AW Series 5: No new chip?

[Peter K.]

I didn’t notice anything about a new SOC. Did anyone hear anything?

 

[rgyiv]

Doesn't appear so; kinda disappointing

 

[crawfish963]

If you have a S4, there is really no reason to upgrade unless you just can't live without the always on display.

 

[Peter K.]

If you have a S4, there is really no reason to upgrade unless you just can't live without the always on display.

I’m even wondering if it’s worth upgrading my S3 or waiting for S6.

 

[MistrSynistr]

wait, they didn't upgrade the chip in this? lol.

 

[Freakonomics101]

Wouldn’t an Always On display hurt battery life?

 

[nippyjun]

Wouldn’t an Always On display hurt battery life?

Usually yes, but maybe we also have the option to turn off that feature.

 

[furbzv1]

if its the same chip.. wouldnt we be able to do this on the s4? or what is enabling this to happen?

 

[mfa81]

if its the same chip.. wouldnt we be able to do this on the s4? or what is enabling this to happen?

i think it has a new display

 

[hubieonekanubie]

Wouldn’t an Always On display hurt battery life?

They announced that they are using a different display with lower power consumption. I’m guessing that is how they are getting same battery life.

 

[Kimjongjohan]

if its the same chip.. wouldnt we be able to do this on the s4? or what is enabling this to happen?

New screen technology.

 

[MisterAndrew]

It does have a new chip. They just didn't talk about it in the keynote. It's a S5 chip and it has double the storage capacity too; 32GB up from 16GB.

 

[jbachandouris]

The thing that bothers me is trade in value. Last year it was $250. It’s showing $110 at the moment. I hope it just hasn’t updated for the S4’s.

 

[furbzv1]

New screen technology.

ok thats what i thought. i missed the watch part of the event.
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The thing that bothers me is trade in value. Last year it was $250. It’s showing $110 at the moment. I hope it just hasn’t updated for the S4’s.

its showing $100 for my lte series 4. pass.

 

[douglasf13]

ok thats what i thought. i missed the watch part of the event.
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its showing $100 for my lte series 4. pass.

Just keep it and use it for something like sleep tracking.

 

[rgyiv]

It does have a new chip. They just didn't talk about it in the keynote. It's a S5 chip and it has double the storage capacity too; 32GB up from 16GB.

Ah yep, I see that now on the website as well!

 

[nordique]

It has the s5 chip but the same w3 and “2x performance over s3 chip” that the s4 chip had

I’m sure theres something else they did to make it “s5” moniker but performance wise seems to be the same as the s4

Basically looks to be the same just a rebranded chip (like original iPhone to iPhone 3G had the same processor)

 

[leesweet]

The new display can update as infrequently as once per second, good for 'off mode' and low drain. Not sure it's worth $700-whatever for that, either...

 

[richard371]

Specc on the webpage says S5 chip.

 

[anthonymoody]

I too wonder whether the 'S5' is truly new silicon or simply a rebranding of the prior chip. They *did* double the RAM, but it's not clear whether that would improve performance in terms of perceptible speed. And it's not like I'm worried about browser tabs having to refresh or not.

I *do* think that if it had a truly new chip with better performance they would've mentioned this. It would've taken 3 seconds to say "2x performance!"

Still, the black SS Hermes is interesting to me...

 

[JPack]

New LTE modem likely.

 

[Tuba]

I’m even wondering if it’s worth upgrading my S3 or waiting for S6.

I was wondering the same for a few minutes. I’ve decided to wait, as the only nifty feature for me would be the always on display, which I’m perfectly happy to live without for another year.

 

[Frosties]

I think the ram upgrade is a play for the App Store download on Watch more than anything else.

 

[44267547]

wait, they didn't upgrade the chip in this? lol.

They did, you just didn’t do any research. But I did:

 

[xxray]

Apple claims the S5 processor is up to 2 times faster than the Series 3, which is the exact same claim they made about the S4 processor. Seems to be only efficiency upgrades.