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| - | [* black] It's time to investigate the new kid on the block, and it's fly like an [http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/OwHqdVaEGKlOedeQ|A7|new_window=true]. |
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| - | [* black] Along with the fingerprint sensor, the A7 is a major enticement for consumers to pick the 5s over the 5c. |
| + | [* black] It's time to investigate the new kid on the block, and it's fly like an [http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/OwHqdVaEGKlOedeQ|A7|new_window=true]. Along with the fingerprint sensor, the A7 is a major enticement for consumers to pick the 5s over the 5c. |
| [* black] The A7 is advertised as providing twice the performance of the 5 (and 5c)'s A6 processor. | |
| [* icon_note] The switch to the A7 marks the first use of a 64-bit processor in a smartphone. Based on [http://anandtech.com/show/7335/the-iphone-5s-review/2|AnandTech's review], it seems that the bulk of the A7's performance gains do not come from any advantages inherent to a 64-bit architecture, but rather from the switch from the outdated ARMv7 instruction set to the newly-designed [http://www.arm.com/files/downloads/ARMv8_white_paper_v5.pdf|ARMv8]. | |
| [* icon_note] The modern ARMv8 instruction set was designed for a 64-bit architecture. It does away with the legacy support of the last 20 years, which increases efficiency, improving performance without sacrificing battery life. | |
| + | [* black] We'll have to wait until we get inside the chip to find out who manufactured it. |