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this hasn’t been an issue for a while. this was a problem in earlier iPhones due to a combination of OS updates and battery degradation (from experience, iphone 5s and iphone 6 were both badly affected). my iPhone 8 plus is still running great 3 years on and my iPad 2017 is also doing well even with an A9 from 5 years ago. part of the reason is that the A9 was a big jump from the A8 so anything that’s come since then has been able to keep up with OS updates.having owned both ipads and iphones, no matter how fast the cpu is, apple will find a generous way to slow your equipment to molasses within 1-2years. will never buy any apple product again. updates forced on me ruined it all.
I am noticing some pauses in app loading etc. with my A10 iPhone 7 Plus with 3 GB RAM, but I'm thinking it may have more to do with memory than SoC speed.
This mainly started with iOS 13, and has continued with iOS 14.
My A10X iPad Pro with 4 GB does not exhibit this behaviour, but at this point I will not buy another 4 GB device. My next iPhone will have 6 GB RAM. As you can see, I tend to keep my iPhones a very long time.
Interestingly, I haven't this behaviour much with my wife's A10 iPad 7th generation which also has 3 GB RAM, but the usage pattern is very different with different apps, and to be honest I just haven't used that iPad that much.
this hasn’t been an issue for a while. this was a problem in earlier iPhones due to a combination of OS updates and battery degradation (from experience, iphone 5s and iphone 6 were both badly affected). my iPhone 8 plus is still running great 3 years on and my iPad 2017 is also doing well even with an A9 from 5 years ago. part of the reason is that the A9 was a big jump from the A8 so anything that’s come since then has been able to keep up with OS updates.
You have stated you have noted such hangups. It doesn’t really matter if its the Apple devs or the third party devs, because it still affects you in mainstream usage. Obviously, it is likely those pauses will disappear on an A14 6 GB iPhone.I'm still running a 6S which I think only has 2 GB of RAM. The only hang ups I've noticed are certain websites, but I think it's a lot of crap JavaScript and other cruft more than anything else. That bloat will suck up any amount of memory.
An OS update about a year ago made a noticeable difference, but a lot of updates seemed to fix a lot of that slowdown. I don't run too many apps, so I can't comment on that. I wouldn't be surprised if half of it is just developers only targeting acceptable performance on the newest devices and not caring if performance is crummy on older models
I wish Apple would stop making them thinner. I'd rather have the extra battery life.Note though that the 12 Pro Max has both a bigger screen and 5G. OTOH, despite the bigger screen, the overall volume of the 12 Pro Max is actually less, because it’s thinner.
While I agree with increased battery life being a priority, so is reducing weight.I wish Apple would stop making them thinner. I'd rather have the extra battery life.
I wish Apple would stop making them thinner. I'd rather have the extra battery life.
And there are some very nice battery cases. I'm still on an iPhone 7, since it works fine and does everything I need it to. With the battery case I charge it maybe once a week. As long as 10 days between charges.You are free to get that, by adding a case that includes some additional battery life and makes your phone thicker and heavier. Those of us who don't want the phone to be heavier to add additional battery capacity we have no use for shouldn't have to pay the penalty for those who do. I charge my 11 pro max every other day - once in a while every third day.
Good for you, evidently you don’t stress your phone very much. Why should people who use there phones more be penalized with an oversized case because some have a problem weight? The weight sensitive can just buy a Pro instead of a Pro Max - pretty significant weight loss.You are free to get that, by adding a case that includes some additional battery life and makes your phone thicker and heavier. Those of us who don't want the phone to be heavier to add additional battery capacity we have no use for shouldn't have to pay the penalty for those who do. I charge my 11 pro max every other day - once in a while every third day.
Good for you, evidently you don’t stress your phone very much. Why should people who use there phones more be penalized with an oversized case because some have a problem weight? The weight sensitive can just buy a Pro instead of a Pro Max - pretty significant weight loss.
Like I said, you could buy a non Max model and save even more weight. I was just opining on my preferences. Anyway, Apple is going in your preferred direction, so no worries.Because I can't shave off a few mm from a 'max' sized phone to make the battery smaller, while you can add a few mm of battery case to ANY phone to make the battery larger. That's why.
Really? I remember my Android phone from 9 years ago that became unable after 1-2 years. I switched back to Apple.having owned both ipads and iphones, no matter how fast the cpu is, apple will find a generous way to slow your equipment to molasses within 1-2years. will never buy any apple product again. updates forced on me ruined it all.
I thought the same. Until I got the XR, which is thick and heavy and hurts my pinky when holding it on one hand. It's got more battery life than I need on a daily basis.I wish Apple would stop making them thinner. I'd rather have the extra battery life.
Sure, I'll... conject. The A14X is probably a lot like the A12X. Four high perf cores, 7 or 8 GPU cores, and will work in fanless designs. I think pretty much everyone would guess this part exists and is as described.Fuel for conjecture?
Sure, I'll... conject. The A14X is probably a lot like the A12X. Four high perf cores, 7 or 8 GPU cores, and will work in fanless designs. I think pretty much everyone would guess this part exists and is as described.
The A14T is probably the Bloomberg APU. I'll guess 10 GPU cores. It probably goes in every device more powerful than a Macbook Air.
And I'll guess Lifuka is a 10 core slave GPU that works like this. You can throw three of them on there but I think the MBP16 and iMac will only have one. And anything with Lifuka probably gets 8GB of HBM2E.
You are free to get that, by adding a case that includes some additional battery life and makes your phone thicker and heavier. Those of us who don't want the phone to be heavier to add additional battery capacity we have no use for shouldn't have to pay the penalty for those who do. I charge my 11 pro max every other day - once in a while every third day.
It would make sense to have different external GPUs for different Macs?Why would they bother with an external GPU that has only 10 cores? That would be a very small chip in 5nm.
Seriously dude?That is not a comment made in good faith.
A hair like increase in thickness and 10% increase in weight would be significant for battery life, yet almost imperceptible for end users.
There is no possible way that Samsung is that much better in engineering and design then apple (same thickness, 30% less weight, 20%+ battery, similar in hand feel), Apple is doing it on purpose.
That is not a comment made in good faith.
A hair like increase in thickness and 10% increase in weight would be significant for battery life, yet almost imperceptible for end users.
There is no possible way that Samsung is that much better in engineering and design then apple (same thickness, 30% less weight, 20%+ battery, similar in hand feel), Apple is doing it on purpose.
Seriously dude?
In the same comment that you accuse someone else of acting in bad faith, you're going to claim that Apple are DELIBERATELY (for god knows what reason) creating iPhones that are not what most people want?
OK, then.
Check Anandtech's battery life benchmarks - the iPhone 11 beats pretty much all Samsung phones despite having a smaller battery. So tell me again why you think Apple should make EVERYONE'S phone 10% heavier just to serve YOUR needs.
Yes, Apple is "holding back" their flagship product because they want to keep an "ace" in their sleeve.How is it possible that Samsung is able to engineer a phone that is smaller, with a bigger screen, lighter AND with bigger battery? Yes, battery life is even worse there, but this is too be expected, because of inherent inefficiencies of android/hardware.
The reason surely is that they are holding back because.. They can. They keep this ace in the sleeve.