Qualcomm VP: Apple A7 chip is a marketing gimmick

02 October, 2013
Anand Chandrasekher adds that consumers get "zero benefit" from the 64-bit architecture of the A7.

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akuma, 03 Oct 2013I have iphone 5s,how does this benfits me ?It gives you a smooth fast and very responsive operating system.

Not sure if the 120fps video camera is simply because of the A7 or not.

But the 5S sure runs iOS 7 faster than a 5 or 5C.

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    Busty, 03 Oct 2013You haven't been reading, I'll say it again: And as I sa... moreI have iphone 5s,how does this benfits me ?

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      akuma, 03 Oct 2013Y would apple put a 64bit cpu in a phone with only 1gb of r... moreYou haven't been reading, I'll say it again:

      And as I said earlier - the iPhone 5S boots up its OS and default apps in a 64-bit Runtime environment with 64-bit code execution.

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        Y would apple put a 64bit cpu in a phone with only 1gb of ram, the point of 64bit is so u can have 4gb plus ram, is not like u can upgrade an iphone ram chip. So a 64bit to me is useless

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          AnonD-115579, 03 Oct 2013Qualcomm and Samsung both are working with 64-bit processor... moreBut that's the thing.

          The iPhone 5S DOES NOT struggle with 1GB of RAM

          Have you seen any iPhone developer COMPLAIn that it only has 1GB of RAM?

          And as I said earlier - the iPhone 5S boots up its OS and default apps in a 64-bit Runtime environment with 64-bit code execution.

          Very important my friend.

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            AnonD-115579, 03 Oct 2013Qualcomm and Samsung both are working with 64-bit processor... morelol your point is invalid the only reason android needs so much ram and processing power is because android is so bad. iphone 4 is smoother then any android on the market and it had 800mhz processor 512mb ram. An maybe it is a gimmick but samsung made some gimmicks aswell like s4's screen being so high in resolution its more then 100ppi past what the eye can see and the s4 heats up so much it basically stops everything and the air gestures is so stupid

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              Someone, 03 Oct 2013You're all in denial. Fact: The iPhone 5S is right now,... morenope you are in denial iphone uses 4 times lower resolution and even still isnt better not to mention its still got no true multitasking

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                AnonD-118013, 03 Oct 2013The exec revealed that Qualcomm is also working to release ... moreQualcomm and Samsung both are working with 64-bit processor. Because they have reasons. RAM size of Android phones is growing. As we know Galaxy NOTE 3 has 3GB of RAM. And there is no benefit of 64-bit architecture unless you have more than 4GB of RAM. But Apple is still struggling to manage 1GB of RAM. When Apple will give more then 4GB of RAM? In 2050?

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                  I dont know how apple’s 64bit works but on my Windows PC i can install two different softwares at the same time... i guess 64 bit processor can work as two 32 bit registerer.. but it doesn’t matter what type of software i instll 64bit or 32bit, it works the same... hope apple will also have same kinda tech and android too, plus it will proof that it is actually working as 64bit... i know PC and mobike has two diferent processor but i guess th e penciled is same.

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                    x, 02 Oct 2013really? why does the benchmarks point otherwise? anyway... moreYup. SHAMEsung's benchmarks are cheats.

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                      It may be a market gimmick, but so is all other new tech when they are newly released, take HD television for example when they first became available (in UK) all television feed was still in SD, it's only now we are benifiiting from free HD programmes.

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                        iD10t, 03 Oct 2013Well whatever we tell those ifans. They will still buy an i... moreThat's how SHAMEsung works dude... and also cheating now and copying always. SHAMEcrap.

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                          Thomas, 03 Oct 2013BTW when and or if the A7 chip is beaten in a speed test wh... moreYou don't like swimming? Then stay away from the water.

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                            AnonD-58567, 03 Oct 2013and the point screen of ip5s is not even 720 p with size of... moreSeems like you don't understand.

                            A 1080p OFF SCREEN benchmark is one where the phone IS NOT drawing to screen. So the size of the screen is IRRELEVANT.

                            Imagine the phone screen is turned off but the phone is still outputting the image to an external 1080p display.

                            The iPhone 5S still wins here.

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                              Anonymous, 03 Oct 2013its more like using a 4 litre container to carry a litre of... moreCan't you see? It may be a 4 liter container and carry a liter of water now, but once you put in more water, it can even carry 10 liters more water. That's innovation dude. Another tech first by Apple. Not just copy copy copy as done by SHAMEsung. Hahah.

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                                555, 03 Oct 2013i ve heard ios 7 is making iphone 5 lag.. posted on many sites..ip 4 lag .. .yup, cause ip4 is old phone ... ip 5 lag ? i think people that post about ip5 is from android user...

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                                  Anonymous, 03 Oct 2013What's the point of going quad core if you can make a dual ... moreand the point screen of ip5s is not even 720 p with size of 4 inches...and android flagship phones have 1080p with 5 inches....a7 has lesss than half pixels of waht s800 and exynos 5240 has to....that really affects benchmarks...

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                                    BTW when and or if the A7 chip is beaten in a speed test what will iphones users move onto next to rant over? Strange how the talk about fingerprint readers, screen resolution, plastic exteriors, app numbers etc have all fallen by the wayside and now it's all about speed.

                                    Just use the phone you want and let us see and end to this mine is better than yours attitude, geeze it is worse than 6 year olds in a school playground.

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                                      Who cares about a hindo whose god I ate last night (I had steak) "?

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                                        I'll stick my size 11's in and say a Nokia 3310 boots even faster than a 5s so :oP