TSMC already producing A13 chip for upcoming iPhones

10 May 2019
Production will reach full capacity by the end of the month.

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JMTM, 13 May 2019IOS = Great battery life New Chipset = Even better batte... moreSoon you will get paper thin phone that you can fit in your wallet with proprietary charging tape connector. I wonder when the race of making even thinner device reaches its limit...

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    • 14 May 2019

    JMTM, 13 May 2019IOS = Great battery life New Chipset = Even better batte... moreYeah, battery efficiency is superb. But they are not pushing any boundaries because they keep making batteries smaller. So, like you've said, things stay the same.

      Delic, 12 May 2019”Huawei replaced Green Pixels with 2 Yellow Pixels, It is t... moreYou know when say P30 Pro pictures are yellow or not PERFEKT then we have nothing to disscus anymore. You're exactly like harcore religious guy, you see only Apple nothing else.
      I'm gringing hard (P30 Pro has yellow pictures) OH MY GOD. I just hope you said that ironic.

        Delic, 12 May 2019I was talking about the time when essential first rumour ab... moreSame story if Essential phone would be released some months later you would call it stealing/copying. Come on dude be just a littile bit realistic.

          Anonymous, 12 May 2019You probably weren't around when the retina display was int... moreAre you trolling or are you serious? At this point I'm not sure.

            Delic, 12 May 2019”Huawei replaced Green Pixels with 2 Yellow Pixels, It is t... moreit is not horrible. where do ppl get this yellow and whatnots anyways? youtube lols. my friend let me borrow his p30 pro previously and i dont see any of those things those reviewers are blabbering about esp that of mrwhoseboss reviews.

              Bewildered , 11 May 2019The Credit Cards is purely a revenue generating or to be co... moresorry, on my part, apple is already written off on my books. disappointed me on my first try. not a big loss for them tho. i love their hardware but ios is just not my cup of tea.

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                • 13 May 2019

                Anonymous, 13 May 2019You exagerate so grossly it's clear you have no clue what y... moreIt's very easy to tell. Mediatek slows down after few months.

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                  • 13 May 2019

                  IOS = Great battery life
                  New Chipset = Even better batter life = The new phone will be packed with ever smaller battery than the last years = No improvement, everything stays the same

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                    • 13 May 2019

                    Anonymous, 12 May 2019Apple's cpu and Snapdragon both are great - Kirin is good e... moreYou exagerate so grossly it's clear you have no clue what you're talking about. The differences between each brand of top-of-the-line chipsets is measurable, but small enough that you only notice it in FPS benchmarks and such.

                    In real-world use, it's difficult to tell, and anyone who says that a phone is "useless" because it gets 65 FPS in some game while another gets 70, doesn't deserve to be heard.

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                      • 13 May 2019

                      Anonymous, 12 May 2019Apple's cpu and Snapdragon both are great - Kirin is good e... moreSnapdragon 212 is better than Mediatek X30 ??

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                        • 12 May 2019

                        Shanti Dope, 11 May 2019Let's say they didn't invent something or innovate it, but ... moreIt's because, as you point out yourself without noticing it, they let the real innovative companies do the hard work and the daring moves of being first with the new technology, and once it's refined and working well, Apple adopts it and gets the recognition for inventing it.

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                          • 12 May 2019

                          Apple's cpu and Snapdragon both are great - Kirin is good enough - Exynos is average - Mediatek is worst cpu ever made.

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                            • 12 May 2019

                            Dr. Chillo, 11 May 2019You are so WRONG dude. There's nothing Apple do better than... more”Huawei replaced Green Pixels with 2 Yellow Pixels, It is the Future, it is a damn innovation, it will change the whole industry of photography.”

                            Seeing how horrible and yellow photos Huawei new phone takes, i really hope it won’t be the future. Atleast not the way how Huawei did it. Because Huawei P30 pro camera is very disappointing.

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                              • 12 May 2019

                              Dr. Chillo, 11 May 2019Oh I didn't know the idea of having notch on Essential Phon... moreI was talking about the time when essential first rumour about notch came.

                              There’s no way Apple could got the idea from them when the first leak about X came same time.

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                                • 12 May 2019

                                Dr. Chillo, 11 May 2019You are so WRONG dude. There's nothing Apple do better than... moreYou probably weren't around when the retina display was introduced. It took a couple years for Android OEMs to catch up.

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                                  • 12 May 2019

                                  Shanti Dope, 11 May 2019Let's say they didn't invent something or innovate it, but ... moreOf course you can go on. You always do no matter how non factual

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                                    • 11 May 2019

                                    Anonymous, 11 May 2019hence the credit card.The Credit Cards is purely a revenue generating or to be correct a revenue sharing deal.

                                    The point is Apple has always had a 2020 (hindsight) timeline for 5G

                                    My argument is this 2019 5G phones are 2019 4G phones specs wise with a 5G antenna
                                    4G phones can never be upgraded to 5G, so 5G now I hit the ground running, even if this SoC generates mind blowing benchmarks, it will be on a 4G phone

                                    Finally Apple upgrade in a previous iPhone, the new SoC promised X% improvements in battery
                                    Apple had increased the display size , Apple battery size mAh percentage increase was single figures, then as now iPhone batteries mAh are well below other flagship, and in some case below that of midrange

                                    Never write Apple off but I do wonder if the more savvy will upgrade to a 5G phone as 2019 iPhones are 4G

                                      Shanti Dope, 11 May 2019Let's say they didn't invent something or innovate it, but ... moreYou are so WRONG dude. There's nothing Apple do better than others except Privacy and Long Term updates. All the stuff you already named are pretty big innovations from other companies, Apple just stole them, change their names (Retina Display is a good example) and sold it as its own innovation.
                                      Easy to explain why do you think Apple made those innovations famous, It is very easy to explain it. So many not really smart people are buying Apple products, and the number of those people is huge. Apple has a huge influence between YouTubers and Media, that's why every not really smart person thinks Apple is making those innovation to work awesome or Apple invented 'em.
                                      Another good Ecxample. Huawei Made a HUGE HUGE innovation in whole history of photography. Huawei replaced Green Pixels with 2 Yellow Pixels, It is the Future, it is a damn innovation, it will change the whole industry of photography. But how many YouTubers or how many newsletters talked about it? Just Imagine Apple would do such a think, in every single website, every single tech show, every single tech youtuber and every single person would talk about it. The same innovation but deferent companies. For a second cloe your eyes and think about it what would happen if Apple could/would make such an Innovation and how big the hype would be?
                                      Easy explained. Who's next...?

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 11 May 2019

                                        Shanti Dope, 11 May 2019Let's say they didn't invent something or innovate it, but ... moreBoth Apple and Samsung are pretty much the same except that Samsung actually bought the licensed technology and material to produce them at least; while, Apple had to rely on others for such components.