Hello Listers,
Rob from the Today in iOS podcast reported the findings of the IFixIT tear-down of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apart from the obvious difference, the screen size, there are of course 2 other major differences between the 5S and the 6 and 6 Plus. One is the newer A8 chip in the 6 and 6 Plus and the other is the NFC chip needed for Apple Pay but also limited to Apple Pay. Apple has restricted to chip so that other NFC functionality like pairing bluetooth devices and so on is not possible, the chip is strictly in place for Apple Pay at this point. Of course the A8 processor does use the new 20 Nanometer technology which results in much lower power consumption so combined with the larger batteries in the 6 and 6 Plus, battery life is noticeable improved between the 5S and 6 and vastly improved between the 5S and 6 Plus. As for benchmark testing, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are reported to have only about a 15 to 20% better performance over the 5S. This means the difference between the A7 and A8 chip is far less significant as the difference last year between the A6 and A7. Here the A7 tests showed it was in many cases twice as fast as the A6. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus also continue to have only 1 Gb of RAM. Rumours had it that this had been increased to 2 Gb, but that is not so and once again there is no difference here to the 5S. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are running at a 1.4 Ghz clock speed, the 5S runs at 1.3 Ghz - also just a very minor increase here. Given that the camera for the most part is the same with only minor improvements, any 5S user can be confident that they still own a phone which is very much up to snuff and unless you really want that big 5.5 inch screen and better battery life, there really is very little reason to upgrade to a 6 or 6 Plus if you have a 5S now. In single core performance tests which are most relevant for the performance of many apps, the iPhones continue to totally smoke even the top-of-line Android phones like the Galaxy S5. I don't recall the benchmark test numbers, but even older phones like the 5 and 5C are quite a match for the newest Android phones whereas the 5S, 6 and 6 Plus leave them in the dust. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
