A4 microprocessor found lurking inside 4G iPhone

Well, look at that. The newest batch of leaked 4G iPhone photos includes crystal-clear* tear down shots, and one of them reveals what seems to be Apple's own A4 processor. Engadget notes that "339S0084," seen just below the Apple logo, identifies what we're looking at as the A4, according to Chipworks.

The A4 is the Apple-designed system-on-a-chip (SoC) that's manufactured by Samsung and currently used in the iPad. Nearly everyone who touches an iPad remarks on how snappy and responsive it is. Here's hoping that the next iPhone offers similar performance -- and prolonged battery life -- with this thing under the hood.

Engadget further points out that "APL0398" also appears on the chip that's inside the iPad. As for the other markings, well, we don't know what they indicate. We'll let you know if we find out.

*This one's blurry because I blew it up a bit to show the text on the chip.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/fourth-generation-iphone-…

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MDROL

What's the deal with "4G" iPhone??? I think this (marketing?) scheme is misleading. 4G is nowhere close to being implemented as far as I know- they need to fix the stability and availability of 3G first! 4.0 is more appropriate (though 4th Generation iPhone is really what it is).
I keep hearing people with the "4G" iPhone for Verizon is really coming.... such ignorance...4G (network) is no where close to being implemented. SICK OF IT!!
-Though I do want to go back to Verizon for their exemplary service-

May 13 2010 at 2:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joey

The battery life on that is probably going to be amazing.

May 12 2010 at 9:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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edddeduck

Battery life on the iPad is amazing due to the huge batteries as well as the low power CPU. The iPhone cannot have the huge batteries so something will have to give...

May 13 2010 at 5:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kracker

the batteries may not be as large, but it's not going to have as large of a screen to power, last time i checked.

May 13 2010 at 10:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

FreeRange

I'm sure it will work fine children...

May 12 2010 at 8:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

redcard

Let's be sensible, the next IPhone probably doesn't need more than 256MB, though 512 would be nice

May 12 2010 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

dagamer43

This year's iPhone was never going to have more RAM than the iPad. That makes no sense.