaction Brigade, with torch in hand. But everyone else are the sheep? LOL. Please.

It sure is a good thing you don't care if you look like an idiot...

I get approximately 2 1/2 hours less screen time then I did with my 6.

That is true a week ago I didn't know the difference and neither did anyone else, but as more is coming to light it's showing the TSMC has the slight advantage, some of us are not loaded so to speak spending money out of their arse, I saved up for the 6s and to find out I got a 3% difference and payed the same amount as someone else with a superior chip is maddening now that I know. it doesn't help I have OCD (diagnosed)


If it wasn't for the people whom created a petition about the 2011 MacBook pros and the GPU's failing a lot of people would be stuck footing the bill for a new GPU/Logic board and who knows if Apple would have gotten away with it that they wouldn't have did the same thing in a later model/s. compared to the sales of the 2011 MBP their was a very small percentage whom "whined" about it, but that fixed the issue for others whom didn't "whine"

Moral of this is if enough people make a stink Apple will acknowledge the problem, (cause it's more than the 2-3% tbh) but if people sit back and say oh well nothing will change.

Oh and I have attached a picture of my latest psychological assessment diagnoses as you seem quick to put down someone who can't stand the fact of the 3% difference (even though it's out of my control)

 

[iAstonish]

haha I agree, my Nexus 5 has an amazing screen on time of 50 minutes on average, it was only about a hour and a half when it was new out of the box with no apps downloaded

interestingly the Galaxy S6 performs really well on the Geekbench battery test and from what I hear the real world battery life of that isn't very good at all?

It's rated higher than the 6 plus...which is why when it comes to these cpu comparisons I think that there's more to it than meets the eye, because the Galaxy s6 battery is notoriously shitt to be frank.

 

[CraigGB]

I get approximately 2 1/2 hours less screen time then I did with my 6.

That is true a week ago I didn't know the difference and neither did anyone else, but as more is coming to light it's showing the TSMC has the slight advantage, some of us are not loaded so to speak spending money out of their arse, I saved up for the 6s and to find out I got a 3% difference and payed the same amount as someone else with a superior chip is maddening now that I know. it doesn't help I have OCD (diagnosed)


If it wasn't for the people whom created a petition about the 2011 MacBook pros and the GPU's failing a lot of people would be stuck footing the bill for a new GPU/Logic board and who knows if Apple would have gotten away with it that they wouldn't have did the same thing in a later model/s. compared to the sales of the 2011 MBP their was a very small percentage whom "whined" about it, but that fixed the issue for others whom didn't "whine"

Moral of this is if enough people make a stink Apple will acknowledge the problem, (cause it's more than the 2-3% tbh) but if people sit back and say oh well nothing will change.

Oh and I have attached a picture of my latest psychological assessment diagnoses as you seem quick to put down someone who can't stand the fact of the 3% difference (even though it's out of my control)

honestly sounds like you might actually have a problem with your phone as others with the Samsung seem to get at least the same battery life as the 6.

I mean no offence but I would describe the type of behaviour a lot of people display on here and the behaviour you described to be more anal retentiveness then OCD, I suppose you could argue they run along the same lines but people are not returning phones for the sake of returning them which would be OCD, they are returning them trying to find perfection which is actually being anal retentive.

 

[BelTelMel]

Beautiful display (no spots, no dark areas, no yellowish hue), very responsive, battery more than meets my expectations (came from Note 4), and does not overheat = It's a keeper!

 

[Hieveryone]

The iPhone 6s is a really crisp phone. Apple already said in real world use the difference is minimal. If you have a real problem with your battery you will know from using it. Otherwise no need to check the chip and look for problems after surfing the forums if you were happy before. Lets try to be practical...

 

[Zetaprime]

The iPhone 6s is a really crisp phone. Apple already said in real world use the difference is minimal. If you have a real problem with your battery you will know from using it. Otherwise no need to check the chip and look for problems after surfing the forums if you were happy before. Lets try to be practical...

I don't care which chip I got. My phone works great.

 

[Jakedonahuee]

My black one coming in the mail better not be Samsung.

 

[imanidiot]

What a ridiculous thread. Seriously. Just stupid. For the OCD only.

 

[terraphantm]

The iPhone 6s is a really crisp phone. Apple already said in real world use the difference is minimal. If you have a real problem with your battery you will know from using it. Otherwise no need to check the chip and look for problems after surfing the forums if you were happy before. Lets try to be practical...

I think the problem is real world usage can vary. The Samsung phone very likely will have much lower usage when playing games, which absolutely counts as real world. It's niche, but still a realistic scenario.

 

[imanidiot]

I think the problem is real world usage can vary. The Samsung phone very likely will have much lower usage when playing games, which absolutely counts as real world. It's niche, but still a realistic scenario.

And you base this upon what? This thread grows more ridiculous by the moment.

 

[imanidiot]

Reading through this thread, so much magnificent expertise and wisdom. How is it possible that Apple hasn't tracked you guys down and hired you?

 

[mcdj]

I get approximately 2 1/2 hours less screen time then I did with my 6.

That is true a week ago I didn't know the difference and neither did anyone else, but as more is coming to light it's showing the TSMC has the slight advantage, some of us are not loaded so to speak spending money out of their arse, I saved up for the 6s and to find out I got a 3% difference and payed the same amount as someone else with a superior chip is maddening now that I know. it doesn't help I have OCD (diagnosed)


If it wasn't for the people whom created a petition about the 2011 MacBook pros and the GPU's failing a lot of people would be stuck footing the bill for a new GPU/Logic board and who knows if Apple would have gotten away with it that they wouldn't have did the same thing in a later model/s. compared to the sales of the 2011 MBP their was a very small percentage whom "whined" about it, but that fixed the issue for others whom didn't "whine"

Moral of this is if enough people make a stink Apple will acknowledge the problem, (cause it's more than the 2-3% tbh) but if people sit back and say oh well nothing will change.

Oh and I have attached a picture of my latest psychological assessment diagnoses as you seem quick to put down someone who can't stand the fact of the 3% difference (even though it's out of my control)

Well, my wife is a doctor and she says she's pretty sure a diagnosis of OCD does not render someone incapable of not "making a "huge" scene" when they don't get their way. Sorry you have OCD, but it doesn't excuse threats and tantrums.

Also, it's kinda funny that someone who is admittedly a little fanatical about these kinds of things, which I get, hasn't mentioned 2.5 hours less battery life until now. In fact, the only previous mention you made about battery life before hearing Apple's statement was...

I had the 6 and just upgraded to the 6S the battery life is worse on the 6S (not by much) but it is noticeable.

Finally, comparing slight iPhone chip differences to a notebook GPU that flat out dies is a little extreme...but extreme seems to be your MO.

 

[Will22]

Have the Samsung chip in my 6s, works great and gets me through the day easily. ~7 hours screen time and ~14-16 hours standby. Doesn't run hot. Phone is in mint condition. Not risking getting a phone with a real defect over a chip that MAY get me an extra percent or two battery life. If I'm that low on juice I will have my portable charging stick with me, also I would imagine most power users have a charging bank. I'll be keeping mine. Great job on the chips both TSMC and Samsung they both scream.

How are you measuring the screen on time?

 

[Jakedonahuee]

Well, my wife is a doctor and she says she's pretty sure a diagnosis of OCD does not render someone incapable of not "making a "huge" scene" when they don't get their way. Sorry you have OCD, but it doesn't excuse threats and tantrums.

Also, it's kinda funny that someone who is admittedly a little fanatical about these kinds of things, which I get, hasn't mentioned 2.5 hours less battery life until now. In fact, the only previous mention you made about battery life before hearing Apple's statement was...



Finally, comparing slight iPhone chip differences to a notebook GPU that flat out dies is a little extreme...but extreme seems to be your MO.

I have OCD diagnosed and I can tell you, I go into panic mode and just sit and think and think and think about how flawed I am. When I get something, I think so good of it until somebody points out its flaw. It destroys me, I just sit and think of ways to fix it and that I'm not as good as everybody else because I get the small straw of the bunch. It really sucks.

 

[Zombiecrowd]

I get approximately 2 1/2 hours less screen time then I did with my 6.

That is true a week ago I didn't know the difference and neither did anyone else, but as more is coming to light it's showing the TSMC has the slight advantage, some of us are not loaded so to speak spending money out of their arse, I saved up for the 6s and to find out I got a 3% difference and payed the same amount as someone else with a superior chip is maddening now that I know. it doesn't help I have OCD (diagnosed)

At least you admit you have OCD. Understand your brain is not operating in reality. Also you say you don't have money and needed to save up for a 6s upgrading from a 6. Talk about first world problems. You had money to upgrade ONE year later for a $800 smart phone... Let's all get a grip here

 

[Hieveryone]

At least you admit you have OCD. Understand your brain is not operating in reality. Also you say you don't have money and needed to save up for a 6s upgrading from a 6. Talk about first world problems. You had money to upgrade ONE year later for a $800 smart phone... Let's all get a grip here

I can't believe we are having to tell people "to get a grip" over a phone.

If a phone causes you so much stress and anxiety, throw it in the garbage. Seriously.

 

[terraphantm]

And you base this upon what? This thread grows more ridiculous by the moment.

Because games use quite a bit of CPU and GPU compared to other tasks. Since the SoC is the differentiating factor, it's only logical that something that uses a lot of CPU and GPU will magnify the power consumption difference.

Your username seems to be quite descriptive

 

[wxman2003]

Now we have people positing they are OCD about being OCD.

 

[macfoxpro]

Is it possible that some people (maybe even a lot) are experiencing much more battery deficiencies than the 2-3%? I think it is highly possible. It is so early to say that people are over-reacting. It could prove to be a much more significant issue than has been reported, thus far.
Just as some "may be overreacting", so might the ones that are saying just that. Perhaps the issue will be greater than reported. No one knows just yet....no one.

But, we will all find out soon enough. Will you be in the crowd that said "you all are crazy!!"?