Apple A5 chip overheating might be delaying the iPhone 5 launch

15 July, 2011
Here we have another interesting theory on what might be preventing Apple from releasing the next iPhone yet. The latest bit of online gossip has it that the problem lies within the dual-core Apple A5 chip..

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  • 16 Jul 2011

Annonym, 16 Jul 2011Im wondering why the A5 is over heating and the Exynos is d... moreExynos 4210 (a.k.a. Orion) and Apple A5 are two different SoC, don't compare them only by CPU clock speed.

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    • Someone
    • Mx@
    • 16 Jul 2011

    All you haters telling Apple to give up is ridiculous.

    Do you understand just HOW SUCCESSFUL THE IPHONE IS around the world??

    Why should Apple giove up? - look how much money they make.

    iPhone has helped make Apple the biggest computer company in the world, bigger than Microsoft now.

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      • simple user
      • Sve
      • 16 Jul 2011

      mmmmm, 16 Jul 2011your tech is 7 months behind everyone else and you still ca... moreApple and Nokia 2323? well expect the next iPhone mini, with limited connectivity, but 150$ price tag with revolutionary hardware dial pad. Man!!! seriously! do you know why Apple waited so long before entering smartphnoe market? Because technology was not suited for their "one-button-do-it-all" technology. If they can invent computer or whatever device with 1 button they will start manufacture it and sell it for unreasonably for ordinary* people high price.

      * i mean "ordinary" = "not iFan"

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        • Questions.
        • 3pF
        • 16 Jul 2011

        Samsung Galaxy SII is not even the most powerful/fastest phone out there right now. You people think it's all about GHz. BIG DEAL. You ever heard of dual-channel and dual-memory? LG Optimus 3D has them both. Even if it has 1GHz dual-core those 2 things make it a hell of a lot faster. LG has claimed it to be twice as fast as other 1GHz dual-core phones at the market. Meaning LG Optimus 3D= 2 Optimus 2X at speed.

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          • Anonymous
          • t7K
          • 16 Jul 2011

          From Apple...

          "Since the iPhone5 (or iPhone4S) will be delayed due to A5 chip overheating...we might just sue everyone. You know, just to kill time"

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            • Anonymous
            • pV%
            • 16 Jul 2011

            p.s Hope Samsung dumps their relationship with Apple. I'm sure Apple could do well without Samsung.....not.

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              • Anonymous
              • pV%
              • 16 Jul 2011

              I doubt it would delay the iphone 5 release, Apple normally release the new and say it's your fault that it isn't working correctly. :)

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                • Mx@
                • 16 Jul 2011

                your tech is 7 months behind everyone else and you still carnt get it wright,
                just give up crapple on the iphone 5 or 4+ and go straight on to iphone 6 maybe then you can compete for the next round of beasts released on android or do you have to rely on everyone else to make your parts for you and give you the ideas of what to put in it first before you can do anything,

                suppose it makes sense as to why they are sueing everyone, there struggling and dont know what to do but chuck the rattle out of the pram and sue everyone to try and slow there momentum down,

                gonna give you some free advice apple have a look at a nokia 2323 you could learn alot from there technology

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                  • 3Ax
                  • 16 Jul 2011

                  Give up APPLE. Your phones are over price crap that is behide on the market. Just catching up on the dual core and camera. Well done.

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                    • uK1
                    • 16 Jul 2011

                    apple, 16 Jul 2011peoples who cannot afford apple will always say its an shit... morethe other manufacturers are providing services to MANY different population. Not everyone in India, Indonesia, Africa,etc are able to afford 'apple'. apple is a luxury item, and with most luxury items, they're not the best in terms of providing a wide range of function.

                    it's good at the simple things...

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                      • 16 Jul 2011

                      AnonD-12176, 16 Jul 2011So what do you think is samsung making best mobiles or is i... moreLady Gaga is the best singer because she sells so many albums right?
                      Justin Biebs is the best singer because he sells so many albums right?

                      Numbers are really speaking...

                      There are truly best products and there are products people go nuts for no good reason. People go nuts for no good reason when purchasing iPhones.

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                        • 16 Jul 2011

                        Anonymous, 15 Jul 2011Do a search for galaxy s2 overheating. There are quite a f... moreI own one. I enjoy the most powerful phone in the current market. Anyone who knows anything about tech will know that devices heat up when it is under stress. But it doesn't fail, and that's the bottom line.

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                          • 16 Jul 2011

                          apple, 16 Jul 2011peoples who cannot afford apple will always say its an shit... moreWhat planet you on son, i ve just binned my iphone for a proper one(GS2) i aint having no company restrict me and tell me what i can and cannot do. I have seen £20 pay as go phones do stuff the iphone 4 cannot, carnt afford, please. dont want to be robbed blind more like

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                            • 16 Jul 2011

                            gs2 user, 16 Jul 2011what do these clowns expect when running a dual core true m... moreI have more 'sense' so Im using HTC :D :P

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                              • 16 Jul 2011

                              what do these clowns expect when running a dual core true multi tasking phone.My gs2 does get hot just like any sensible person who knows about tech would expect.I think the i-clone user arent used to having this kind of power at there finger tips and the beloved crapple has now lost a step in the tech race.What next call time feature where you can call other iphones with no wires?Apple are good at one thing and thats brain washing but im pleased to say i have more sense.If you enjoy your beloved iphone then stick with it i personally wouldnt pay the asking price when i can go buy something cheaper that does more and thats a fact!!!

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                                • 16 Jul 2011

                                Tom-Helge, 15 Jul 2011Well, 34-36 celcius degrees can feels a little hot yeah, bu... moreActually 34-36 degrees Celsius (that’s the name of the guy that scaled the Celsius scale) is cold, the human body temperature is 37.2 degrees. Relative to the human body is cold.

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                                  • 16 Jul 2011

                                  I guess then I would just wait for the iphone with A6 chip, rather than spending a fortune on Iphone with A5 chip..... lolz...

                                  Meanwhile I would just play around with Samsung Galaxy S2.

                                  Go Galaxy Go.

                                  Cheers!!

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                                    • 16 Jul 2011

                                    a liquid nitrogen will hepl to cool down cpu...

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • fm4
                                      • 16 Jul 2011

                                      Iphone is fallllling

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                                        • ss6
                                        • 16 Jul 2011

                                        I don't care if next iphone will burn of over heating or if he has no antenna to use as a normal phone to make calls
                                        I like my galaxy s 2
                                        Funny to read the anger of the apple fan boys LOL