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TSMC's A9 Chip Outperforming Samsung's in Early iPhone 6s Battery Benchmarks
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Im just surprised how Apple could have over looked such a large discrepancy in power consumption between the 2 chips. If they did see such a large difference they should have put all the Samsungs in the 6S Plus and the TMSCs in the 6S and they could have gotten away with this. 2 hours is just ridiculous and if this is truly proven in real world use, Apple is going to have a mess on its hands and a possible law suit. Yes they may meet advertised specs but with such a large difference this is just not fair to the consumer paying the same price.
I have the 6S+ with the Samsung chip but am exchanging today due to a loose headphone jack. Im not sure if I want to take the 60% chance of getting another Samsung or switching back to the 6S where there is only 20% chance.
I wonder what the difference in battery life between a 6S with TMSC and a 6S+ with Samsung lol?
I have the 6S+ with the Samsung chip but am exchanging today due to a loose headphone jack. Im not sure if I want to take the 60% chance of getting another Samsung or switching back to the 6S where there is only 20% chance.
I wonder what the difference in battery life between a 6S with TMSC and a 6S+ with Samsung lol?
There must be a severe reason why they deleted the prozessor identification app
Apple - what is going on there
Gotta love Apple's damage control... prevent people from accessing information to find out for themselves.
Now this is really getting "gate" worthy!
The Samsung chip probably had a built-in benchmark booster that gave it poor battery life on GeekBench
People losing their collective minds about a difference that might be flipped when the next iOS update comes out? Heading off douchebags returning perfectly good phones?
If this pans out to be true would Apple do a recall or extended battery replacement for Samsung chip iPhones?
I haven't opened up my device to check, but I have noticed that the 6S I am now using vs my old 6+ gets nearly as good battery life. Compared to the old 6 I had the new 6S has probably 50% better battery life. I've been very happy with the 6S for battery life alone.
ok, Your right. Lets believe all the flowery lawyer language.
"After leaking the information, Liang apparently left TSMC and took a job at a South Korean university that also happens to be sponsored by Samsung."
The non-compete is irrelevant and is just the start. The non-disclosure is what is important, even after the non-compete expires if he tells Samsung about how TSMC does things and uses the methods he developed while working there, then we have a problem.
Give it time and Im sure they will have plenty to sue Samsung. It is hard to prove this stuff until they are able to get their hands on Samsung chips and reverse engineer to see how it was made.
That makes good sense. Samsung is using an entirely new process and making larger quantities than ever of them.
TSMC is using a one generation old die process with lots of manufacturing and QC issues tuned over an actual production environment. This may be why Apple has been trying so hard to increase TSMC orders generally. They have had some quality issues and some production issues, but it seems with this particular chip they have all hands on board, all pistons firing.
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This is a silly comparison and just a blatant click-bait attempt, and it's working. There's a ton of variables to consider (software version, carrier, apps open, battery state, etc.).
The negligible performance difference in benchmarks between the Samsung 6s and the TSMC 6s are pretty much irrelevant. All that matters is real-world performance.
iOS 9 is horrendously laggy anyway so A9 chip or not, it doesn't matter until Apple fixes their software.
The negligible performance difference in benchmarks between the Samsung 6s and the TSMC 6s are pretty much irrelevant. All that matters is real-world performance.
iOS 9 is horrendously laggy anyway so A9 chip or not, it doesn't matter until Apple fixes their software.
Okay, I'm out. MacRumors has gotten worse and worse over the last few years, and having to read a story about this issue once or more per day is the last straw.
I long for the days when Apple news was actually interesting instead of focused on stock prices, acquisitions, and the newest minor nitpicky flaw that someone found with the newest device, and how everyone in the world must immediately flood Apple stores with stupid requests to exchange for a "perfect" device.
See ya.
I long for the days when Apple news was actually interesting instead of focused on stock prices, acquisitions, and the newest minor nitpicky flaw that someone found with the newest device, and how everyone in the world must immediately flood Apple stores with stupid requests to exchange for a "perfect" device.
See ya.
That's the thing. Basing the usage on the user doesn't mean it's good battery life per say. It just means you may have optimal settings, steady carrier signal, etc. That's why in the battery benchmark we ran the devices in airplane mode, turned off certain settings, closed all background apps, etc. In a controlled experiment, the results will be more prominent. However, if this device works well for you and your usage, this is not an issue to you so it's nothing to worry on. =)
I was doing some reading and realized Apple has a habit of underclocking some processors. If they were doing this, which chip would be throttled here? Would it be the TSMC or Samsung?
3GS:
The iPhone 3GS is powered by the Samsung APL0298C05 chip, which was designed and manufactured by Samsung. This is the first iPhone with a system-on-a-chip. This system-on-a-chip is composed of an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core underclocked to 600 MHz (from 833 MHz), integrated with a PowerVR SGX 535 GPU.
3GS:
The iPhone 3GS is powered by the Samsung APL0298C05 chip, which was designed and manufactured by Samsung. This is the first iPhone with a system-on-a-chip. This system-on-a-chip is composed of an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core underclocked to 600 MHz (from 833 MHz), integrated with a PowerVR SGX 535 GPU.
For me home>model: empty and grey circle. Maybe because it didn't allow it originally to access my photos I think? I have redownloaded it a few times but the request has not popped back up and nothing in my privacy settings.
Well the bigger chip could be lowering speeds to conserve against heat so the lower speeds could be giving people better battery. Of course until the phone is jailbroken we won't be able to do more testing unless someone makes an app that measures for more than a minute to actually see this as the possibility.
How so? The "bad" battery chips are still performing as good as they showed on their specs. You would sue the company because some of the phones performed even better than the specs? You wouldn't win.