Maybe when they release the A-10s, it will feature Thunderbolt? ;-)Can't wait for the A10 to blow them all away!
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It's called an Apple Watch. A quiet tap and a dot complication. And unlike a ancient Blackberry, you don't even have to take your phone out of your pocket or bag to see if the LED is blinking.
I hate that apple starts the iPhone at 16gb. It should definitely be 32gb base to improve user experience for those who don't know any better, you know, the people who like apple just because "it works" and don't know a thing about tech specs.
But unfortunately it's not just about the price of the 32gb storage. Of course they could easily offer 32gb base model and it would barely effect their profit margin. However, what DOES effect their profit margin is the vast number of people who need more than 16gb but no more than 32gb.
You see, 32gb is that sweet number for probably most people. If they offered the $649 iPhone with 32gb, there would be significantly less people buying the $749 64gb iPhone. But keeping the base at 16gb, they know that this isn't enough and it forces more people into the 64gb. This wouldn't happen nearly as much with a 32gb base, and that is where the profit margins are lost for apple.
Ooh projector, that would be swell.
Also a big fan of glance screen on Windows Phone, maybe Apple could make something very similar but magical - are the iPhone screens OLED? I lose track.
Speaking of features, it'll be a simpler but awesome if I can type names in contact and the search expands to directories beyond my saved contact. That way, I don't need to go to Safari only to come back to the dailer moments later
And you know know TSMC's yield, how?
BTW, TSMC 20nm was at 75% yield first volume production. This was mid 2014. Reason why they got 100% of Apple's business for the A8. If the the rumored A10 was indeed on 16nm, this will likely be TSMC's 3rd generation of the 16nm node process. The yield is likely to be high enough to prompt Apple to give them majority of order (if the rumor is true).
From my understanding, the run in March 2015 was test run given to TSMC's 16FF+, Samsung/Global Foundry's 14nm. Following evaluation of the test runs, Apple gave TSMC the go head to start volume production in May/June 2015 for A9/A9X. Samsung got the volume order about 1-2 month later. The first device test found that there was no appreciable difference between the performance and power consupmtion between TSMC 16nm and Samsung 14nm part. However, surprisingly, Samsung's 14nm A9 had a larger die size, which decreased their yield. And Globalfoundries 14nm test run failed to meet Apple's criteria prompting their portion of the A9 order to be given to TSMC.
In any case, if the analyst was correct, iPad Pro A9X should be 100% on TSMC 16FF+. We should get a confirmation when Chipworks decaps the die when the first products are shipped.
10nm process is delayed (by a quarter?) But that is an industry wide issue.
Your 5s was made in 2012??? Are you telling me that soon after Apple announced the iPhone 5 in Sept. 2012, your iPhone 5s with a 64-bit A7 and TouchID was manufactured?
So the performance improvement of the A10 over the A9 will most likely be marginal.
It have been said millions of times, that's not what LED notification light is.
LED notification light is a small LED that lights up when you have missed a notification. It can be configured to have a different color for different types of notifications. Some Android phones have had it for years.
How big is a thunderbolt 3 port? If Apple is going to move away from Lightening, it would be nice if they did it sooner rather than later because lightening accessories are just that much more entrenched making it more annoying for people to move on (as you mentioned), and besides if USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 are better, why not? Thunderbolt 3 seems like the more Apple thing to do just because it's more proprietary. I don't know that the added speed over USB-C (already twice as fast as USB 3...it's a phone) would make much of an appreciable difference compared to the compatibility advantages of using USB-C. But who knows, maybe they'll surprise us.
Isn't it? It's a great idea that has been floating around since the days of the iPhone 4 with it's dual glass design.
I wish Apple were a little more aggressive in coming out first with more of these silver bullet features. Although it's possible they gave it a long thought, then decided to just go thin. LOL.
I'm keeping up hope though that they are working on an e-ink/amoled combination display technology that will undoubtedly make its way first to the AppleWatch, where it's sorely needed.
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Thunderbolt isn't really Apple's thing like Lightning is.
Thunderbolt was a standard that Apple is a major backer of, like Firewire before it, and ultimately Apple seems to be the only one to really champion it.
Lightning was solely created by Apple, like the 30-pin connector before it.
USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are both the exact same size. They're slightly bigger than the Lightning port.
I always imagined the ring around the home button glowing.
But now it's a metal ring that deals with TouchID.
Still... it would be cool.
Yup as crazy as it sounds. The manufacture date of my 5S said 2012. Not kidding.
You would think something like that would've been reported here and on other media sites a couple of years ago.
Are you looking this up via like your serial number, or does something literary say 2012?
A technician at an Apple Store typed in my serial number and the manufacture date said 2012, but I forget what month and yeah it's a 5S.