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Which chip does your 6s(6s+) have?
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One thing for sure. You will never get same numbers from same test. There is a margin of error that is greater than the difference between chips. Will never get definitive answer due to variability.
Morning guys so here the results for the replaced unit using geekbench with same condition as before (min brightness, disabled autobrightness, flight mode, dim mode enabled):
Iphone6s 64gb model N71mAP 6:00:05 3608
http://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/125335
To compare with the unit I had before replacement:
iPhone 6s 64gb model N71AP 4:05
I know it's difficult to conclude anything on 2 tests, i know there are variations between unit but 2h of battery life difference doesn't sound right at all.
Would be happy to see other results.
Actually, that's the difference in battery life shown between the chips using the same test, in this thread.
Wow that's astonishing really, up 50% !
May I ask why you got it exchanged in the first instance ?
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My results from a few days ago seem to be consistent to yours, although mine are the Plus versions.
My TSMC Plus was able to achieve a duration of almost 8 hours, while the Samsung was only able to last 6 hours on the test. A difference of almost 2 hours, similar to yours.
Samsung:
TSMC:
TSMC:
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I asked for a replacement because battery in normal use seems to be unusually low for my use.
My geekbench test seems to confirm that. Now i've good battery but non uniform backlight.
Also Take my 4h of battery life with the 6s with a pinch of salt i may have had a faulty unit initially. Only other tests with same model could confirms that. As well i don't really know if geekbench is reliable accross tests for consistency.
Well I re did the test last night with brightness turned right down and it was very marginally better at 04:23:40
Still not great but as I said before I'm getting over 6 hours in reality.
Have you noticed a 'real world' improvement yet ?
So, we are saying that the 16nm chip is more power efficient than 14nm?
Doesn't sound right
I was told my old iPhone 6 has the TSMC chip,and my 6 has had much better battery life between charges then my old Samsung Galazy III.
Agreed, it does sound counter to what you'd think, but that does seem to be what the tests and figure are indicating atm.
We need more people to post battery tests to get a better indication I think ......
Looks like it's now confirmed!!
Joshua Ho, Anandtech:
"Both of the iPhone 6s units we have right now are TSMC 16FF+."
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoshuaHo96/status/650598118908497920
And that TSMC 16nm FF+ means 15% performance increase and power consumption goes down 30% compared to TSMC 16 nm FF. (no plus)
So it's possible that TSMC could be more power efficient than Samsung. We'll see.
So it's possible that TSMC could be more power efficient than Samsung. We'll see.
Actually...
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2447200&page=24
It seems TSMC 16nm process is better than Samsung's 14nm as far as power consumption/heat is concerned.
if this is true, what does it mean for Apple's 2016 A10 chip? It was supposed to be manufactured on 16nm FF+ and 10nm supposedly won't be ready until 2017. Will A10 offer any significant performance improvements? How will Apple go even thinner with the iPhone design if the SoC basically uses the same amount of power as the A9? A7 to A8 wasn't huge but it was still 25% faster in CPU and a solid 50% faster in GPU (and it was more power efficient and offered better sustained performance due to going from 28nm to 20nm process).
Does your phone work? If it does, then don't return it. If it doesn't, then return it. Apple never promised you a specific chip in there, and there's no guarantees you'll get anything different the next time around.
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There should be a reason why Apple ordered 60% of the chips from TSMC and only 40% from Samsung.
It looks like they themselves prefer the TSMC technology.
I wouldn't be surprised if they phased out Samsung down the road when the supplies improve.
It looks like they themselves prefer the TSMC technology.
I wouldn't be surprised if they phased out Samsung down the road when the supplies improve.
6s+ 64 TSMC. Set up as new.
Battery life felt iffy until I reset all settings on Sat night trying to fix the freezing/turning itself off business discussed here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-6s-turns-off-by-itself-confirmed.1922995/
Now it benched:
Battery life felt iffy until I reset all settings on Sat night trying to fix the freezing/turning itself off business discussed here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-6s-turns-off-by-itself-confirmed.1922995/
Now it benched:
6s 64GB. Samsung Chip. I have had Zero issues with the phone, display isn't yellow, doesn't shut off on it's own, no defects, so I wont risk exchanging for a TSMC Phone.
If you know the price of TSMC chip is 70% higher than samsung's, you probably will understand why Apple still order samsung's. Cuz Apple wanna force TSMC lower its price. Hope TSMC won't give in when they know this test result....