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Which chip does your 6s(6s+) have?
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No way I'm going to read through to see if somebody already addressed this, but the different cell radios in each phone account for something here. Absolutely one will run hotter than the other. And even regardless of which radio you have, gsm or cdma, these tests should be performed with the radio turned off for apples to apples.
Power usage would also be contingent on (among other things) tower proximity.
Power usage would also be contingent on (among other things) tower proximity.
The Samsung-made A9s are going to start flashing subliminal messages to buy Galaxy S6s and Samsung TVs, hence the lower battery power. It makes perfect sense.
You should add another option to the poll...
"I prefer to bypass all the reactionary misinformation, and am going to wait until there are more controlled tests, instead of relying on FUD based "reports" from multiple clickbaiting blogs, all referencing the exact same unscientific tests performed on exactly 2 phones (out of 13 million) by a random kid on Reddit, who had a SIM card in one phone but not the other."
"I prefer to bypass all the reactionary misinformation, and am going to wait until there are more controlled tests, instead of relying on FUD based "reports" from multiple clickbaiting blogs, all referencing the exact same unscientific tests performed on exactly 2 phones (out of 13 million) by a random kid on Reddit, who had a SIM card in one phone but not the other."
Had a Samsung chip in the AT&T 64GB 6S. No issues with the phone beyond not being happy with battery life (not necessarily blaming the chip for poor battery performance, though). Returned the 6S today and replaced it with a T-Mobile 128GB 6S+ for better battery life. It's TSMC.
Annnd, and? Better battery life, huh?
Haha I've only had it a couple hours so I can't say yet, but I'm certainly hoping so!
I don't know if this has been posted before, but there is another app you can use to find out what A9 you have, and it's available on the App Store. See this Engadget article for details http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/06/does-your-iphone-have-a-good-or-bad-a9-cpu/
I really wish they wouldn't label it 'good or bad', there's far too little information still to call one good and one bad, and even then those terms are far too absolute.
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
That's it.
That's crazy . If I would of gone to my Apple Store , and tell them your story they probably would laugh at me,because most of the employees in the store there know me there. I would actually be embarrassed lol. I had the Samsung chip on my iPhone 6s Plus. I went the Apple Store today to downgrade to the 6s because of comfort not because a chip. My iPhone ran smooth with no issues with the Samsung chip. Came home and just for curiosity I checked and my iPhone had the TSMC. Both chips run the same in my opinion. No lag no Bs. I believe people are blowing this topic out of proportion. Just my two cents.
Edit: Yeah,apparently is not the lag were talking about here hehehe. (I feel stupid)
Anyways ..... Austin (youtuber) posted this interesting video. I guess there's is a difference.
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But then how would they get all the clicks? Make no mistake, anything that even hints at a problem with an Apple product is a goldmine for the blogs.
Dang that's expensive flight. This iPhone thing getting expensiver and expensiver.
If in the next 15 pages the tide turns against TSMC , this guy is going to be doing cartwheels in this thread
Perfect example of how crowd mentality overtakes reason and things escalate in about twenty seconds to a ridiculous place; because people don't even bother reading. The discussion about the chips is not about lag. It's about battery life.
Well said. There is no discernible difference in processing speeds between the two chips. The only issues now is the anomaly in the geekbench battery bench which shows TMSC with a 20% advantage.
Just checked that app out, my iPhone has a TSMC chip, still have to charge it daily as use it a lot
