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Be happy that these are not taken as inside underwear shots, assuming somebody stuck a logic board into their briefs smuggles them into th etoilet.
Takes shot.... blurry is good.....never mind.........
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For those who care:
Be happy that these are not taken as inside underwear shots, assuming somebody stuck a logic board into their briefs smuggles them into th etoilet.
Takes shot.... blurry is good.....never mind.........
For the first time in my life, I have iPhone rumor fatigue. Anybody else in the same boat? Sep 12th can't come soon enough.
Technarchy
macrumors 604
Geckotek
macrumors G3
Not with the ARM Cortex though. As far as I know it is designed to be power efficient without resorting to 4/6/8 cores and increasing the die size.
Smaller die, smaller main board, bigger battery?
My guess is an A5X variant.
It will essentially be a 4S with a die shrink.
The phone doesn't need a quad-core GPU, so they will either up-clock
the older dual core or down-clock a quad core. Either way, it will
yield faster synthetic benchmarks.
Apple is all about feeding us "what we need", instead of raw specs.
It'll have 1GB of RAM
32nm Dual-Core CPU
Dual or Quad GPU [toss-up on that one]
It will have to have something unbelievably amazing for me to stay with Apple this time around. A stretched screen wont cut it. It needs width, damn it!
It will essentially be a 4S with a die shrink.
The phone doesn't need a quad-core GPU, so they will either up-clock
the older dual core or down-clock a quad core. Either way, it will
yield faster synthetic benchmarks.
Apple is all about feeding us "what we need", instead of raw specs.
It'll have 1GB of RAM
32nm Dual-Core CPU
Dual or Quad GPU [toss-up on that one]
It will have to have something unbelievably amazing for me to stay with Apple this time around. A stretched screen wont cut it. It needs width, damn it!
chrmjenkins
macrumors 603
If it's not a quad-core GPU, it's not an A5X variant, it's an A5 variant. Also, as OP mentions, RAM on package is essential. So while through process shrink and underclocking it may be possible to fit the RAM without the heat concerns of the iPad 3, I think we're much more likely to see a 32nm A5 variant with tweaked GPU and/or CPU cores (including quad possibility).
I don't think we'll see quad CPU or GPU though because it seems excessive given how iOS runs and the iPhone resolution.
longofest
Editor emeritus
Samsung and Ti have had A15 chips out now for a while and are starting to now become increasingly available. Nvidia will be launching their next Tegra series early next year as well.
A15 has great performance per watt, so It would behoove apple to transition to it.
UnfetteredMind
macrumors 6502
32nm DC with a possible speed bump (not likely, but I think the possibility is there, 1.2ghz max) with 1GB of RAM. It doesn't need anything else. The 4S runs just fine as is. I won't even flinch if it turns out there's only 512MB of RAM in there.
Only major thing I'm expecting is some sort of NFC capability. Everything else is known and expected.
This is really just going to be an iPhone 4GS.
Only major thing I'm expecting is some sort of NFC capability. Everything else is known and expected.
This is really just going to be an iPhone 4GS.
gto55
macrumors 6502a
so no Arm A15 😕 whereas samsung has already introduced the Exynos 5250 http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-exynos-5-dual-specs-features-106609/
We wish it's going to be a 4GS (3GS was arguably the biggest jump in terms of performance in the iPhone history) But it's probably going to be iPhone 4. A relatively small jump in performance but has a shiny new body with a completely different build method as well as a new display.
Apple needed a massive number of chips before the production began. I doubt Samsung was ready to provide Apple with enough of those A15 chips in the past few months. The sheer quantity of iPhone is often underestimated but I"m sure it's really a quite undertaking for all parties involved to ramp up the production so much within a short period of time for the launch.
chrmjenkins
macrumors 603
Let's dive in. 4S/iPad 3 photos courtesy iFixIt.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4S-Teardown/6610/2
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-3-4G-Teardown/8277/3
Samsung just formally announced their Exynos 5. Given their new Galaxy Tab doesn't have it and the Note 2 is rumored to not have it, we'd have to wait until at least late Fall to see an Exynos 5 product from Samsung. Since they are on the once a year flagship cycle like Apple, it seems unlikely we'll see an Exynos 5 phone this year, particularly given a Nexus phone launch this fall is unlikely with android release cycle slowing down and KLP not coming until next year.
Supposedly OMAP 5 has availability this quarter, but no products have been announced with it, much less rumored. We may see some A15 devices before the end of the year, but they're likely to start arriving en masse next year.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4S-Teardown/6610/2
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-3-4G-Teardown/8277/3
Samsung just formally announced their Exynos 5. Given their new Galaxy Tab doesn't have it and the Note 2 is rumored to not have it, we'd have to wait until at least late Fall to see an Exynos 5 product from Samsung. Since they are on the once a year flagship cycle like Apple, it seems unlikely we'll see an Exynos 5 phone this year, particularly given a Nexus phone launch this fall is unlikely with android release cycle slowing down and KLP not coming until next year.
Supposedly OMAP 5 has availability this quarter, but no products have been announced with it, much less rumored. We may see some A15 devices before the end of the year, but they're likely to start arriving en masse next year.
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AppleScruff1
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My guess, it's just an A5, but at 1ghz instead of 800mhz. It's probably a newer revision as well, so a touch more efficient.
The reason? Because the iPhone doesn't need more, but the small clock difference will return a noticeable increase in synthetic benchmarks.
The reason? Because the iPhone doesn't need more, but the small clock difference will return a noticeable increase in synthetic benchmarks.
It's because they were taken with iPhone camera (or any other phone camera to that matter). Phone cameras suck big way when you need to shoot anything but a family photo under the perfect sun.
Apple's SoC's may be designed in house, but I'd bet the ARM cores in them are shared with Samsung. There's probably still a deal between Sammy and Intrinsity with regards to the low power trickery. Apple has no real reason to work on their own version of ARM on Samsung process when Samsung's done that already. So far iPhone's cores always used whatever Samsung had on offer at the time, starting with stock Samsung SoCs, followed by a very slightly rehashed A4 that shared a great deal of similarity with Samsung's version through the A5.
The point being - there's an A15 Exynos out now, it's practically given this is the basis of an A6 in the new iPhone.
The point being - there's an A15 Exynos out now, it's practically given this is the basis of an A6 in the new iPhone.
MattInOz
macrumors 68030
How do we know this isn't the board from the updated price dropped 4S?
Switch it to 32nm A5 they've been using in the AppleTV and iPad2 refresh.
WOW, Who cares at this point. It's an iPhone 4s with an extra row if icons. And for that, you get to buy all new chargers, docking units, cases, etc. You get to have different cables for your iPad/iPhone.
If the rumors are correct, which I am rather hesitant to believe Apple would be this lame, then I'M OUT. (as they say on Shark Tank) 🙂
If the rumors are correct, which I am rather hesitant to believe Apple would be this lame, then I'M OUT. (as they say on Shark Tank) 🙂
Dude trust me they don't need it, check out this website www.glbenchmark.com
The 4s is way beyond every other phone (and most tablets) out there, even the quad core firecracker of a phone Samsung calls the "S III" is barely close to matching the 4s