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

Samsung, and the screen is almost perfect. Cool white but this "normal" led bleeding from upper part. Not bad, but because i knew what i was looking for, i see it. Not going to participate the grand cpu/screen lottery game. Keeping mine... The screen is more important than a little difference in cpus.
 
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Gathomblipoob said:
Well, that's a little vague.

I just bought a new car. I'm not satisfied with the power. Can I get 20 more horsepower added to the engine, please?
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A car is a pretty poor comparison. Just saying 'oh, I wish it had more horsepower' is a pretty lame argument. Apple has a 14 day return policy. You don't even have to provide a reason and they NEVER even ask why. Cars are not even comparable in any meaningful way.

I just don't get why so many people are all bent out of shape if someone they don't even know wants to return or exchange their iPhone 6s over this issue.

There have been multiple issues on past iPhones that were worthy of concern. Some of those issues were taken seriously by Apple and addressed in future hardware and software updates. A few come to mind:

  • iPhone 4 Antenna problem. Fixed in hardware and software
  • iPhone 6 Plus Bending problem. Fixed in hardware and fully covered by Apple warranty in most cases (once for myself. No questions asked)
  • iPhone 3 cracking problem.
  • uh, MobileMe
  • Apple Maps
  • Forcing people to take the free U2 album
  • Giving away Apple Music for free without compensation to artists
Ultimately this may prove to be a complete nonissue but it's too soon to really know for sure. One thing is for sure people have the right to complain to Apple and use the return policy if they are not satisfied. In ALL of the examples listed above, Apple took action and made significant changes AFTER customers complained.
 
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wirelessness said:
A car is a pretty poor comparison. Just saying 'oh, I wish it had more horsepower' is a pretty lame argument. Apple has a 14 day return policy. You don't even have to provide a reason and they NEVER even ask why. Cars are not even comparable in any meaningful way.

I just don't get why so many people are all bent out of shape if someone they don't even know wants to return or exchange their iPhone 6s over this issue.

There have been multiple issues on past iPhones that were worthy of concern. Some of those issues were taken seriously by Apple and addressed in future hardware and software updates. A few come to mind:

  • iPhone 4 Antenna problem. Fixed in hardware and software
  • iPhone 6 Plus Bending problem. Fixed in hardware and fully covered by Apple warranty in most cases (once for myself. No questions asked)
  • iPhone 3 cracking problem.
  • uh, MobileMe
  • Apple Maps
  • Forcing people to take the free U2 album
  • Giving away Apple Music for free without compensation to artists
Ultimately this may prove to be a complete nonissue but it's too soon to really know for sure. One thing is for sure people have the right to complain to Apple and use the return policy if they are not satisfied. In ALL of the examples listed above, Apple took action and made significant changes AFTER customers complained.
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Perhaps you should also list all the problems that some other company had with their line of phones, for a requisite comparison. I'm sure going down the Samsung line would prove to be quite interesting!
 
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phillytim said:
Perhaps you should also list all the problems that some other company had with their line of phones, for a requisite comparison. I'm sure going down the Samsung line would prove to be quite interesting!
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Thank you for making my point. It doesn't matter what my personal opinion happens to be though. But for the record I think this issue and all the other 'gate' issues are insignificant. Especially if you consider all the things that could go wrong with a microcomputer that is abused daily by millions and millions of people. I'm a huge fan and a shareholder. That said, I think this level of scrutiny is good for Apple and for us as Apple customers.
 
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Have my new phone being shipped to me, but not because of the cpu, i have the Samsung and my real work usage is always over 10 hours screen time. But loose mute switch and home button isn't acceptable for a brand new phone. Carrier shipping new one out no questions asked

If I get a tsmc, great, if not? I had great battery life from my current Samsung
 
Thankfully I didn't have to install some Chinese stuff etc. I used an app I already used in the past.

iPhone 6S Plus 64 GB Black / Gray from T-mobile Netherlands

Guess N66AP means I have the Samsung.
 

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6s plus tsmc, getting a day and a half usage of a full charge. Can't see there being much difference between the 2 chips
 
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Dragonfly47 said:
So the Samsung chip has a weak NMOS?. Isn't there a pill for that?

The NMOS on my TSMC chip is so strong that I sometimes worry that I should take it to the hospital.
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Ok, I admit, I laughed.

Can you imagine being the person or persons at Apple that has to deal with these PR issues? Man, rough job.
 
iPhone 6s - 128GB - Space Gray - Verizon
Original chip: Samsung

My power button kept getting stuck without me even pressing it hard. So, I had to take my phone to the Apple store. I was thinking they would be able to fix it pretty quickly, but the tech told me that they haven't been given a green light to open up the phones for repairs yet...mainly because of the new 3D touch display.

So, they gave me a white-box replacement...

I checked my chip...the drama...the excitement...the mysteriousness....

New chip: TSMC

I'll see if I notice a difference...configured the same way as before..I highly doubt I'll notice anything. I really don't care...but it IS kind of fun, as a geek, to check what's inside and which chip you have...for no other reason than to cure the curiosity. :)
 
CASFAN said:
I have the samsung chip running in a 6s and have ran the Geekbench 3 processor test a couple of times. Results are :-

test 1 - single core - 2549, multi core - 4445
test 2 - single core - 2552, multi core - 4460

I tend to run my phone without really making any batter saving selections (i.e. i run with Bluetooth, WiFi and Mobile data on all the time, don't use low power mode, keep the screen on auto brightness and don't reduce any animations etc.) and tend to finish the day with around 40% battery after around 6-7 hours usage (Facebook, phone, email, safari, youtube, the odd game etc.) and around 16 hours standby.

Today, i've used the phone around 40 mins (mainly Facebook) and have around 2 hours standby and am still on 100%. Overall I am very happy with the performance of the device and the battery life. All devices have tolerances in their performance and you will most likely find that there will be good and bad versions of each chip. If it's true that there are more Samsung chips out there, then perhaps there are more folk with chips that are performing less well. I would be however that there's not much in it between the best and the worst of TSMC chip and Samsung chip. It could even be that the tolerances used by Samsung are wider than those used by TSMC, so there are more extremes.
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my result iPhone6s -Samsung processor 64Gb:
single core -2560, multi core -4463
battery 1 test - low power mode ON - 04H:40:10 score 2801
BATTERY TEST - LOW POWER OFF - 03H:33:50 score 2137

I have 6s just little bit over 1 week and look as battery life is much better now then after first charge- today left 15% battery after 42H:36min standby and 9H:50min usage time- i think it's not bad, but as I have still 14 days window I will exchange in 3 days for similar but with 128Gb- no idea I will have the same lucky phone as this one - present 6s with Samsung on board running very smootly without any glitches and battery run little bit longer then on my previous iPhone 6....
 
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evorc said:
Yep, just wait for it...... LOL.

Technically it should be Samsung doing better with 14nm on performance and battery efficiency. Something is not right. It wouldn't surprised me if this is corrected in future iOS updates. I'm a software engineer and I'm very curious on what the problem is and the solution to this.
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my result iPhone6s -Samsung processor 64Gb:
single core -2560, multi core -4463
battery 1 test - low power mode ON - 04H:40:10 score 2801
BATTERY TEST - LOW POWER OFF - 03H:33:50 score 2137

I have 6s just little bit over 1 week and look as battery life is much better now then after first charge- today left 15% battery after 42H:36min standby and 9H:50min usage time- i think it's not bad, but as I have still 14 days window I will exchange in 3 days for similar but with 128Gb- no idea I will have the same lucky phone as this one - present 6s with Samsung on board running very smootly without any glitches and battery run little bit longer then on my previous iPhone 6....
 
CASFAN said:
I have the samsung chip running in a 6s and have ran the Geekbench 3 processor test a couple of times. Results are :-

test 1 - single core - 2549, multi core - 4445
test 2 - single core - 2552, multi core - 4460

I tend to run my phone without really making any batter saving selections (i.e. i run with Bluetooth, WiFi and Mobile data on all the time, don't use low power mode, keep the screen on auto brightness and don't reduce any animations etc.) and tend to finish the day with around 40% battery after around 6-7 hours usage (Facebook, phone, email, safari, youtube, the odd game etc.) and around 16 hours standby.

Today, i've used the phone around 40 mins (mainly Facebook) and have around 2 hours standby and am still on 100%. Overall I am very happy with the performance of the device and the battery life. All devices have tolerances in their performance and you will most likely find that there will be good and bad versions of each chip. If it's true that there are more Samsung chips out there, then perhaps there are more folk with chips that are performing less well. I would be however that there's not much in it between the best and the worst of TSMC chip and Samsung chip. It could even be that the tolerances used by Samsung are wider than those used by TSMC, so there are more extremes.
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my result iPhone6s -Samsung processor 64Gb:
single core -2560, multi core -4463
battery 1 test - low power mode ON - 04H:40:10 score 2801
BATTERY TEST - LOW POWER OFF - 03H:33:50 score 2137

I have 6s just little bit over 1 week and look as battery life is much better now then after first charge- today left 15% battery after 42H:36min standby and 9H:50min usage time- i think it's not bad, but as I have still 14 days window I will exchange in 3 days for similar but with 128Gb- no idea I will have the same lucky phone as this one - present 6s with Samsung on board running very smootly without any glitches and battery run little bit longer then on my previous iPhone 6....
 
I got my Sim Free 128GB Silver 6S Plus 2 days ago. It has a TSMC (N66mAP) chip. I still don't believe it matters what chip your iPhone has from all that I've read about it. As long as your iPhone is running good and doesn't have any issues that you can't live with. That is what really matters. So far my 6S Plus is perfect. :)
 
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