Apple’s R&D division may have unintentionally hurt iPhone 14 Pro sales by equipping the model with a chipset that, despite being powerful, failed to outperform Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in benchmark tests. As revealed this week by stress tests, the Apple model was beaten by the vivo X90 Pro Plus.
This superiority of Qualcomm over Apple has not happened for some time and may be the result of improvements in the Snapdragon chipset and internal conflicts between the engineers of the Cupertino giant, is what the newspaper suggests. The Informationwhich claims to introduce considerable changes to the component at the final stage of development.
According to anonymous sources, Apple intended a huge leap in performance between the A15 and the A16 Bionic, however, the first prototypes of the CPU had high energy consumption, making the launch unfeasible. Although iPhones are equipped with small batteries, iOS and chipset optimization contribute to a balanced energy expenditure.
Faced with this problem, the manufacturer’s specialists chose to produce the A16 Bionic based on the graphical interface of its predecessors, a decision that removed support for Ray Tracing from the device’s software — rumors suggest that the Pro and Pro Max models would be compatible with this technology natively, but that didn’t happen.
“Apple is still above market expectations for generation-over-generation performance for its chips. However, that has been waning,” said Ian Cutress, chief analyst at More Than Moore, a semiconductor analyst firm.
“Given their position in terms of people and manufacturing, it is a question mark whether they will be able to maintain their rate of growth.”
- 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with 1179 x 2556 pixel resolution
- Notched display, adaptive refresh rate up to 120 Hz and Dynamic Island
- Apple A16 Bionic Platform
- 5 core GPU
- 6 GB of RAM
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB of internal storage
- 12 MP front camera
- Three rear cameras:
- Main lens with 48 MP sensor
- Ultrawide lens with 12 MP sensor
- Telephoto lens with 12 MP sensor and 3x optical zoom
- 5G, Bluetooth 5.3, satellite connection and Lightning port
- IP68 certification
- 3,200 mAh battery with 30W fast charging
- iOS 16
- Dimensions: 147.5 x 71.5 x 7.85mm
- Weight: 206 grams
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