| dangonay | 09-09-2012 08:43 AM |
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Originally Posted by scoobyej20
(Post 8023495)
| I doubt it'll be an A6 - I think the A6 will be in the next iPad. An A6 will satisfy the spec whores, but it's not really needed. Apple has already been testing the 32nm A5 in the Apple TV and iPad 2. In the iPad 2 it already gives significant power savings (anywhere from 15% to 29% depending on task). The iPhone 4S is clocked at 800MHz. They could easily run the new A5 at 1.2GHz giving it an instant 50% increase in speed while still retaining excellent battery life. Or they could surprise us and have a 32nm version of the A5X, though I think that's a lot less likely.
Apple did, however, trademark Macroscalar earlier this year, and Apple typically doesn't trademark a technology until they're getting close to actually using it. Apple Trademarks Macroscalar Quote:
Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo
(Post 8023560)
It's a brilliant fake. Can't believe the effort people put into these things..
| I already mentioned why in the Samsung thread. Apple news & rumors generate web traffic. A well-done fake like this video can generate a huge amount of traffic and could offset the cost to produce it making money for the website(s) that host it.
They might also be doing this to manipulate the markets. By showing a video with fingerprint scanning people might assume Apple is using Authentec's technology (Apple very recently indicated they were going to acquire Authentec). Getting tens of millions of orders from Apple would definitely effect shares of Authentec.
Just look at Pandora. The WSJ printed a rumor on Thursday that Apple was going to launch a Pandora-like streaming music service. Pandora's shares dropped almost 20% the next day. Pandora operates on razor thin margins, and it's estimated 40-50% of Pandora users are on iOS.
Last week Audience (who makes the noise suppression technology that Apple integrated into the A5 SoC) hinted that Apple was no longer going to use their tech in the next iPhone. Their actual words were "our biggest customer is unlikely to continue use of our processor". Audience shares tumbled 46%.
There is money to be made and lost on Apple news. | 