Markiie's test may not be without some problems, but it does make me want to see more investigation into this.
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My real world experience with TSMC vs Samsung
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I for one will take your advice. I just come from 4 years of Samsung Android phones and it was time for a change. I still love Android and may pick up a Nexus 6P so that I can switch it up here and there but coming from my S6 battery life was horrible. The saving grace was that the phone charged up very quickly. So while the 6S may be slightly better in battery life I still got a wonderful battery case that is sleek, offers protection and more than doubles my battery life. The battery case options for iPhones are just amazing. Last night at 9pm my phone was at 100% without plugging it in from 5am yesterday morning. And I still had a little juice left in the case.
Yeah that is not pushing your phone. That's normal usage. Pushing your phone is hardcore gaming for several straight hours. Something that uses high CPU and high GPU usage constantly. Geek bench is pushing the phone to the edge. So under intense load for several hours, yes the Samsung will die faster, but that's not real world usage. You don't push your CPU all day every day.
I have a 64GB 6s with a TSMC. My girlfriend has a 64GB 6s with a Samsung. We compare our battery life daily with "normal usage". We are usually within 30minutes of usage and standby of each other with almost thr same battery life remaining. One day she is higher, the next I am. It comes down to signal strength as well.
Oops - Quoted myself. But my point being, this is my real life usage comparison and my girlfriend and I are definitely within that 2-3% difference.
So you just admitted the Samsung will die faster.....lol. Why are you in here then? lol
If you read the article carefully it was pertaining to the iPhone 6s pluses and not the iPhone 6s.
Did you not read what I said? Yes Samsung will die faster under intense load. That's been proven. The point of your thread is to discuss real world usage, not solely intense usage.
I assume you've only read Apple's marketing BS answer and nothing else?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9708/analyzing-apple-statement-for-tsmc-and-samsung-a9 said:
And thats my point, they both should die at the same time. almost 2 hours is a huge difference regardless of what type of test is being done.
No. I didn't even know they put out a statement. It's just common sense that a benchmark is going to be more power hungry than normal day to day operations.
Thank you.....
And just funny but the creator of Anandtech went to work for Apple. Anandtech has been back tracking a bit.
When I first learned that my iPhone had the Samsung chip, I was upset, not going to lie. But I've been using this phone and it goes through the whole day until the next day without a single charge. Yes the TSMC could be better, but I'm good longest my battery last me all day I'm golden.
Glad you're happy now. You got the bigger chip. Hopefully all the members from macrumors don't start a new thread how they successfully got the "good" chip lol.
Kidding. A little jealous but not really haha.
Glad you're happy now. You got the bigger chip. Hopefully all the members from macrumors don't start a new thread how they successfully got the "good" chip lol.
Kidding. A little jealous but not really haha.
6s and 6s+ use the same A9 SoC, made by TSMC or Samsung, in both cases
Day to day operations vary from user to user. This test exposes an issue that would apply to power users, which you don't sound like you are. The point is GeekBench is not "pushing the phone to the edge." I think customers who are trying to decide on a phone purchase at this price point and have certain uses in mind should know this information.
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As others have pointed out, you have completely misunderstood how these benchmarks work, and your "real world" findings add nothing to any of this debate because they're not real world, they're the same synthetic scoring that everyone else has produced.
Geekbench does not care how many apps you have or how many emails you send, the numbers it gives you on your Samsung or your TSMC are always going to be the same or similar as those reported elsewhere, the "real world" question (which you haven't answered at all) is what if any bearing those synthetic benchmarks have on genuine usage.
I have to imagine Apple is pissed. Who would have thought that Samsung's chip would have been the worse one. When I first heard that they used two different chips I hoped I would get the Samsung one, now I'm glad I didn't.
Its so strange that it takes more power and runs hotter. Every time Intel shrinks their CPU's down they take less power and run slightly cooler. Now there is only a 2nm difference here but I can't believe its actually worse. I doubt Apple will start a return program for this, but I don't think they will ever dual source their CPU's again.
Its so strange that it takes more power and runs hotter. Every time Intel shrinks their CPU's down they take less power and run slightly cooler. Now there is only a 2nm difference here but I can't believe its actually worse. I doubt Apple will start a return program for this, but I don't think they will ever dual source their CPU's again.
And as i mentioned, i wouldn't say I'm a power user but I'm definitely not casual. Between receiving and sending out between 50-100 emails a day, a crazy ass girlfriend who blows up my phone with texts with pictures of stuff she finds on instagram or my boys talking **** about the football games on group chat, checking fantasy stats, watching TV on my phone or playing games, or making face time calls, yea my phone gets slammed daily.
I'll come back on next Saturday after using the phone for a week and see if i notice difference in battery life. Unfortunately, i won't be able to provide proof since i didn't document it from my last phone. That is my fault.
Good. Apple apologists aren't going to improve the situation with their proselytizing. At least the people complaining about it and making it an issue can potentially improve the situation. At worst, nothing comes out of it.
As long as I have an TSMC iPhone, I really don't care about this processor nonsense
Ya. I think something will come out of it, even if its just changes to how they do next years phone. "Bend-gate" was not even an actual issue. They had like 12 people that actually bent their phones. It had the same bendability as the HTC M8 and several other phones yet Apple decided to make the 6s stronger even at the cost of weight.
I Feel bad for Apple about this whole thing. The iPhone is their biggest product and they try so hard to please everyone with it. I'm sure they had a CPU they tested from Samsung and thought "perfect", but then TSMC out did them. They have such little time to get the latest tech manufactured and get it ready to ship that small issues like this can be easily overlooked. sucks for everyone.