The Tech Media Minute: Apple Drops Samsung, Waiting for iOS 10 Beta 3

Samsung’s chips fading away

Apple selected both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung for the company’s chip production for the A9 found in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. For the 2016 and 2017 iPhone models, Apple has selected only TSMC, according to Chinese-language Economic Daily News, via Digitimes.

Ditching Samsung for the next two cycles might be a good thing, as 9to5Mac notes:

“Benchmark tests of the iPhone 6s also showed that models with the TSMC chip ran cooler and offered better battery-life than those with the Samsung chip. While Apple described the differences as small, it may have played a role in Apple’s decision to favor the Taiwanese chipmaker.”

Comparing the iPhone 6s to the “iPhone 7”

A new video has surfaced that compares the iPhone 6s with a dummy “iPhone 7” model.

As The Verge explains about the video, “It’s important to note that these parts could be early prototypes or an elaborate fake, and Apple’s final iPhone 7 will likely look a little different.”

Apple set to launch new iOS 10 beta

Later this week, Apple is likely to release the third batch of betas for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Soon after, the second public betas for iOS and macOS should arrive. The current batch of updates arrived on July 5 and July 7, respectively.

The 2016 GOP Convention officially begins later today, July 18 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the Donald Trump show, folks, so you’re going to hear a lot in the next four days about the Art of the Deal and Make America Safe Again.

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Today, July 18 is 18 National Caviar Day.

Sales 2.0 and CasualConnect both begin in San Francisco, California.

Rewind: On this day in 1814, Samuel Colt, invented the revolver. In 1941, Winston Churchill used the two-finger “V” for victory sign for the first time.

Looking for more to read? We’ve got you covered:

• Softbank buys Apple’s processor ARM for $32b, Computerworld
• Here’s Why Pokémon Go Isn’t Out in Japan, Kotaku
• What happens when an Apple executive decides he wants to hire you, Business Insider

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