I'm not either, but look at the original and the larger image. None of the text on the other chips or the SIM slot stands out like the "A6" does.
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Next-Generation iPhone to Use A6 System-on-a-Chip?
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I'm not either, but look at the original and the larger image. None of the text on the other chips or the SIM slot stands out like the "A6" does.
They look severly bad.....not sure how you could possibly tell they are shopped.
The leaked parts are really interesting but Apple could just start off with "And one more thing" the iPhone parts you have seen . . . well they were all faked leaked parts . . . here is the new iPhone. Something we have never seen. They have the cash, the resources and the balls to do just that.
I just want it to get here so I can order it, and start using it.
I just want it to get here so I can order it, and start using it.
Look at the text on all the others, it's too tiny for it to stand out once you remove all the luminance. I'm not gonna accept that the A6 is true, but I'm not convinced this is shopped yet.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you can't be serious here?
The android pull down notification system is much better than ios and is used much more extensively by apps.
Apple didn't even implement it until ios5.
Thanks for the laugh!
I disagree. The thickness of the Q on the Qualcomm chip is comparable with the "-" adjoining the legs of the "A" yet it doesn't show up. Also, the large QR code is nowhere to be found and it has greater contrast than the A6 screened text.
An easy way to tell is to compare that to A5, A5X dimensions etc. I don't have the time now. Someone just needs to use the latest anandtech rumor prediction articles and the leaked casing/PCBs to get an idea. That would definitively rule it out from being an A5, A5X or 32nm A5, but not preclude it from being some new A5 variant instead of an A6.
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I agree
I agree. Adroid has the notification functions nailed. It's really the only thing I like about the whole Android OS.
I agree. Adroid has the notification functions nailed. It's really the only thing I like about the whole Android OS.
Considering every camera phone is at least 3-5 MP, what's the reason for the blurry/low res photos? To save bandwidth? Bad crop job in the image editor? The original site rather serve a 10KB picture than the original 4 MB one?
Or these are the same people that take Bigfoot pictures!
Or these are the same people that take Bigfoot pictures!
There's not much Apple can do this late in the production process short of owning all their own factories. With a huge production ramp-up, there are bound to be leaks.
If it had a DUAL CORE A6 and a dual core PowerVR 6 series, it will most likely still smoke or keep up with the S3 and give the same or better battery life. No need for quad core
Cool picture, but A6 is just a marketing name, even if true we still don't know much about what the CPU will actually be, other than it won't be identical to the A5/A5X.
It could be, in order of likeliness:
1) Dual 32nm Cortex A9s clocked higher than in the A5.
2) Quad 32nm Cortex A9s.
3) Dual 45nm Cortex A9s clocked higher than in the A5.
4) New core architecture (A15s in advance?).
The first is the most likely because it would give a performance boost without affecting battery life. You could even get better battery life than with the A5, depending on what clock they give it. They also already have experience in producing 32nm SoCs with the (post-new iPad) iPad 2 and the 1080p Apple TV, which means they could have high yields with a low defect rate.
Given that the leaked battery only has a marginally higher capacity than the 4S's, it would seem unlikely that the CPU would draw more than the A5 given that the bigger screen and LTE chip would also draw more, resulting in a decrease of battery life which Apple would try to avoid. That's why I don't think they will throw in 4 cores or overclock the current 45nm cores.
The last one is not likely at all because even if Cortex A15 cores were ready to be produced right now, I doubt they would be in the kind of yield Apple needs with a product as successful as the iPhone.
I think Anantech's analysis is right, and it wouldn't be surprising to see a new marketing name (A6) even if neither the core architecture or number of cores have changed. After all, that's exactly what happened between the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and they changed their marketing approach by naming the iPhone 4's SoC A4 while not giving a name to the 3GS's SoC.
We should expect a performance difference similar to the one between the iPhone 3GS (single core 65nm Cortex A8) and iPhone 4 (single core 45nm Cortex A8, clocked higher, double the RAM).
iPhone 3GS (left) vs iPhone 4 (right)
For reference, the switch to a 32nm SoC in the new iPad 2 gave a ~25% battery life increase. Given that the iPad's screen draws more energy than the iPhone's proportionally to the rest of the components, the SoC's efficiency is a bit more important in the iPhone than in the iPad, and we could expect maybe a 35% battery life increase by switching to 32nm A9 cores in the next iPhone, at the same clocks. If we cancel this energy saving by overclocking by around 35%, we would get roughly the Integer/Floating point performance gains shown in the above iPhone 3GS/4 comparison.
It could be, in order of likeliness:
1) Dual 32nm Cortex A9s clocked higher than in the A5.
2) Quad 32nm Cortex A9s.
3) Dual 45nm Cortex A9s clocked higher than in the A5.
4) New core architecture (A15s in advance?).
The first is the most likely because it would give a performance boost without affecting battery life. You could even get better battery life than with the A5, depending on what clock they give it. They also already have experience in producing 32nm SoCs with the (post-new iPad) iPad 2 and the 1080p Apple TV, which means they could have high yields with a low defect rate.
Given that the leaked battery only has a marginally higher capacity than the 4S's, it would seem unlikely that the CPU would draw more than the A5 given that the bigger screen and LTE chip would also draw more, resulting in a decrease of battery life which Apple would try to avoid. That's why I don't think they will throw in 4 cores or overclock the current 45nm cores.
The last one is not likely at all because even if Cortex A15 cores were ready to be produced right now, I doubt they would be in the kind of yield Apple needs with a product as successful as the iPhone.
I think Anantech's analysis is right, and it wouldn't be surprising to see a new marketing name (A6) even if neither the core architecture or number of cores have changed. After all, that's exactly what happened between the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and they changed their marketing approach by naming the iPhone 4's SoC A4 while not giving a name to the 3GS's SoC.
We should expect a performance difference similar to the one between the iPhone 3GS (single core 65nm Cortex A8) and iPhone 4 (single core 45nm Cortex A8, clocked higher, double the RAM).
iPhone 3GS (left) vs iPhone 4 (right)
For reference, the switch to a 32nm SoC in the new iPad 2 gave a ~25% battery life increase. Given that the iPad's screen draws more energy than the iPhone's proportionally to the rest of the components, the SoC's efficiency is a bit more important in the iPhone than in the iPad, and we could expect maybe a 35% battery life increase by switching to 32nm A9 cores in the next iPhone, at the same clocks. If we cancel this energy saving by overclocking by around 35%, we would get roughly the Integer/Floating point performance gains shown in the above iPhone 3GS/4 comparison.
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A faster chip - I don't quite see what one would do with the extra power. Is it welcome? Ofcourse it is. But unless you use your iPhone for movi-editing, I don't quite see what the use is.
Bigger display & higher resolution - I, for one, see this as a bad point. I like the iPhone because it fits i your pockets with ease. I don't see the use of a big phone.
New body - The body is still very close to the iPhone 4(S). Yes it's a little thinner, quite normal if the phone gets much longer. More solid - Okay, good point.
4G LTE - There's not even 3G everywhere, and 4G only drains more battery life.
New OS - Yes there's a new OS, but from what I've seen so far there aren't that many new things in it.
It might be called the new "iPhone", but it will never be called "The New iPhone".
True, but the iPad is catching up at a very fast rate, I expect the iPad mini to make the iPad the next flagship product.
Since the release of the iPad, the latest SoC has always been in the iPad before the iPhone.
It really doesn't matter whether the photo is shopped or not. It will be an A6 chip, Apple has used the 'New' chip in each iPhone, then the following iPad has had the same chip, or in the case of the Retina iPad A5X due to it needing increased graphics. This is a big upgrade iPhone, it will be A6.
Just to chime in...
...as the stylus was doomed by Steve Jobs during the iPhone intro demo I'm really sorry for those people regarding iPhone as the best.
Clearly the so called copycat Samsung today did a great job with the Note2. I'm eager to try Photoshop Touch with a pressure sensitive stylus.
Eh?
It's been the other way around. The iPad has gotten the new chip first (A4, A5). It's just that we don't expect the next iPhone to inherit the A5X because it would be overkill on the GPU/power consumption.
Oops yeah that's what I meant, but the iphone won't need the A5X enhancements, so they'll do A6 I'm sure...
Truth be known - I don't actually give a crap about a faster CPU or GPU, I'd prefer it if Apple increased the storage size or offered microsd expansion. Now if they offered a 128GB model then that would definitely get me to move from my iPhone 4 to the next model. I more storage - I have 200GB of music and when I do load music onto my phone I tend to load the whole discography rather than just picking and choosing.