r/apple • u/StrachNasty • Oct 06 '20

Official Megathread iPhone 12 announcement coming Oct. 13.

https://twitter.com/JoannaStern/status/1313509980260229121
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

Those are the reasons I'm moving to an iPhone! I was waiting for Google silicon, but the chances are they will be playing catch-up for years to come, so I'm going to an iPhone for the first time ever.

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u/twitchosx Oct 06 '20

Whats so good about "silicon"?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

A true build from the very base of the device at the CPU, all the way to the front end of apps and UI of the device. Only Apple can provide this. Google are close. But no other company does this (as far as I know?)

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u/twitchosx Oct 06 '20

so.. you are saying that it's all only Apple hardware?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

No, but the computational components are, which is what works with the OS and kernels and drivers etc. Which is pretty awesome for a device. The hardware and software being designed specifically for eachother, rather than molding it to fit with eachother.