[New leak] The new iPhone will have an A6 processor

here's the link from the original posting:
https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/statuses/241136070325071873

I think that the proposition of an A6 being in the new iPhone is quite likely but not sure how reliable this picture is since the picture hasn't caught on with the rumour websites.

 

I think that this is not going to happen. But hey, that's me.

 

i think its very possible

 

Time will tell... I hope it is true.

 

I, for one, hope the the iPhone goes back to being the flagship updated device in the Apple lineup. For example, iPad has an A5X, so everyone assumes the iPhone will have the same. I like the idea that the iPhone will have an A6 which is better than the iPad.

 

9to5mac.com have picked up the story now, with a couple of extra little tidbits.

 

I agree, that would be nice. I would think people are going to update their phone more often then their tablet

 

Photos can be manipulated. Also are we assuming that the A6 would bring a quad core cpu?

I just don't see them jumping to a quad core cpu this fast (especially since the iPad is living on dual core still). Don't see the A6 (with quad core) coming out until the iPad 4. Also they tried the smaller (32nm) A5s in the new iPad 2 and Apple TV and I believe they were testing them in those products before putting them into the new iPhone in a few weeks!

 

A5X in an iPhone would be pointless. It's not going to be pushing that many extra pixels and CPU performance is the same as the A5.

Either go with the new version of the A5 and save some power to divert to the LTE antenna or whack in an all-new A6.

 

Right. Also, at the rate android is improving, Apple probably shouldn't take so many sidesteps.

 

Some people are assuming A6 will be quad, but many also believe thats erroneous and impractical and unnecessary.

A6 could well be a dual CortexA15, still be a next gen architecture, run circles around quad CortexA9s, and use far less power, and cost far less to manufacture. Far more likely.

 

If this is case... I wonder how the keynote is going to go in terms of audience reaction... Every iPhone update, I have been able to feel and notice the difference in speed and smoothness... especially when going back and using the old one after having the new one. Would the smaller A5 give a dramatic increase like the previous phones have gotten?

 

Go back?? Whaa?

iPad, 1st gen, got A4 before iPhone 4.
iPad 2, got A5 before iPhone 4S.
iPad 2,4, got A5(32nm) before ...?
iPad, 3rd gen, got A5X before ...?

A6...?

Will be interesting to see what plays out in a couple weeks.

 

New architecture would be excellent! Now that would be amazing. I think that is more likely than a quad core, but I still think my comment below could also be equally (if not more so) feasible.

Well if they shrunk it to the 32nm process then it would already save a considerable amount of power (see new iPad 2) and they could then increase the clock speed to match the iPad 2's 1GHz.

 

3GS -> 4
CortexA8@600mhz w 256RAM -> CortexA8@800mhz w 512RAM

4S -> iPhone 6
Dual CortexA9@800mhz w 512RAM -> Dual CortexA9@1000or1200mhz w 1024RAM

There's still a noticeable speed difference there *IF* Apple goes that way.

 

I didn't know, which is why I asked.

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Makes sense. I forgot the 4S only has 512 RAM

 

Hopefully the A6 is a Cortex A15 based Dual-Core SoC. That'd be killer. Even though A15 chips aren't supposed to be available till the fall/early 2013, Apple could've pulled some strings, I mean they do have over $100 BILLION laying around. Money talks.

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This. Screw quad-core Cortex A9's. Dual-Core Cortex A15 would blow them out of the water while being significantly more energy efficient.

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Agreed. The iPhone 4 on iOS 5 is laggy, hell, mine constantly freezes mid-animation. Can't wait to upgrade to the next iPhone.

 

I believe the iPhone 4 uses the same graphics processor as in the 3GS... but with the retina display has twice as many pixels to deal with. Because of that, some apps that rely heavily on the GPU can run faster on the 3GS than on an iPhone 4. The "choppy UI" you mention is probably related to that as well.

The iPhone 4S uses a much faster GPU though, and presumably the iPhone 5 will use the same or better.

 

That explains it a lot. Thanks!

 

Make that 4x as many pixels