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New Processor, Memory in Iphone GS?

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hbg

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We've all been speculating that the new iphone would have a 600 MHz processor and more memory, but curiously this was never mentioned by Apple at WWDC. They said Safari, etc., was faster, but part of that is the new software 3.0. Has anyone seen confirmation by Apple, in fact, of the processor and memory on the new 3GS?

Or (call me a skeptic) are we getting last year's 3G, but with more storage and a camera?
 
hbg said:
We've all been speculating that the new iphone would have a 600 MHz processor and more memory, but curiously this was never mentioned by Apple at WWDC. They said Safari, etc., was faster, but part of that is the new software 3.0. Has anyone seen confirmation by Apple, in fact, of the processor and memory on the new 3GS?

Or (call me a skeptic) are we getting last year's 3G, but with more storage and a camera?
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Yes, they said everything was 2x - 3x faster. Games and apps.

EDIT: From Apple's site:

Apple said:
The Fastest iPhone Ever

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.
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Yes.

To confirm, it's called the iPhone 2,1 (first gen was 1,1 - second gen was 1,2). Change in first number means processor change.
 
Good points all- but does that really prove it is a new processor and greater memory? I think not. For example, Safari for the Mac (not the iPhone) is now 4x faster just based on software changes, not due to processor improvement. So, just because things are faster does not necessarily mean its due to hardware changes. I'd just like to see them say what it is.
 
I guess we'll all find out the true answer on June 19th when one of the teardown sites do what they do best.
 
I think that the original iPhone and iPhone 3G performed incredibly well with 128Mb of RAM and a 400MHz processor.

This is due to how streamlined the OS actually is.

Check the Blackberry Storm or the HTC Magic. Faster processor's in these phones but they don't run any faster than the iPhone.
 
3.0 will make everything better. I want to see the quickness in the transition from portrait to landscape when emailing or texting.
 
The iPod Touch second generation has a different designation in the OS but the processor is the same, just not underclocked as much.

I suspect that the processor is the same but not underclocked at all. The amount of RAM has little to do with speed; I believe it has the same amount of RAM.
 
hbg said:
Good points all- but does that really prove it is a new processor and greater memory? I think not. For example, Safari for the Mac (not the iPhone) is now 4x faster just based on software changes, not due to processor improvement. So, just because things are faster does not necessarily mean its due to hardware changes. I'd just like to see them say what it is.
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Seeing as how all three of the iPhones are getting the same exact OS (3.0), I doubt that only the 3GS will be up to 2x as fast.
That'll make it so all three are about the same speeds- Which won't be a selling point.

They did put in a new processor (Or clocked it right).
 
it's pretty damn annoying that apple won't release the cpu speed and ram of the 3g s.......
 
fireshot91 said:
Seeing as how all three of the iPhones are getting the same exact OS (3.0), I doubt that only the 3GS will be up to 2x as fast.
That'll make it so all three are about the same speeds- Which won't be a selling point.

They did put in a new processor (Or clocked it right).
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They specifically said that it was 2x as fast an iphone 3g with 3.0 installed when they were showing their comparison graphs, so as to give fairest comparison, thus things like JS are maybe 4-5x as fast as on 2.2 with 3gs, so it is pretty clearly a different processor, just upping to 600mhz would not be enough for that.

it is almost certainly an a8, probably at 600mhz.

And whilst they all run the same OS, they don't all get installed from the same file, so they each have customisation for their specific hardware.
 
beamer8912 said:
Can anyone quote that who has access to the developers site?
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Quoting from the latest OpenGL ES doc on the OpenGL ES developer page
The PowerVR SGX is the graphics processor in Apple’s newest iPhones and is
designed for OpenGL ES 2.0. The graphics driver for the PowerVR SGX also
implements OpenGL ES 1.1 by efficiently implementing the fixed-function
pipeline using shaders. More information about PowerVR technologies can be
found in the PowerVR Technology Overview. Detailed information about the
PowerVR SGX can be found in the POWERVR SGX OpenGL ES 2.0 Application
Development Recommendations.
 
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