techdeville.com

Tag: apple

iPhone 5 A6 CPU Offers Double CPU And Graphics Performance While Lowering Consumption

The iPhone 5 was just announced and features some awesome hardware underneath. The heart of the iPhone 5 is the A6 CPU which Apple claims offers double the CPU and Graphics performance as compared to the iPhone 4S CPU.

The A6 CPU is also 22% smaller leading to less power consumption which in the end leads to better battery life. Tim Cook talked about the improvements and talked about how Pages loadup 2.1x faster than before, and attachments arrive on the screen 1.7x faster.

We’ll keep you updated as we find out more about the A6′s clockspeed, the manufacturer and other details.

Image Credit: The Verge

January 31, 2013
This Is The iPhone 5; 4-inch Display, A6 Processor And 4G LTE For $199 Hitting Stores September 21st

Its finally here folks! After months if not years of speculation (rumors starting before the iPhone 4S was out) the iPhone 5 is finally official. Yes its called the iPhone 5 and not the next iPhone or iPhone 4GS as some people were speculating.

The iPhone 5 looks just like the leaks said it would, the chassis is a 7.6mm super thin blend of glass and aluminum making it 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S. Its not just thinner but lighter as well weighing in at just 112 grams.

The screen has finally been upgraded to a 4-inch Retina Display running at 1136 x 640 res which equals to around 326ppi. The display also offers better color saturation with full sRGB rendering greatly improving video quality. The bigger screen and resolution puts the display a bit shy off 16:9 due to which first party apps including Garage Band and iMovie have been updated while older apps will work in a letterbox configuration until they’re updated.

The iPhone 5 now also supports 4G LTE with US carriers Sprint, Verizon and AT&T offering plans. The older HSPA+, EV-DO, EDGE are also available along with 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi if you want to overspend your wireless budget.

The beast powering the iPhone 5 is the brand new A6 processor which Apple claims is two times faster than the iPhone 4S. The A6 is also 22% smaller making it much more energy efficient. Cupertino’s engineers claim 8 hours of talk time on LTE and 10 hours on WiFi.

The camera on the iPhone 5 is the same as the iPhone 4S except for being a bit thinner. If you aren’t aware its an 8 megapixel 5 element lens and an f/2.4 aperture lens. The major improvement is the much faster shutter speed which Apple claims is 40% faster. The new panoramic photo mode captures and stitches together a 28 megapixel image. The camera just as the iPhone 5 captures video in 1080p. The front camera also got a bit of a boost and now captures video in 720p, perfect to compliment Facetime over that 4G LTE.

The iPhone 5 also upgraded its microphone to five-magnet transducer which greatly improves voice quality on networks which support it.

The dock connector has been upgraded as well, and the pins are down to 8 just as the leaks suggested. Apple’s new 8-pin connector is 80% smaller and is called Lightning. Apple will also be selling an adapter for customers who wish to use the older connector’s accessories with Lightning.

On the software side the iPhone 6 runs on iOS 6 out of the box just as expected.

The iPhone 5 will be available in two colors, Black and White. The prices will stay the same at $199 for the 16GB model, the 32GB will cost $299 and the 64GB $399 so there’s no premium for LTE. Shipments for Shipments in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore start on the 21st while pre-orders start on the 14th of September. Apple will be adding around 20 more markets in the coming months, more details on that later.

So will you be getting one? Let us know in the comments below.

January 31, 2013
iPhone 5′s A6 Chip Contains Samsung Made Processor And 1GB 1066MHz RAM

After being shown off via Samsung’s latest ad campaigns and confirmed by AnandTech, the iPhone 5 indeed has 1GB of RAM. Being such hardware geniuses as they are AnandTech dug up Samsung’s product guide to find more information about the iPhone 5′s processor which is given the ID number: K3PE7E700F-XGC2.

Apple thankfully didn’t obscure the details of its A6 slide at the launch event, which gave us a Samsung part number: K3PE7E700F-XGC2. Through crafty navigation of Samsung’s product guide, Brian Klug got us the details. The K3P tells us we’re looking at a dual-channel LPDDR2 package with 32-bit channels. The E7E7 gives us the density of each of the two DRAM die (512MB per die, 1GB total). The final two characters in the part number give us the cycle time/data rate, which in this case is 1066MHz.

Performance wise the A6 chip has 33% more peak memory bandwidth as compared to the iPhone 4S but its still less than that of the iPad 3 which runs at a much higher resolution.

We’ll just have to wait for further benchmarks to see how the iPhone 5 compares to other smartphones in the market.

January 31, 2013
Shots Fired! Samsung Continues To Make Fun Of Apple With Their “It Doesn’t Take A Genius” Ad

After losing a $1 billion lawsuit against Apple last month Samsung is still not ready to back their anti-Apple campaign. After numerous “Samsunged” ads their latest campaign shows how “it doesn’t take a genius” to choose the better phone between the iPhone 5 and Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III.

The specs sheet comparison released by Samsung (pictured above) isn’t totally fair though with the Korean company referring to the Lightning connector as “a totally different plug,” and so on.

Which smartphone do you think is better? The Galaxy S III or iPhone 5? Let us know in the comments below.

January 31, 2013
New TV Ad For The iPad 2 Shows How Far We Have Come

Apple’s Ads are a really fun treat, this new TV spot for the iPad 2 shows off how far we have come in so little time. If you didn’t know you can now watch a newspaper, listen to a magazine, curl up to a movie, see a phone call, take your class room anywhere, hold an entire book store in your palms and finally touch the stars. Magical isn’t it? Check the Ad after the break.

January 31, 2013
iPhone 5 Benchmarked; Faster Than Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 And iPad 3

The iPhone 5 finally got benchmarked today after AnandTech’s analysis of the phone’s A6 chip which we found out contains 1GB of RAM and a Samsung build processor.

The iPhone 5 sporting a 1.02 Ghz processor scored a very impressive Geekbench score of 1601 making it faster than its direct competitor the Galaxy S III, ASUS’s budget tablet the Nexus 7 and even the iPhone 5′s big brother the iPad 3. The benchmark is picture below:

For comparison the iPad 3 which sports a A5X chip scored 790 and the iPhone 4S which has an A5 chip scored a abysmal 630 confirming Apple’s claims of the A6 being twice as fast as its predecessor.

Even leading Android devices can’t beat the A6, the closest device Geekbench scorewise is the ASUS made Nexus 7 sporting a Tegra 3 scoring 1591 followed by the Samsung Galaxy S III and its Exynos 4412 scoring 1560.

Well that outa’ shut them competition up for a while don’t you think? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

January 31, 2013
Apple retail employees get free Apps as holiday perk

Apple is known primarily for its popular hardware lineup. This includes the iPhone, iPad, iPod and the Mac lineup. Thorough out the last decade they have churned out quality products that have propelled them on top of the food chain. It’s easy to assume that the best part of Apple is their hardware division. But something that a lot of people are not aware of is that Apple has the best retail store setup in the world. Many have tried to replicate the success but failed. And with retail stores, retail employees form the heart and blood of customer relations.

Apple has decided to add a small perk to the existing pays of retail employees. The perk is called App Discovery and in it Apple retail employees will have free access to a catalogue of popular paid App Store applications. They will be able to use an Apple provided redemption code in order to purchase paid apps and games.

The program is currently only for the App Store, which is iOS exclusive, and not for the Mac App Store. It’s not a big payout or a bonus, but still a nice gesture none the less by Apple.

January 31, 2013
Facebook for iOS now coming with Photo Sync Feature

When Google+ was launched, it didn’t really have much to offer other than being ‘just another social network’. What it did offer was a very handy feature, called Instant Upload to Android users. Basically what it did was automatically upload any picture taken from the camera to Google+, making it easier and quicker to share. Now Facebook has taken note of this feature and has started rolling out the new Photo Sync feature for iOS users.

What is Photo Sync? Pretty simple. Just like Google+, it uploads pictures taken to Facebook automatically without any user intervention. The pictures are shared in a private album which can then be made public whether the user wants it or not. The feature is currently only rolled out to selected users. To check if you’re one of them go to the Photos in the app’s sidebar navigation or the photos section of your Timeline and scroll to the bottom. You’ll find an option to check out Photo Sync and then enable it.

Facebook uses the iOS app to upload pictures in the background, and not the recently introduced Facebook integration in iOS 6. Users get a complimentary 2GB of storage space. It’s likely that Facebook will offer more storage options in the future.

January 31, 2013
iPad Mini with Retina Display and Apple HDTV reported for 2013

2012 has been one heck of a year for Apple. Lots of new devices, lots of new software. Now the attention shifts on what to expect from Apple in the year 2013. Business Insider has gotten some juicy reports on two major products we can expect in 2013.

iPad Mini with Retina Display is the first one. As the name suggests, it’s the regular iPad Mini but with a much higher resolution screen. Update internals? Most likely since the A5 is old enough as it is. March 2013 is the expected release date for iPad Mini with Retina Display.

In November 2013 Apple will release the very highly anticipated HDTV. The sizes varying from 42-inch to 55-inch. Price ranging from $1500-2000.

In June 2013 Apple will preview iOS 7 and the next version of OS X. MacBook Air with Retina Display previewed too. This is WWDC 2013. Both software updates will have John Ive’s design language.

Other products include an iPhone 5S, new iPad and a spec bumped iPad Mini later next year. iPhone 5S is a minor spec bump, and the new iPad (iPad 5?) will be totally redesigned.

There’s nothing too shocking about this possible next years lineup. Like 2012, 2013 will be equally exciting and product filled for Apple fans.

January 31, 2013
New iMac still on track for November/December launch

Alongside the iPad Mini, Apple also unveiled the new iMac. A stark departure from the previous models, the new iMac comes in a razor thin body that puts most other all-in-ones form other OEMs to shame. The new iMac was not available immediately. Shipping was expected to be around November or December depending on region. However with all the supply issues Apple is going through, there were reports that the new iMac has also fallen victim, and has been delayed till early next year.

Fortunately for budding customers, that is not the case. The new iMac is still scheduled for its November/December launch. In fact Apple is shipping the 21-inch model right now to its distribution hubs across the world. The 27-inch model will be available by december. Both these will be in Apple Stores around the holiday season just in case you want to be an early adopter.

However that being said, there is no word on whether Apple will be able to fulfil demand for these. They’ve failed to do so for the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini in the initial launch phase, though in their defence the situation is now a lot better, and iMac isn’t nearly as high in demand as the other two iDevices.

January 31, 2013