Sharp President Confirms Shipments of Displays for New iPhone this Month

[KnightWRX]

Seeing as how every iPhone has got a new CPU since the 3GS, Apple has a history of updating the iPhone CPU too.

Again, Apple has a history of never providing the iPhone with a better SoC than the iPad too. That's my whole point. That's why a die-shrunk A5X makes most sense.

Either way, Apple will have to break with history one way or another. Be it with the die shrunk A5X (iPad refresh mid cycle with it ?), using the same A5 in the iPhone or providing the iPhone with a better than iPad SoC.

 

[Ay_Zimmy]

The iPhone can certainly come with a newer chip than the iPad. The iPhone is their biggest successor, but it's also under the most competition. Anything goes.

 

[gladoscc]

LOL!

Tim Cook: "We're doubling down on secrecy."
Sharp President: "We're making 4 inch screens for the next iPhone."

 

[SeaFox]

Steve Jobs would not be happy with all of these leaks.

Yes, because prior to this we were all expecting Apple to keep selling the iPhone 4S for another 10-12 months before releasing a new model.

 

[Manic Mouse]

Again, Apple has a history of never providing the iPhone with a better SoC than the iPad too. That's my whole point. That's why a die-shrunk A5X makes most sense.

Either way, Apple will have to break with history one way or another. Be it with the die shrunk A5X (iPad refresh mid cycle with it ?), using the same A5 in the iPhone or providing the iPhone with a better than iPad SoC.

A shrunk A5X makes NO sense. That chip is mostly GPU to drive the insane resolution of the display, at the cost of CPU power. The retina display on the iPad is higher than 99.9% of desktop computers, which is why it needs such a monstrous GPU on it leaving less die space and thermal headroom for CPU.

The iPhone is a completely different animal, it has a resolution LOWER than most computers. It doesn't need such a monstrous GPU to run games that look good. It would be a complete mismatch of CPU/GPU to shove an A5X in the iPhone, so much so I have no idea why you keep banging on about it.

We will either see an A15 based chip or some kind of A5 variant. An A15/rogue combo would be amazing if they could wrangle it.

 

[KanosWRX]

... but reduce pixel density?

16:9 ought to work really nicely in apps where you scroll a list, so the majority of them.

Hey if it means I don't have to scroll as much because you can fit more text on the screen left to right, sure ill take a slight hit to the pixel density, it wouldn't be noticeable probably. Fragmentation is bad for everyone, and that's just what apple is doing

 

[Zunjine]

A shrunk A5X makes NO sense. That chip is mostly GPU to drive the insane resolution of the display, at the cost of CPU power. The retina display on the iPad is higher than 99.9% of desktop computers, which is why it needs such a monstrous GPU on it leaving less die space and thermal headroom for CPU.

The iPhone is a completely different animal, it has a resolution LOWER than most computers. It doesn't need such a monstrous GPU to run games that look good. It would be a complete mismatch of CPU/GPU to shove an A5X in the iPhone, so much so I have no idea why you keep banging on about it.

We will either see an A15 based chip or some kind of A5 variant. An A15/rogue combo would be amazing if they could wrangle it.

I'm no expert on this by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm sure I recall people who know their onions talking about how CPU improvements are less useful when it comes to making better smartphones/tablets because CPU heavy stuff isn't what most people use them for. GPUs, on the other hand, apparently make a bigger difference to things like website rendering, video processing, media, games, etc.

If this is the case, maybe a shrunken A5X would work out. I'm sure GPUs do more than just push pixels.

 

[somethingelsefl]

Wait! That's a real thing?! Where did you find it?

It's a combination of "Goodwin's Law" and Steve Jobs. So I submitted it to Urban Dictionary since it's being used so often here in the forums

 

[Zunjine]

It's a combination of "Goodwin's Law" and Steve Jobs. So I submitted it to Urban Dictionary since it's being used so often here in the forums

Oh, I know what it is. I just didn't realise anyone else has ever used it. I thought I'd made it up! Oh well.