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Hardware iPhone iPhone SE News

iFixit posts iPhone SE teardown, notes impressive battery, silicone seals, other features

The cool cats at iFixit have found some interesting stuff within the iPhone SE. The company, which posted its own teardown, but also installed an iPhone 5s display into the iPhone SE, noting that the display from the older model fits and functions perfectly into Apple’s new handset. iFixit also noted that the parts are […]

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Apple Watch Hardware News Processors Uncategorized Wearables

Additional teardown, analysis finds Apple Watch CPU/GPU manufactured via Samsung’s 28-Nanometer process

The Apple Watch has gone through a number of teardowns since its release on April 24. The newest release from Chipworks has revealed the wearable to feature 512MB of RAM, a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip, an accelerometer/gyrometer from STMicroelectronics, 30 individual components inside the 26mm x 28mm S1 package, a feat Chipworks calls “quite an accomplishment.” […]

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Chipworks continues examination of A7 processor, finds new architecture, quad-core GPU

There’s some cool stuff going on with the iPhone 5s’ new A7 processor. Per an analysis published by Chipworks, the A7 contains assorted changes from the previous A6 processor, including the addition of a mysterious SRAM cell never seen in A-series silicon. Continuing its comprehensive investigation of the new A7 SoC, which on Tuesday confirmed […]

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Hardware iPhone News

iFixit, iLab Factory post initial iPhone 5 teardown reports

Once again, the lunatics over at iFixit got their mitts on the new iPhone, got to work dissecting it and posted the results faster than anyone could believe it. And, once again, they found some really cool stuff inside Apple’s newest handset. Per iFixit’s full teardown report, the repair firm managed to snag a “black […]

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iPad iPhone News

iPhone 4 gyroscope goes under the microscope, could find its way into future iPad

In as much as the iPhone 4 has drawn criticism, it does sport some nifty new technologies. Among this is its new gyroscope, which could find its way into a future revision of the iPad. Per InformationWeek, UBMTechInsights took a look inside Apple’s new iPhone 4 and found it was made by STMicroelectronics. The three-axis […]