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TSMC's A9 Chip Outperforming Samsung's in Early iPhone 6s Battery Benchmarks
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I think you only listed 6S chips. Here's more info, for those with a Plus:
N66AP (6s plus) or N71AP (6s) - Samsung chip
N66MAP (6s plus) or N71MAP (6s) - TSMC chip
I got a little freaked out when I saw that mine was n66map, so I looked it up.
I think you only listed 6S chips. Here's more info, for those with a Plus:
N66AP (6s plus) or N71AP (6s) - Samsung chip
N66MAP (6s plus) or N71MAP (6s) - TSMC chip
I got a little freaked out when I saw that mine was n66map, so I looked it up.
I tied that app and it didn't work at all for me. It shows a few details but not that.
This isn't a good way to measure your battery. You could be using low power apps and skewing your results. You should use the battery tester that everyone else is using to see a true picture. Willing to bet your battery life is less then the TSMC chips.
Ah, but the Samsung chip is 0.027 ounces lighter and way more convenient to cart around!
Apple claims that the 6S should be the same as the 6. You might actually notice worse battery life if you had a Samsung 6S.
Useful data, but I'm not sure that such a weight reduction would be all that noticeable.
I'm prepared to stand corrected, though.
This wouldn't be a big deal if Apple put a big enough battery in their phones. Just sayin.
It's worth about 2 extra hours of battery life and a little bit of respect
2 Hours??? As if...
Last week I was guessing I had a TMSC chip as my phone felt hot in my hand. But now I think I have a Samsung because my battery life isn't as good as I expected! Obviously I had nothing at all to base that on apart from momentary whimsical conjecture and the magnificent power of suggestion posited by special snowflakes creating their own special needs reality on the internet...
Last week I was guessing I had a TMSC chip as my phone felt hot in my hand. But now I think I have a Samsung because my battery life isn't as good as I expected! Obviously I had nothing at all to base that on apart from momentary whimsical conjecture and the magnificent power of suggestion posited by special snowflakes creating their own special needs reality on the internet...
Everyone is gonna run to the Apple store, swap for a TSMC one and then a week later we will see a new article saying the Samsung one is better and repeat process.
And then 1 few months later we will see another article saying it is all the same.
And then 1 few months later we will see another article saying it is all the same.
This is becoming a really great drama. Last week people in the iPhone forum went mad wanting to return their TSMC iPhone 6s, after checking their model number with a dubious Chinese app not from the App Store.
For the comparison to be believable, you need to switch the batteries that are installed in each phone (which is easily done).
If the device with the Samsung A9 chip still performs worse despite running off the battery that was previously in the TSMC phone, then you would start to convince me. You can't attribute the difference in performance to the A9 chip (manufacturer) given that there are two variables here; the manufacturer of the A9 chip, and the battery the is being used in each device (given that battery performance can vary from one battery to another even though they come off the same assembly line).
To be convinced, I'd need to see consistent outcomes from 3 different phones (i.e. 3x TSMC devices vs 3x Samsung devices, with battery swap test included). But that's just me, and I'm a scientist.
If the device with the Samsung A9 chip still performs worse despite running off the battery that was previously in the TSMC phone, then you would start to convince me. You can't attribute the difference in performance to the A9 chip (manufacturer) given that there are two variables here; the manufacturer of the A9 chip, and the battery the is being used in each device (given that battery performance can vary from one battery to another even though they come off the same assembly line).
To be convinced, I'd need to see consistent outcomes from 3 different phones (i.e. 3x TSMC devices vs 3x Samsung devices, with battery swap test included). But that's just me, and I'm a scientist.
I don't really think that the battery alone can contribute to such a big difference. If that is the case, it's a serious quality control issue. According to a Tweet by John Poole, the founder of Primate Labs / Geekbench, the distribution of battery test results of 22 iPhone 6s is not normal:
