A test to pit the two different iPhone 6s models against each other — one with a TSMC chip and the other with a Samsung chip — has officially debunked Chipgate. It turns out there are no discernible differences in battery life between the two.
Consumer Reports acquired an iPhone 6s with an A9 chip made from TSMC and another from Samsung. They made sure all settings were equal on both devices including the carrier, brightness settings, wireless connections, iOS version, running apps and more. Then they got to work.
This wasn’t just your typical play a movie in iTunes until the phone dies type of test. This was pretty scientific. “In one test, for instance, we made the phones transmit at a nominal +10 decibels per milliwatt (dBm) on the same channel in the commonly used Frequency Band 5,” Consumer Reports wrote.
They conducted various other tests involving brightness and usage. One app they ran automatically loaded different web pages in a continuous cycle while music played in the background. The iPhones both handled this for about 11 hours before shutting down. In all of the tests, Consumer Reports found that the difference between each iPhone’s battery life was less than 1 percent by the time both of them turned off.
This means that Chipgate, quite frankly, isn’t real. It probably shouldn’t come as much surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to iPhone releases over the past few years. Who can forget Bendgate in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last year? And of course 2010’s Antennagate in the iPhone 4 had Android users mocking us mercilessly. Yet, all of these “gates” always wind up being negligible.
The moral of the story here is to not lose sleep over which iPhone 6s you buy because of possibly getting a “bad chip.” The Apple A9 is perfectly capable and delivers virtually identical battery life in all models of the device.
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19 responses to “Chipgate debunked: All iPhone 6s models are created equal”
But But But, you can’t have a new iPhone without a ‘Gate’.
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“One app they ran automatically loaded different web pages in a continuous cycle while music played in the background. The iPhones both handled this for about 11 hours before shutting down.”
Apple advertises battery life as being UP TO x hours for specific tasks. Internet surfing was the most demanding = Apple advertised that as UP TO 10 hours.
Consumer Reports achieved more than 11 hours of high intensity web surfing (“automatically loaded different web pages in a continuous cycle”) while iTunes was playing continuous music.
STRESS TEST RESULTS 10% GREATER BATTERY LIFE THAN ADVERTISED. Who needs a stinking 3%?
The antenna was a mfg issue as there was a very slight flaw in some of the cases, but it wasn’t wide spread. At least that’s what I was told.
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Ha, no again Dan, I’m just a regular guy, probably much like you. Also, no, as in CT’s source is wrong. As you pointed out, antennagate was not some manufacturing defect that affected a limited number of phones. It was a result of design.
No one lied. The antenna issue was real, though testing showed it wasn’t unique to iPhone. Which is why Apple settled by issuing owners $15 for a bumper.
All those stupid people that threatened to return their phones…
Because they don’t accept advertising, are transparent about their testing techniques, and the tests in this case were rigorous and scientific. They didn’t lie about the antenna issue. It existed and was acknowledged by Apple who gave out free bumper cases. I used to hear this type of complaint from Dyson owners who were absolutely convinced that they couldn’t have possibly paid $600 for a mediocre vacuum. They almost universally rate Apple products and customer service highest.
You have no clue what you are talking about.
Do some background checks on how the company behind Consumer Reports functions.
Now the iphone has 2 different screen sizes, 2 chips, 3 memory capacities, and 4 colors to choose from for 48 distinct combinations. Of course production is dependent on demand i.e. everyone wants Rose Gold.
But since Apple asserts neglect-able differences between the two chips they will make no distinction when distributing them ie. rumors saying such and such country has 80% samsung chips, good luck getting TSMC…
The fact is over 90 percetages of 6s plus in Taiwan comes with Samsung chip
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“Chipgate debunked: All iPhone 6s models are created equal”
Yep, another silly “gate” debunked. Ah, but how the haters… I mean “gaters” always enjoy trying to open another one.
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I have a 6s with the TSMC chip. And not having any battery issues.