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iPhone 4S has 512 MB RAM, iFixit and Anandtech verify

by Steven Sande (Oct 13th, 2011)

It's official. We kept hearing that the iPhone 4S has "only" 512 MB of RAM, not the 1 GB that everyone was hoping for. But we wouldn't believe it until iFixit finished their teardown today. Their results are official -- the iPhone 4S contains 512 MB of RAM. How could they tell? The code on ...

3rd gen iPod touch teardown: 802.11n potential and room for a camera?

by Josh Carr (Sep 11th, 2009)

Just this morning, we linked to the results of iFixit's iPod nano teardown. Hours later, we have the opportunity to dive into their 32GB iPod touch teardown. There are definitely a few interesting tidbits about what Apple did and did not do with the iPod touch this time around... and possibly some ...

iFixit publishes iPhone 3G S teardown

by Christina Warren (Jun 19th, 2009)

Our screwdriver-happy pals over at iFixit have taken on the iPhone 3G S and the results do not disappoint! The iPhone 3G S doesn't just look like its predecessor externally, the internal physical design is also nearly identical. The location of the components on the main PCB has changed, but the ...