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iPhone 4S Teardown Underway
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There is an article about the amount of RAM here: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ne_4s_motivated_by_battery_life_concerns.html. It does make a lot of sense given the size of the battery in the iPhone.
My guess is that the hardware team was working on this next iPhone. The iPhone that a lot of people thought they would get this time around.
Have you seen this as a matter of fact? Have you verified it with real hardware? If not, do you have software simulations that show the battery consumption is actually increased with 512MB of memory?
of course not. he's just talking about of his butt. actually, whining out of his butt.
Looking at one of the pictures, it has a Qualcomm MDM6610. So it does have HSPA+ after all, despite the insistence of some that it does not...
Utilizing the "teardown"
Although the new iPhone has been announced, I believe it is still vital to perform the teardown. Teardowns prove what the phone is really made out of and allows consumers to be aware of what they are purchasing. Teardowns make creates such as apple strive to make the best product they can without just "filling space". Therefore I believe the teardown experts provide an important role of technological development and consumer awareness.
Although the new iPhone has been announced, I believe it is still vital to perform the teardown. Teardowns prove what the phone is really made out of and allows consumers to be aware of what they are purchasing. Teardowns make creates such as apple strive to make the best product they can without just "filling space". Therefore I believe the teardown experts provide an important role of technological development and consumer awareness.
Nonsense?
Do you have any hard test information on the actual standby time of the top-end Samsung phone versus the iPhone 4S? How many days/weeks difference?
An extra day of standby makes a big difference to some mobile users.
An article from 2007 showed power consumption of 5 Watt per GB; that's the best that I could find quickly. Obviously we should have better power consumption today. The iPhone 4 battery supposedly had 5.25 Watt hours. So even half a watt would be quite bad.
Android phones have a history of having terrible battery life in real world usage. I know because I use them at work everyday, including Samsung Android phones.
Let's get a few facts straight here. The RAM in the iPhone 4S is 512 MB just like the iPad 2. The iPad 1 had 256 MB. Are you a hardware engineer that has experience with building cell phones and can state for sure that the amount of RAM does not have an effect on battery life? I thought so.
Google must be on vacation because no one at Google is vetting the Android market place apps for malware. Didn't it take Google 2 years to come out with their next phone capable OS after Android 2.0.
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That was wacky...
Had page 2 for a bit with a close-up of the A5, then refreshed and there was no page 2 (re-directed to page 1) and now when I force by typing "2" at the end of the URL there is page 2 with a new image
I wonder what the "oops" was that made the team re-boot the page
Turns out that image was Step 8, now on page 1.
Had page 2 for a bit with a close-up of the A5, then refreshed and there was no page 2 (re-directed to page 1) and now when I force by typing "2" at the end of the URL there is page 2 with a new image
I wonder what the "oops" was that made the team re-boot the page
Turns out that image was Step 8, now on page 1.
For nerds who never kissed a girl and that live in their mom's basement, yes.
For the rest of us, no.
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Lets see what's inside iPhone 4S
- A5 Application Processor: Samsung
- IPS/Retina Display: LG
- Dram/Sram Memory: Samsung
- Battery: Samsung SDI
- MLCC(Multi Layer Ceramcic Condenser): Samsung
- Chip Varistor: Amotek (Korea)
- FC(Flexible Circuitry): Interflex (Korea)
Lets see what's inside iPhone 4S
- A5 Application Processor: Samsung
- IPS/Retina Display: LG
- Dram/Sram Memory: Samsung
- Battery: Samsung SDI
- MLCC(Multi Layer Ceramcic Condenser): Samsung
- Chip Varistor: Amotek (Korea)
- FC(Flexible Circuitry): Interflex (Korea)
That is absurd and unfounded.
1) The reality is iOS was a few more years advanced when Android was announced so Google had a lot of catch up to do. So maybe it appears Google is out engineering Apple b/c they push out updates faster, but it's only an illusion. iOS is still superior to Android even if Android had a few better features. Google also isn't that involved in actual hardware development. It's up to the hardware makers to tweak Android for many of the specs it employs in a given model.
2) Android hardware is very uneven because of its openness. Some phones can't even be upgraded at all to the latest and greatest -- even as Android proponents carp that Siri isn't included in iOS 5 for phones other than the 4S. Other phones are not compatible with many apps in the Android App store.
3) Hardware is only half of a phone. Their are plenty of beautiful Android phones, especially some of the early models, that frankly were not practical because the guts were so half-baked.
4) "Lame strategy" as you call it doesn't yield 1m pre-orders and who knows how many snaked lines at tomorrow's launch. If Android were significantly more attractive (in usability and design) -- even just one model, then it seems at least a good chunk of 4S buyers would have gone that route. I doubt all the 4S buyers are just upgrading from previous iPhones b/c the way subsidized phone upgrades are staggered.
5) Google via the Motorola purchase may catch and surpass Apple at some point in the near future but it's crass to say Apple is taking a nap or that it's resting on its laurels. Sales to a wide array of consumers just do not bear that sentiment out.