iPhone 3G S gets taken apart, CPU and RAM revealed

11 June, 2009
Apple were quite keen on emphasizing that the new iPhone 3G S was twice as quick as the original iPhone 3G the other day, but they never mentioned the actual specs of the chipset. Luckily details are starting to appear...

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  • Hardeep Singh
  • 2@e
  • 12 Jun 2009

Symbian Enthusiasts have been asking for it for a long time and Nokia has been telling them they’re out of their minds. Apple just proved that enthusiasts know what they’re talking about. It’s sad Nokia hasn’t realized it as yet.
600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU and a PowerVR SGX graphics accelerator in a device like ipoo, the world is going upside down.

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    • Mac
    • kNI
    • 12 Jun 2009

    Bold still faster? as i know its like 642 or sometihng lol apple sucks all the way, they maybe make good stuff but wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over priced for the hardware, i mean seriously it costs 1000$ to get 8gb ram on a stupid macbook pro and it costs less than 500$ to have 8gb on HP

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      • Anonymous
      • Rrt
      • 12 Jun 2009

      Anonymous, 12 Jun 2009The Iphone was put along side with most of the phone that I... moreWouldn't you mention the most talked about phone even thought how garbage it is due by hype and marketing

      Hell yes you would

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        • Anonymous
        • PU0
        • 12 Jun 2009

        The Iphone was put along side with most of the phone that I saw being reviewed as a benchmark. Just take a look at the photos in most of the phones review that you can find on the net. If Iphone is not the BEST phone out there? Then why is it being used to be compare against? -Peace

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          • Anonymous
          • nvx
          • 12 Jun 2009

          it use the same samsung CPU that is also on the Omnia HD.


          iPhone 3G(s)ucks

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            • Jazzy
            • m5n
            • 12 Jun 2009

            TomTom is coming out for it. I doubt if it will have voice navigation out of the box.

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              • mm
              • b6a
              • 12 Jun 2009

              One thing is still not clear(even two): does it´s GPS has voice guided software support? WHICH ONE? Does it alreaddy has Office sw? If not, it would be clear that this is just a not big hardware upgrade, thus it still is just for kids. Don´t get me wrong, iphone IS a nice phone but not for businees or grown-up people

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                • namez bond
                • xx}
                • 12 Jun 2009

                so, they juz upgraded the specs on the latest manufactured "3G"s no? :S

                thts not a new phn...thts juz like bringin out a product wth a "new and improved" tag on it! -_-

                n the funny thing is these ppl r actually fallin for it...they cant wait to get ths...wonder y :S

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vxj
                  • 12 Jun 2009

                  Anonymous, 12 Jun 2009Today im going to use my iphone as a web cam lets see you t... morereally you can use it as a webcam??? wow...lolz...to bad its already been done by the n95 few years back hahahaha...dont get me wrong i like the UI of the iphone. ill just reserve my opinion when it comes out.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 011
                    • 12 Jun 2009

                    its funny to see people saying how great this phone is. It is the apps that makes this phone stand out from others. The hard work of developers.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 44s
                      • 12 Jun 2009

                      Today im going to use my iphone as a web cam lets see you try that sony ericsson or nokia or samsung shall i keep going my point is proven nothing is faster more seamless and practical as well as unique as an iphone

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                        • Dani
                        • nF0
                        • 12 Jun 2009

                        therock, 11 Jun 2009the iphone is nothing but an eye candy. n-series for me.... moreI invented that 'supermaN95' ;)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3LX
                          • 12 Jun 2009

                          Here and There, 11 Jun 2009The US iPhone 3G-S is scheduled for a Jun.19 2009 arrival (... moreim not buying an aeroplane...better go for the OMNIA HD...its worth that kind of cash...not a 3.2mpx no video calling device with bluetooth ftp..

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                            • P%nm
                            • vaa
                            • 11 Jun 2009

                            Steve Jobs, 11 Jun 2009Wow, Apple is for open standards now?? They use proprietary... moreYes, open standards html5, h264, Webkit, 12,000,000 DRM free songs etc.

                            Web developers do not have to pay Adobe to make iPhone compatible sites.

                            An iPhone just needs a link to the video file and renders it on the graphics chip, flash runs on top of other running processes on the main CPU, nice use of resources...

                            ...NOT!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vab
                              • 11 Jun 2009

                              mei mei, 11 Jun 2009Apps WILL get better performance on the 3gs if they are wri... moreUsing the iPhone SDK it's just a matter of ticking a box and both are compiled.

                              Just like PC games play differently on different systems.

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                                • mei mei
                                • 0Zq
                                • 11 Jun 2009

                                Apps WILL get better performance on the 3gs if they are written for the 3g with OpenGL ES 1.1 . It's just that the OpenGL ES 2.0 apps won't work on the 3g. What this means, is that there will be games for the 3gs only.

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                                  • X-Man
                                  • NHW
                                  • 11 Jun 2009

                                  Anonymous, 11 Jun 2009if they put a higher screen resolution (vga for f.ex) it wo... moreHonestly, this phone works seemlesly.i have an SE x1i which has lots of features but it hangs and at times slow.iphone3g or 3gs on the other hand might have less features than the other phones i had but it works and i would not think twice if i can get my hands on it. it doesn't help to have a fully featured phone if it only works half the time the way it is supposed to. i will never buy a winmo phone again but would rather buy one running symbian or macOS.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nFN
                                    • 11 Jun 2009

                                    the iphone 3gs price is a rip off in the U.K.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nQL
                                      • 11 Jun 2009

                                      if they put a higher screen resolution (vga for f.ex) it would have been much better, as most of TS phones from nokia, samsung and S/E are getting that or higher,,,

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • kgS
                                        • 11 Jun 2009

                                        therock, 11 Jun 2009kobe and lebron are in the same league as mj, therefore mj ... morei like that