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How to find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has the good TSMC or crappy Samsung chip

Friday, October 9, 2015 3:45 pm35 Comments

Reports and videos floating around the Internet seem to indicate that there might be a significant battery life difference…

Analyzing Apple’s statement on TSMC- and Samsung-stamped A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 11:22 amFriday, October 9, 201538 Comments

Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced…

Apple may have made a huge mistake in having Samsung stamp inferior A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 10:03 amFriday, October 9, 201528 Comments

Apple’s A9 is manufactured in TSMC’s 16-nanometer FinFET Plus manufacturing process while the other is built in a Samsung 14-nanometer process…

Apple claims iPhone 6s/Plus’ A9 battery performance only varies 2-3% between TSMC and Samsung variants in ‘real-world usage’

Thursday, October 8, 2015 5:19 pmThursday, October 8, 201524 Comments

Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips…

Chipgate: Did you get the good A9 or the crap A9 in your iPhone 6s/Plus?

Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:16 pmThursday, October 8, 201562 Comments

With the release of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, it has come to light that Apple is splitting the manufacture of its A9 processor…

Chinese hackers infiltrated LoopPay, whose tech is central to ‘Samsung Pay’

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 8:57 pmWednesday, October 7, 20159 Comments

The hackers were inside LoopPay’s network for five months before they were discovered and the Codoso Group is known for maintaining a hidden foothold in its victims’ systems…

Beleaguered Samsung finding it tough to compete Apple’s revolutionary iPhone

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:36 amTuesday, October 6, 201515 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has yet to find a way to reverse a slide in market share or margins…

TSMC set to oust Samsung for future Apple chip fabrication

Monday, September 28, 2015 3:55 pmMonday, September 28, 201511 Comments

Despite a late start in TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET process, TSMC appears to have captured…

Beleaguered Samsung tries to peddle Galaxy phones to people queuing outside Apple Store for iPhone 6s/Plus launch

Friday, September 25, 2015 1:31 pmFriday, September 25, 201521 Comments

Outside the Apple Store on Regent Street, Apple fans queuing up to get their hands on the new iPhone 6S…

Judge Lucy Koh orders Samsung to pay Apple $548 million for patent infringement

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3:01 pmTuesday, September 22, 201521 Comments

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California has entered a $548 million judgment for Apple…

Appellate court rules judge Lucy Koh abused right of discretion by allowing Samsung to sell phones that infringed Apple patents

Friday, September 18, 2015 10:55 amFriday, September 18, 201533 Comments

Samsung wilfully stole Apple’s ideas and copied Apple’s products…

Serial copier Samsung slapped with permanent injunction for infringing Apple patents

Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:00 pmThursday, September 17, 201516 Comments

The right to exclude competitors from using one’s property rights is important….

Apple’s iPhones are killing Samsung

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:37 pmTuesday, September 15, 201517 Comments

In the smartphone segment, Samsung has seen increased challenges due to Apple’s rise in the high-end smartphone market…

TSMC to be Apple’s exclusive A10 chip fab

Monday, September 14, 2015 1:55 pmMonday, September 14, 20158 Comments

Taiwan-based TSMC will be the exclusive manufacturer behind Apple’s next mobile chipset, the Apple A10 SoC…

Apple’s new iPhone 6s/Plus: One of the biggest changes is how you’ll pay for them

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:02 am6 Comments

When Apple Inc. unveils its next iPhone on Wednesday, the biggest update may be in how most consumers will pay…

Android porn app took secret photos of users, demanded ransom payments

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:55 amTuesday, September 8, 201512 Comments

A malicious Android app that held people to ransom has been found by US security firm…

comScore: Apple continues to amass U.S smartphone market share

Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:53 pm11 Comments

191.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (77.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July…

Apple Music is an abject marketing failure

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 11:28 amTuesday, September 1, 201531 Comments

If you don’t already know what Apple Music is, Apple’s commercials serve no real purpose. There’s truly no excuse for this…

Android Wear stupidwatches now work with Apple iPhones

Monday, August 31, 2015 2:25 pmMonday, August 31, 20154 Comments

Google Android Wear smartwatches work with Apple iPhones – sort of…

Apple demands that convicted patent infringer Samsung pay over $548 million in damages

Friday, August 28, 2015 12:01 pmFriday, August 28, 201513 Comments

It may take some time for Apple to see any damages from Samsung…

Apple Watch already dominates smart-wearables market, says IDC

Friday, August 28, 2015 8:55 amFriday, August 28, 20153 Comments

Apple is the dominant provider of smart wearable devices in its very first quarter of sales…

Study: Apple iPhone users are healthier than those who settle for Android phones

Thursday, August 27, 2015 4:55 pmThursday, August 27, 201512 Comments

We pulled sweet, sweet data from both our Android and iPhone apps…

IDC estimates Apple sold 3.6 million Apple Watch units in Q2

Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:25 amThursday, August 27, 201510 Comments

Apple Watch already has some 66% market share in “smart wearables” after debuting to severe supply constraints…

Samsung stole trade secrets from TSMC to win Apple A9 stamping deal

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 4:29 pmWednesday, August 26, 201519 Comments

Today, Taiwan’s highest court ruled in favor of TSMC…

Apple’s dual-core iPhone 6 destroys Samsung’s octa-core Note 5 in speed test

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 3:59 pmWednesday, August 26, 201519 Comments

Samsung’s Note 5 is a device utilizing an off-the-shelf operating system from a search engine company…

Samsung phones are for old people

Saturday, August 22, 2015 10:27 amSaturday, August 22, 201565 Comments

Samsung has ploughed billions into promoting its high-end phones…

Copying Apple Watch icons won’t make shameless Samsung’s stupidwatch any better

Thursday, August 20, 2015 5:35 pmThursday, August 20, 201528 Comments

ust last week Samsung gave us a peek at its next Gear smartwatch, the Gear S2…

Apple Watch set to dominate smartwatch market for years

Thursday, August 20, 2015 10:25 amThursday, August 20, 20154 Comments

The report suggests that, by 2020, Android Wear and Android will have a combined share of…

Samsung to petition Supreme Court to hear appeal in iPhone patent infringement case

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 7:54 pmThursday, August 20, 201516 Comments

After being denied an en banc rehearing with the U.S. Court of Appeals…

Analyst: Apple’s 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’ to offer optional Force Touch compatible stylus

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:03 pmWednesday, August 19, 201514 Comments

Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro will go in to production within weeks and that the stylus will be able to…

USPTO finds Apple iPhone design patent invalid in court fight against Samsung

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, August 18, 201516 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month found an iPhone design patent…

The biggest cell phone ripoff: $100 for 32 GB of storage

Monday, August 17, 2015 9:25 amMonday, August 17, 201542 Comments

If you paid an extra $100 or even $200 for a smartphone with more storage…

Samsung denied rehearing in appeal over Apple iPhone patent infringement

Friday, August 14, 2015 9:43 amFriday, August 14, 201516 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. was rebuffed in its request for reconsideration…

Samsung unveils 2.5-inch 16TB SSD: The world’s largest storage drive

Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:01 pmThursday, August 13, 201519 Comments

A server with 48 of these new SSDs, with a total storage capacity of 768 terabytes and performance rated at 2,000,000 IOPS

Kantar: Apple’s iOS share grows worldwide

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 10:55 amWednesday, August 5, 20153 Comments

The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech…

Beleaguered Samsung’s days in the sun are over in smartphone market

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 8:36 amTuesday, August 4, 201523 Comments

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone earns 90 percent or more of the smartphone industry’s profits…

Nomura ups Apple to ‘Buy’ on strong iPhone growth, increasing Android switchers

Friday, July 31, 2015 3:45 pmFriday, July 31, 201516 Comments

We expect Apple to extend its share gains in 2016…

Samsung drops $10 billion in market value on poor demand for Galaxy S6 phones

Friday, July 31, 2015 9:28 amFriday, July 31, 201516 Comments

Sluggish sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S6 smartphones…

Samsung will never overcome Apple’s advantage in mobile device profitability

Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:39 pmThursday, July 30, 201511 Comments

Samsung’s June quarter earnings release contained a steep y/y decline…

Apple surges, Microsoft collapses in worldwide mobile phone market share

Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:58 pmThursday, July 30, 201528 Comments

Apple grew 35 percent annually and shipped 47.5 million iPhones…

Apple’s already the No. 1 Internet of Things company

Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:28 pmThursday, July 30, 20155 Comments

Google may have poured billions into buying smart thermostat maker Nest Labs…

Apple iPhone shipments show impressive growth as Samsung falls

Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:27 amThursday, July 30, 201514 Comments

Global smartphone shipments grew 15 percent annually to reach 340 million units…

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