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Which chip does your 6s(6s+) have?
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I just went to check which chip my iPhone 6S has. I am excited. I love the taco flavored ones!
Wish there were more tests with 9.1b due to the jumps in the kernel version number (and hopefully ongoing improvements)
Ordered my iPhone 6s plus 64gb Gold on "Pre order night" here in Sweden, just got a message from my carrier that I can pick it up tomorrow morning. But all these reports about heat problems, differences in battery performance depending on what chip you have is giving me cold feet. I know this probably isn't a big deal, but still..
I'm also afraid that the 6s plus is to big, but that's irrelevant to this thread
I'm also afraid that the 6s plus is to big, but that's irrelevant to this thread
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Ordered my iPhone 6s plus 64gb Gold on "Pre order night" here in Sweden, just got a message from my carrier that I can pick it up tomorrow morning. But all these reports about heat problems, differences in battery performance depending on what chip you have is giving me cold feet. I know this probably isn't a big deal, but still..
I'm also afraid that the 6s plus is to big, but that's irrelevant to this thread
Sometimes you just have to put your big girl or big boy underwear on and just go for! You are hearing reports of it here on the forum, you always get all the negative or bad here. People that aren't having issue rarely post. The chances are likely very small you'll get one with an issue.
Yeah I know, I should just go for it! I always get some kind of buyers remorse whenever I'm buying new things. The remorse always disappears when I see my new device for the first time
This is probably the fifth year in a row I say to myself and my girlfriend "Nah, I think I'll skip this years iPhone and wait for next years phone."
Guessing you have a Samsung
Its a recognised condition now, "samsung chip denial"
I'm on 9.1 beta 4 Samsung chip and battery lasts longer approx 20mins longer than my sisters tsmc chip she's on 9.0.2 we both have iPhone 6s.
Not noticed any problems with over heating plays all games really well and 4K video is perfect no slowdowns.
So I'm happy I'm not going to go through the hassle of replacing it.
Not noticed any problems with over heating plays all games really well and 4K video is perfect no slowdowns.
So I'm happy I'm not going to go through the hassle of replacing it.
Can you please do some kind of test in equal condicions (same brightness for example) on both?
Run the Geekbench test to see the results with the 9.1 beta 4?
The other thing we don't know is if the TSMC chip will also last more with 9.1...
When I got my 6s I restored from 9.1 beta 3 backup. My battery was not as good as my 6 - I got 5-6 hrs of usage on the new phone. After 9.1 beta 4 the usage has gone up to 8 hours. I am not exaggerating. My old iPad 4 seems to have better battery as well on 9.1 beta 4 compared to beta 3. I do think software plays a role.
I do not know what chip I have.
I went from the 6+ to the 6s+ and my battery life is noticeably worse. I easily got a full day's use from my 6+, but now I'm under 20% by 5:00 PM every day. I have the Samsung chip and I'll probably try exchanging at the Apple Store.
So you're still using an iPhone 4?Yeah I know, I should just go for it! I always get some kind of buyers remorse whenever I'm buying new things. The remorse always disappears when I see my new device for the first time
This is probably the fifth year in a row I say to myself and my girlfriend "Nah, I think I'll skip this years iPhone and wait for next years phone."
Come on people, exchanging the phone just to get the other chip? Sometimes people do too much on these forums. And what happens when you exchange it and get the same chip all over again? Just use what you have and be happy with it, everyone isn't going to have the same results just because you see a handful of people with slightly better battery life. For that instance, I had the Samsung chip on my first 6S Plus, exchanged it here locally because I wanted a Space Grey version, found it and this one has the TSMC chip. There isn't one difference that I can tell.
Cards on the table, I have a Samsung chip, I also have no problem with the battery life of my 6S or any other issue with it, it's a very fast and reliable phone.
Everyone does need to get a grip here. If you look back to the start of this thread when people were assuming the Samsung chip was better due to the apparently smaller process, there are various people with the Samsung chip smugly claiming that they "knew" they had that chip because their battery was so good. Now it's the other way around and people are blaming their Samsung chips for everything from poor battery life to trouble at home. Someone at geek bench is going to pop up sometime soon with an update to their app (which currently dates back to June and doesn't even claim ios9 compatibility) apologising for the fact that it doesn't work correctly with the Samsung chips, or is overstating performance on TSMC chips, and everyone here is going to end up looking and feeling very silly.
If you have a working phone, great! If you have a rubbish phone that doesn't work the way you want, by all means take it back, but don't take back a working phone just because the name on the chip isn't what you like!
Finally, even in the incredibly unlikely event that the benchmarks are genuine and Apple just never noticed this vast difference between the two chips, this is most likely a firmware issue that will get fixed in 9.1 or later. Apple released one set of specs for this phone, not two, so that is the specs that all these phones have to meet.
Everyone does need to get a grip here. If you look back to the start of this thread when people were assuming the Samsung chip was better due to the apparently smaller process, there are various people with the Samsung chip smugly claiming that they "knew" they had that chip because their battery was so good. Now it's the other way around and people are blaming their Samsung chips for everything from poor battery life to trouble at home. Someone at geek bench is going to pop up sometime soon with an update to their app (which currently dates back to June and doesn't even claim ios9 compatibility) apologising for the fact that it doesn't work correctly with the Samsung chips, or is overstating performance on TSMC chips, and everyone here is going to end up looking and feeling very silly.
If you have a working phone, great! If you have a rubbish phone that doesn't work the way you want, by all means take it back, but don't take back a working phone just because the name on the chip isn't what you like!
Finally, even in the incredibly unlikely event that the benchmarks are genuine and Apple just never noticed this vast difference between the two chips, this is most likely a firmware issue that will get fixed in 9.1 or later. Apple released one set of specs for this phone, not two, so that is the specs that all these phones have to meet.
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6S+ here. Got the Sammy CPU. No issues here. I get a little over 6.5 hours of life on heavy usage.
Keeping it, as I am getting same life as my 6+ did.
Can't lie though, if the TSMC CPU is really giving two more hours, then sure makes me think about a swap.
Keeping it, as I am getting same life as my 6+ did.
Can't lie though, if the TSMC CPU is really giving two more hours, then sure makes me think about a swap.