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Which chip does your 6s(6s+) have?

terraphantm said:
When I pay near $1000 for a phone, you're damn right that I have a sense of entitlement with regards to quality.
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No one is saying you shouldn't get your money's worth. And if it is repeatedly provable in a reasonably scientific manner that there is a noticeable difference between these chips, then by all means, return your phone, and try your best to get a replacement with the better of the two chips. (Don't expect Apple to open a special drawer with TSMC chip phones BTW, and good luck getting one on your first try.)

But 24 hours is hardly enough time to make an educated decision. Can people just take a freaking breath for once? The ink on the story is barely dry, and the differences in these chips, if there are actually any, are clearly not black and white yet. But does that stop the ever growing legion of FUD driven, knee jerk reactionaries from flying their outrage banners, gloating, thanking God/Allah/Vishnu, cheering, booing, threatening litigation, and generally making asses of themselves over nothing (so far)? No. Is it all so predictable and tiresome? YES.
 
mcdj said:
No one is saying you shouldn't get your money's worth. And if it is repeatedly provable in a reasonably scientific manner that there is a noticeable difference between these chips, then by all means, return your phone, and try your best to get a replacement with the better of the two chips. (Don't expect Apple to open a special drawer with TSMC chip phones BTW, and good luck getting one on your first try.)

But 24 hours is hardly enough time to make an educated decision. Can people just take a freaking breath for once? The ink on the story is barely dry, and the differences in these chips, if there are actually any, are clearly not black and white yet. But does that stop the ever growing legion of FUD driven, knee jerk reactionaries from flying their outrage banners, gloating, thanking God/Allah/Vishnu, cheering, booing, threatening litigation, and generally making asses of themselves over nothing (so far)? No. Is it all so predictable and tiresome? YES.
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Unfortunately for many of us, the last day to return is today (Thursday). I am very tempted to return the phone because it's my last chance to get a refund and the evidence strongly suggests the Samsung processors consume more power.
 
terraphantm said:
Unfortunately for many of us, the last day to return is today (Thursday). I am very tempted to return the phone because it's my last chance to get a refund and the evidence strongly suggests the Samsung processors consume more power.
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If this truly turns out to be a big deal, with real world effects, (and by that I mean a totally obvious 1-2 hour difference in battery life, with no other differences in performance...because CPUs rarely give better battery life without some other compromise), then the story is gonna blow up on the tech blogs and then trickle into the newspapers, and Apple will be forced to take care of you, to save face, even if you are outside the return period.
 
jlevy73 said:
Interesting, do you have geekbench installed? Would be curious to see what the battery bench gives you
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I dint have it installed right now but can do it over the weekend. This is my battery without low power mode also. I'm not trying to get a ramped up phone only to throttle it for battery so that had no effect on my screen shot. And I used it straight for that 3 and a half hours with browsing, Safari, Reddit, downloading some apps. Etc basically normal usage.
 
Just came back from the Apple Store. GOT A TSMC REPLACEMENT!!! (you have to open it and install the app to know...)

Returned my Samsung iPhone 6s 64GB, no questions asked.

Will run another Geekbench to see if this is true once my battery is fully charged.

Employee said I can go and exchange it until I'm satisfied :rolleyes:

:apple:
 
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giodelgado said:
Just came back from the Apple Store.

Returned my Samsung iPhone 6s 64GB, no questions asked.

Will run another Geekbench to see if this is true once my battery is fully charged.

Employee said I can go and exchange it until I'm satisfied :rolleyes:

:apple:
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so is the new one TSMC?
 
Che Castro said:
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
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Actually it's science lol

Taking the battery down under 10% and then charging helps to calibrate the phone software so it gives you a better estimate of the battery charge. It doesn't actually do anything to the battery.
 
giodelgado said:
Just came back from the Apple Store. GOT A TSMC REPLACEMENT!!! (you have to open it and install the app to know...)

Returned my Samsung iPhone 6s 64GB, no questions asked.

Will run another Geekbench to see if this is true once my battery is fully charged.

Employee said I can go and exchange it until I'm satisfied :rolleyes:

:apple:
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You exchanged your iPhone for the same model ? And he didn't ask why you were exchanging it ?
 
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I've been pretty impressed with my battery life, and as people can see I have games running a lot too.

6S, Band 30 model if that matters in terms of what phone has which chip manufacturer.

EDIT - I could've sworn I typed this, but it's a TSMC-made A9.
 

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Bako-MacAddict said:
You exchanged your iPhone for the same model ? And he didn't ask why you were exchanging it ?
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Ok well sorry for not telling the full story:

-Bought phone full price on preorder at Apple.com
-You can return it within 14 days without any reason

After returning the phone I told the employee I wanted another one with the same specs, she looked at me like "ok..." so I told her the story (#chipgate), she didn't seem interested at all but I got my replacement right away...

Credit went back again to my CC, employee said it might take 5 days but everything went smooth.

Once I got home and crossed my fingers I found out I got a brand new TSMC iPhone :D #WIN

That's it.
 
giodelgado said:
Just came back from the Apple Store. GOT A TSMC REPLACEMENT!!! (you have to open it and install the app to know...)

Returned my Samsung iPhone 6s 64GB, no questions asked.

Will run another Geekbench to see if this is true once my battery is fully charged.

Employee said I can go and exchange it until I'm satisfied :rolleyes:

:apple:
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This thread will go down as one of the best in macrumors history

First 15 pages - return your TSMC chip phone for a Samsung chip phone

Next 15 pages - return your Samsung chip phone for a TSMC chip phone
 
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I have the TSMC chip. My experience has more or less matched the Geekbench battery benchmarks with 7-8 hours of usage.
 
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