Apple A6 found to have custom Apple Core instead of A15 or A9

17 September, 2012
It seems Apple went through the trouble of creating their own ARMv7 based design for the A6 chip.

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Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012To say quasar isn't close is plain wrong - it's very close ... moreIt is os limitation. Lets use skype since its commont to both. In ios, put skype in background and video pauses ( other persons sees your face frozen). In android, u put skype in background, the other person can still see your moving face while you are free to watch porn without the other person knowing(bad exampleXD)

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    • 17 Sep 2012

    AnonD-71974, 17 Sep 2012Something may be wrong with your device. Because I own a SG... moreIt only lasts one day, even with moderate usage as you say.The problem is when you forget to charge it one night, or you don't have the charger available when on a trip. Samsung claims up to 10 hours of usage. The real number is about 2-3 hours. And the phone gets hot after 30-45 minutes of activity(browsing the internet not playing games). Apple claims 10 hours of usage for their devices, and they last 10 hours(I have an iPad 2, so I checked:).

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      • 17 Sep 2012

      Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Quasar is not even close. The only app running is the windo... moreTo say quasar isn't close is plain wrong - it's very close indeed & does indeed prove that ios itself is capable of it.

      As I said - it's app availability & coding. Facetime is coded to pause when minimised. If it was coded to continue then it would run fine in the background so I say again - it's an app coding issue rather than an OS capability issue.

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        • 17 Sep 2012

        sorry "Apple product" as a term... those two pros are excellent and even better then pc in that price range

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          • 17 Sep 2012

          Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012No offense saban, but could you explain to all of us, what ... moreI just reposed. see below... and don't use "Apple product"... macbook pro and mac pro are excellent computers, and price is reasonable, all other is overpriced mid range hw and integrated with software to pick money from your pockets as much as fast as it is possible

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            • 17 Sep 2012

            Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012LOL, why should I try harder? It's you, android fanboys, wh... moreto post again....
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            LAN, 4 computers, I (sgs2) run FTP service for my coworker to use data from directory on my phone while I send files from one to other computer and while it is copying review one of documents...(and do not compare simulations of file systems on iOS and jailbreak iPhone... that is what people want and not Apple, and jailbreak is proof that people want something like Android)
            one of multitasking options I use...
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              • 17 Sep 2012

              Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012sorry but you're wrong. quasar running on a jailbroken i... moreof course more real estate is required to fully enjoy this feature. Which is why they have the Galaxy Note 10.1
              http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_10_1_n8000-4573.php

              One day Apple will unlock this feature from the bowels of iOS. I am very sure iOS had it all along just like the 4" screen it had hidden behind the 3.5" one in the older iPhones.

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                • 17 Sep 2012

                saban, 17 Sep 2012you don't know what it is... sorry but true... every pho... moreNo offense saban, but could you explain to all of us, what do you mean by multitasking then? I just got lost.. People saying iPhones don't multitask, but fail to point exactly what android phones can do in terms of mt and what can't be done on Apple product.

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                  • 17 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012No, ios and android apps are different. In, ios, you hit th... moreNo.
                  In iOS they only pause or quit if they have been coded to quit otherwise they'll continue working in the background

                  The reason lots of apps quit or pause is because they don't need to keep running.

                  If you take email as a prime example. You open up your mail app. check mails. press the home button. The app is still working fully in the background & will continue to notify you of new emails.

                  Now look at a game such as angry shark on android.
                  press the home button & the app pauses...

                  it does this because it's been coded to pause in exactly the same way an ios app would have been...

                  In fact on my android phone I have several apps that if I press the back button enough times to get me to the home screen then it's completely closed the app down. Again this is due to the coding of the app.

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                    • 17 Sep 2012

                    Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012sorry but you're wrong. quasar running on a jailbroken i... moreQuasar is not even close. The only app running is the window at the front. Everything else at the back is paused. Quasar just shows you a snapshot of the app before it was paused giving you the impression that its running but its not. Try putting facetime ate the back whit some app infront you will see what im talking about. Facetime will ve frozen at the back

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                      • 17 Sep 2012

                      apple known for thier " low profile attitude " when they shown thier new cpu a6 and not tell us etc so this giant cpu reallly has mosterous power so my guest apple a6 based on dual core cortex a7 same as Mediatek MTK6583

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                        • 17 Sep 2012

                        Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Playing music while doing something else? Dumbfone nokias ... moreLOL, why should I try harder? It's you, android fanboys, who claim that iPhone can't multitask. However, you can't even say what multitasking is, nor give us any examples of it.

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                          • 17 Sep 2012

                          If the cores are running at only 1ghz then that surely bodes well for the batterylife! Should easily last longer than android batterys! If its all true then how the hell can 2 little 1ghz cores outperform 1.5ghz krait? I guess this could be the innovation that weve all been missing?

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                            • 17 Sep 2012

                            Abhijit, 17 Sep 2012Lack of "floating apps" on iOS is not because of ... moresorry but you're wrong.

                            quasar running on a jailbroken ipad opens apps in multiple windows & does indeed prove that ios itself is capable of doing it.

                            Whether apple allows apps that do this onto the appstore is another thing I'll grant you but it's not difficult to jailbreak & add this feature if you wish.

                            & I would only want to do it on an ipad as the screen real estate on an iphone doesn't justify it..

                            I can understand people enjoying that function on a Note but then again I don't particularly want to carry a device of that size around with me everywhere I go. If I'm in the pub I don't want a tablet in my pocket I want a phone & if I'm going somewhere I need a tablet I'll take a tablet...

                            & without that screen real estate then floating apps become nothing more than a gimmick that will be quickly forgotten as the little windows will be too small to be useful.

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                              • 17 Sep 2012

                              Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Do you think that by using Kid at the start of your post yo... moreNo, ios and android apps are different. In, ios, you hit the home button and its quit or paused for that app. Thats why ios apps dont need exit buttons or back key. Cause ios automatically quit them (or pause, whatevs). In android, you hit the home button and it stays at the background. You hit the exit button or back button, it then quits.

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                                Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Do you think that by using Kid at the start of your post yo... moreThanks for clarification, nice one.

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                                  • 17 Sep 2012

                                  apple known for thier " low profile attitude " when they shown thier new cpu a6 and not tell us etc so this giant cpu reallly has mosterous power so my guest apple a6 based on dual core cortex a7 same as Mediatek MTK6583 lol

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                                    • 17 Sep 2012

                                    Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Read his post again, he wrote about downloading files while... moreyou don't know what it is... sorry but true...

                                    every phone have multitasking.. or kind of... even nokia 3310 have multitasking (talking and browsing contacts)... but that what you called multitasking is not true multitasking. those are few and only operations that os allow to do in same time.

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                                      • 17 Sep 2012

                                      Anonymous, 17 Sep 2012Read his post again, he wrote about downloading files while... morePlaying music while doing something else? Dumbfone nokias can do that it doesnt even count. And donwloading in background is a basic thing since no one would want to stare at download page to wait for download to finish.Try harder.

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                                        • 17 Sep 2012

                                        [deleted post]Ok, I thought I finished with you. I've got HTC Desire S and if you don't know, it runs on Gingerbread. Now, you want to call it speed demon - do it, I'd only say you haven't seen a fast phone yet. Done. Grow up kid, dual and quadcore droids aren't only Google powered devices out there.