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

Is this the so-called good chip or bad chip?
 

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User tests with geekbench showing 20% difference. Apple claims 3% difference. Truth is probably somewhere in middle but closer to apple in terms real world
 
cchen280 said:
Apple said:
Certain manufactured lab tests which run the processors with a continuous heavy workload until the battery depletes are not representative of real-world usage, since they spend an unrealistic amount of time at the highest CPU performance state. It’s a misleading way to measure real-world battery life. Our testing and customer data show the actual battery life of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, even taking into account variable component differences, vary within just 2-3% of each other

Didn't apple just admit that under huge usage the difference is big?

so obviously you can see the difference when you need to use your iphone often:
for example: navigation or location service, talk for a long time, use M9 chip to track your motion.

considering my iPhone 5s run out of battery in 3 hours now due to tracking my motion. Obviously I can see the benefit by using TSMC one a lot
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I've got to admit Apple's statement doesn't reassure me at all (as the owner of a certain Samsung chip). Basically they're saying that yes there's a difference under load but you probably won't notice as most people don't use their phone that much. Well - conversely - if you do use your phone a lot then you will notice a difference, and that's when you're going to want that extra time.

I'm still hoping this is a stalling response while they figure out how to fix the Samsung chips in firmware.
 
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cchen280 said:
Apple said:
Certain manufactured lab tests which run the processors with a continuous heavy workload until the battery depletes are not representative of real-world usage, since they spend an unrealistic amount of time at the highest CPU performance state. It’s a misleading way to measure real-world battery life. Our testing and customer data show the actual battery life of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, even taking into account variable component differences, vary within just 2-3% of each other

Didn't apple just admit that under huge usage the difference is big?

so obviously you can see the difference when you need to use your iphone often:
for example: navigation or location service, talk for a long time, use M9 chip to track your motion.

considering my iPhone 5s run out of battery in 3 hours now due to tracking my motion. Obviously I can see the benefit by using TSMC one a lot
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No what they said is difference in within margin of testing errors, so statistically it is insignificant and will not predict what any one given phone will do over another.

And that running a chip full bore continuously till the battery dies in no way shape or form reflects any real world experience you could possibly put your phone through. No game, calculation, or process other than forcing the chip to artificially run that way via a test will give you those results.

And until some testing lab runs these tests over at least 120 to 300 random selected phones will the tests represent any meaningful valid information. If you come from any manufacturing environment today you would know this. Testing a couple of parts is meaningless. Even Gage's to test things have to be run multiple times to determine the variability of the gage itself. Run same phone on same test and results will vary.
 
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Until the fatal flaw in the TSMC variant's mainboard becomes clear in about 13 months time.
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We need new sub forum, suggest name it "macnuts"

Ah, mis the good old days when you could really get into an iPhone problem and test it yourself....bend the piss out of it.
 
edlex said:
I have Schrödinger's chip. As long as I don't know which one I have, theoretically, I have both!
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When you measure the eigen value of your phone....you will find it out since there is no overlap on the eigen value....
 
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edlex said:
I have Schrödinger's chip. As long as I don't know which one I have, theoretically, I have both!
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Or neither, maybe they randomly quantum jump back and forth. It's a little known fact that by looking at the iPhone test you are affecting the outcome of the test.
 
It seems TSMC chips are producing a yellow tint on screens and users may also see a shadow on the display where rubbing it does not remove the mark. Other users have also complained of the home button getting warm.
No users with Samsung chips are seeing these issues.
Apple may issue a recall to swap out the affected CPUs.
 
keeper said:
It seems TSMC chips are producing a yellow tint on screens and users may also see a shadow on the display where rubbing it does not remove the mark. Other users have also complained of the home button getting warm.
No users with Samsung chips are seeing these issues.
Apple may issue a recall to swap out the affected CPUs.
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Smells funny oder, looks around and sees STEAMING PILE OF MALE BOVINE FECAL MATTER. :/
 
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