Over the course of the last several releases of Apples new iPhones, we have seen some major modus operandi over the scandal or controversy. When we saw the iPhone 4 released, soon after there was the “Antennagate”. Antennagate is the original name in which Steve Jobs provided for the controversy over the iPhone 4’s antenna after several people were complaining about dropped calls.
Later on when we saw the iPhone 5, there was the “Scuffgate”. Scuffgate happened when consumers were purchasing brand new iPhones, open the box and their brand new device had scruff marks, scratches, small nicks right out of the box.
Finally, last year with the iPhone 6S models, we see Chipgate. Chipgate is essentially the massive draining of your iPhones battery life.
While the iPhone 6S appears to be the same everywhere, they are not. The differences in two different iPhones lies beneath the skin of the phone itself. Apple is utilizing the A9 Processor chip, the flaw is in the third-party company in which develops the chip. And thanks to the manufacturing “Hiccups”, Apple was forced to utilize two different manufacturers in the development of the A9 chip.
Samsung as well as TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) are the two companies in which have the task of manufacturing the A9 chips for Apple.
When we look at the specifications of the A9 chip from both companies, we see that TSMC’s 16-nanometer chip is actually slightly larger than that of Samsung’s 14-nanometer chip. TSMC’s chip has also been reported to sustain a one and a half to a two-hour battery life span, which is longer than that of Samsung’s smaller version.
Several people are miffed about which iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, as they are unaware of which models is carrying the chips created by the manufacturers. However, you can find out this information after the purchase of the new iPhone.
You will need to see which model number you have. The easiest way to do this is too download and install Lirum Device info, this application is created by “Rogerio Hirooka”. Once you have the application launched, your iPhones model number will be displayed in the Storage and Model information box.
With that information, here is a small “Table” or “Chart” you can use to determine if your phone has the TSMC chip or the Samsung chip.
IPHONE 6S:
*Model: N71mAP -> TSMC
*Model: N71AP -> Samsung
IPHONE 6S PLUS:
*Model: N766mAP -> TSMC
*Model: N66AP -> Samsung
If you are one of the few lucky people in which possess the TSMC A9 Processor Chip, you can have a little bit of peace of mind. If you would like to watch a video, Austin Evens created a video on YouTube to demonstrate the differences between the two.
https://youtu.be/0bAeJ5fJ1M0
Even amongst all of the controversy over Apples new iPhone 6, it is a bit amusing to see the major corporation Samsung getting some heat off of this. As of right now, the only fix to the issue is to return your iPhone back to Apple before your 14 day window and hope that your next phone in return is not of the Samsung Processor Chip. However, you cannot keep performing these actions forever.
It may just be the way it is written, but this seems to imply that a 16nm chip is ‘better’ than a 14nm chip as it is larger. When that’s not true at all.
I don’t think the article is implying that the larger chip is better, the facts simply point to that assumption. After all, the one that happens to be bigger, happens to have a significantly different battery life. This does imply that the larger one is “better” and more “efficient” – which means it IS TRUE. PepperPotParty I don’t understand what you’re trying to say, seemingly contradicting yourself.
Did samsung do this on purpose?