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TSMC's A9 Chip Outperforming Samsung's in Early iPhone 6s Battery Benchmarks
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Herein lies the problem. Both chips are suppose perform within specification in terms of raw performance, power, reliability. The difference should be within few percent. So far many users have repeated the performance and battery test and showing a disconcerting trend.
Geekbench shows Samsung A9 is fast by few point (less than 1-2%), but largely statistically insignificant if you run it 1000 times. 1-2% faster should not translate into 2 hours additional battery drain.
Antutu shows TSMC A9 consistently faster for some reason. The battery drain difference remains approximate 2 hours in a burn test.
The Samsung chip probably had a built-in benchmark booster that gave it poor battery life on GeekBench
Lol, but it seems not only does TSMC one has better battery life, it performs better, and runs cooler. I'm very interested in how this chip gate is going to pan out.
Strike a nerve? sorry
My 6+ battery would last maybe 10 hours when I am at work with minimal usage.
My TSMC 6S+ last a bit longer.
At Home I can easily go 12 hours with heavy use and still have 10 to 20%
If anyone is listening to these "experts" then the joke is on them.
Usage varies. If there is a 3% real world difference whether it would be in speed, heat, battery or whatever else I would be shocked. Sure there wil be a difference in carrier based on location.
Whether you have a Samsung or SMC enjoy it. I wouldn't be worrying. If there is that much concern about battery life pick up a mophie battery pack. The mophie battery pack for the 6+ works with the 6S+, I posted a video in another thread.
Seems possible.. And Apple just released statement suggesting a difference - of 2-3%. Of course they are different chips, and software must be optimized partly for battery parity.
Hmm yes the big grey circle should be accompanied by right side data lines.. Last line would show model
Apple sold something like 60 millions iPhone 4 worldwide, to happy customers.
Did Apple improve its antenna design in the 4S ? Sure.
That doesn't mean the iPhone 4 has a "antennagate".
sad but true ...
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The university in question is sponsored by Samsung for training engineers working for Samung fabs. See the problem here???
Cool. Yeah, I was originally just curious about the implementation (DT == Geek), but it turned out to be a handy little code package.
My 6S Plus is a TSMC ... FWIW. I'd be happy either way I suspect, the phone easily goes way beyond a day of typical use for me.
I get get battery life and fast geek bench scores. My 6s last all day with heavy usage. I also don't experience over heat like some have reported. I can also leave my phone overnight and it doesn't loose a bit of charge. And I have the Samsung Chip. Now I remember why I only come to this site once a year. It's because of the whining and MacRumors bogus headlines that have made this site go down hill.
More Samsung users need to suck it up like you're doing. I commend you good sir.
And some folks need to get a life besides worrying about what chip there phone has. If someone was reading this topic they would think the end of the world was just around the corner because the intelligence level of society has gone to hell.
Apple Says Battery Performance Of New iPhones’ A9 Chips Vary Only 2-3%
http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/08/ap...rmance-of-new-iphones-a9-chips-vary-only-2-3/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/08/ap...rmance-of-new-iphones-a9-chips-vary-only-2-3/
they may be right in real world usage but if i want to sit there for 5 hours straight and play a graphical intensive game then why should one phone last 2hours less than another :s
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Yes. Everyone who has a TSMC chip is happy because one phone with a Samsung chip reportedly got poor battery life.
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So the battery life is a trend and anyone who said their 6+ bent was a liar?
Safer, easier option in my signature...
The info is in your usage logs. No apps, no downloads, no fuss.
they obviously dont care so why would they fix it like they said people dont use their phone like that test where they ran the battery down in a heavy test, in the real world test the difference is 2-3% so im afraid they couldnt care less end of ...
So a TSMC Engineer sold trade secrets to Samsung? OK, yes. However, that is not Samsung hacking into TSMC's Servers. More over none of the "sold trade secrets" are in the 14nm FinFET SoC APL0898 fabbed by Samsung. Each chip uses a different transistor implementation. TSMC uses Stacked FinFET, Samsung a Die-Shrink.
However, your point is taken.
Your comment was misleading so I was just replying in case anyone is actually reading these posts for information rather than to circlejerk eachother.