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TSMC's A9 Chip Outperforming Samsung's in Early iPhone 6s Battery Benchmarks
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Actually I have found that the phone drains more battery without a SIM on lot of the phones (incl Android) I've had.
Well, I'm glad I have a TSMC chip in mine. I was going to return my phone, but given the information on this article I clearly have the superior chip. I feel sorry for all those Samsung chipped iPhones. Sucks to have such poor battery life. Oh well....
Yep, that's pretty much the mic drop moment to this question.
This would actually make a huge difference imo.
Even having the 2 phone on different networks might make a big difference. The best way to do a proper battery test is to turn off all antennas (airplane mode) and then start the test. If you signal is bad, your gonna drain battery a whole lot faster.
2 hours seems really really significant.
I wonder the repercussions.
#SamsungGate
I wonder the repercussions.
#SamsungGate
Where do I find the model number on my 6S? I have looked on the box, settings and back of phone. I do not see anything pertaining to any of the "NP71" model numbers. Thanks in advance.
I have a 6S and it offers great battery life. I guess that's all that matters, although, I would like to compare to my wife 6S Plus. Thanks, again.
First they'll say my phone is still awesome, it is blazing fast. No way I am returning it. My screen is perfect unlike those suckers who got bad ones.
But then they'll see some random lag and it will set off some alarms. And one day the battery lasts a bit less than they thought it should. The fact that they have a Samsung chip will be there in the back of their brain. Just sitting there like a bad itch that can't be scratched. They will keep coming back to this thread hoping someone disproves the theory. Finally they won't be able to take it anymore. Back to the Genius bar they go. Exacto blade in hand to go through every box until they find one with...... the TSMC chip, no blotch on the lower left side, no stuck pixels, no backlight issues and no yellow screen.
you might doubt it but a part with 2nm bigger process has 2 hr better battery life on a device with identical capabilities and chip speed. Odd.
Screw you for saying stuck pixel! I got one on mine and had forgotten about until then!!!!
hahah
I have the 6s and unless I am using the maps for driving directions for an extended amount of time the battery last me all day, I use my phone for emails and a lot of text and talking as well. Not sure what chip I have and really don't care, the batter life from my perspective is very good. Of course I'm sure there are people with legitimate battery issues but the chip I do not believe is the cause.
Going to need a pooper scooper for all the bullsh!t, I reckon
i have the superior TSMC chip in mine im sorry if anyone has the SAMSUNG chip in theirs, if it meets apples stated specs i.e 10 hours then theres not much you can do about it, just make the most of power saving mode in ios 9 it just means TSMC ones will have a extra 2hours in addition to apples stated specs so it doesnt neccesarly mean your phone doesnt meet the stated specs...
on a side note i can browse a website for 15min straight (connected to wifi) scrolling through pages/threads on 50% brightness without losing a single % in battery life i dont know if this is down to TSMC chip :/
im sorry if anyone has the SAMSUNG chip in theirs, if it meets apples stated specs i.e 10 hours then theres not much you can do about it, just make the most of power saving mode in ios 9 it just means TSMC ones will have a extra 2hours in addition to apples stated specs so it doesnt neccesarly mean your phone doesnt meet the stated specs...on a side note i can browse a website for 15min straight (connected to wifi) scrolling through pages/threads on 50% brightness without losing a single % in battery life i dont know if this is down to TSMC chip :/
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I'm an old fart EE once from the semiconductor industry. All things being equal, a die shrink of about 10% should get you at least 10% performance benefit, most typically 20% (~1.1^2), at least in the old days (decades ago). But the engineers who create the process parameters can tweak some parameters to produce more or less speed for a given current draw (or vice versa). Therefore, I'd guess at first that the TSMC process might be more finely-tuned than Samsung's (closer to the spec margins). OTOH, I remember the photos in the earlier article looking different between the two versions, which adds another variable to the equation.
Still, it looks like TSMC won this round somehow - but not sure how.
Funny. Someone was blowing the forums up with misinformation that the Samsung was clearly the superior chip. My initial 6s was a Samsung and I noticed a few crashes and reboots. I changed colors and got a TSMC and have had none.
Also, the phones clearly do not have identical settings and controlled conditions.
One has access to a cell network, the other has no SIM at all.
I'm not going to bother speculating about what impact that should have on battery life, but if the person conducting the 'test' can't even control a variable as obvious as that, then I imagine they didn't bother controlling other variables either.
Screen brightness, background app refresh, identical app installation and identical location services applied to each app, 3g vs 4G, Notifications, SIRI, email push settings... these are just a few things that will impact on a battery test even if the phone isn't being actively used for anything other than the test at the time.
This is pure click bait.
cmon man stop with the kool aid. I used an iPhone 4 for a few years and the grip of death is a real thing. Sure it didnt happen everytime, but it was enough, that I knew I had to learn to not grip the phone using my left hand, as I normally would have. And I didn't learn to do that because I read the news..