Apple is set to unveil its new iPhone 6 today, but one leaker claims to have already used the device, Business Insider reported.
The same person who posted a video that allegedly shows a working iPhone 6 on Saturday now says he has tested the new device to see how much speed it has, as blog GForGames first spotted.
"The screenshots posted by Weibo user Rui Kee indicate that Apple's A8 mobile processor scored a 1,633 for single-core performance and a 2,920 for multicore performance on benchmarking tool Geekbench's tests," Business Insider reported.
Geekbench is a program that identifies the performance and speed of a device's processor and memory. The higher the score, the better the device is expected to perform. These scores suggest that the iPhone 6 will be almost 20 percent more powerful than the iPhone 5s, as GForGames points out.
If the benchmark results posted in Weibo are accurate, it would mean the iPhone 6 also scored higher than the HTC One M8, according to results from Ars Technica's review.
Kee's post also suggests that the A8 chip will have only two cores, which means it would have two separate compartments dedicated to multitasking different tasks. Most high-end Android phones for sale have processors with four cores, meaning they have four individual parts for handling separate tasks.
However, it has been reported that Apple's processor will focus more on power efficiency than just performance and speed.
Kee also spilled other technical specifications that he believes will appear in the iPhone 6 in a recent Q&A. Apple's next smartphone will come with 1GB of memory, an option for a maximum of 128GB of storage space, and an improved 8-megapixel camera.
Apple is expected to improve the camera's performance in other ways although the megapixel amount will stay the same. The 4.7-inch iPhone will come with a display resolution of 1334 x 750, according to Kee.
Some are wondering whether Apple has let the iPhone 6 leak because it's got something much bigger up its sleeve, something it's successfully kept secret quite some time, Metro reported.
It could be the fabled iWatch, a device that we're increasingly convinced won't be anything like the smartwatches other firms have rushed to release.
