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  • iPhone 5′s A6 Chip Contains Samsung Made Processor And 1GB 1066MHz RAM

    After being shown off via Samsung’s latest ad campaigns and confirmed by AnandTech, the iPhone 5 indeed has 1GB of RAM. Being such hardware geniuses as they are AnandTech dug up Samsung’s product guide to find more information about the iPhone 5′s processor which is given the ID number: K3PE7E700F-XGC2.

    Apple thankfully didn’t obscure the details of its A6 slide at the launch event, which gave us a Samsung part number: K3PE7E700F-XGC2. Through crafty navigation of Samsung’s product guide, Brian Klug got us the details. The K3P tells us we’re looking at a dual-channel LPDDR2 package with 32-bit channels. The E7E7 gives us the density of each of the two DRAM die (512MB per die, 1GB total). The final two characters in the part number give us the cycle time/data rate, which in this case is 1066MHz.

    Performance wise the A6 chip has 33% more peak memory bandwidth as compared to the iPhone 4S but its still less than that of the iPad 3 which runs at a much higher resolution.

    iphone 5 memory bandwidth iPhone 5s A6 Chip Contains Samsung Made Processor And 1GB 1066MHz RAM

    We’ll just have to wait for further benchmarks to see how the iPhone 5 compares to other smartphones in the market.

  • iPhone and iPad mini sales stronger than expected

    The last few months have been quite busy for Apple. They released the next chapter in the iPhone story, the iPhone 5. And the much awaited iPad Mini was also released a month later. Both these products have gotten great reviews. Although there have been numerous issues with the iPhone 5, like camera and keyboard, the general demand has been great.

    According to Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley, iPhone and iPad mini sales are greater than previously expected. A few weeks ago an estimate was put at 46 million units for the number of iPhone 5 and 23 million iPads that will be sold by the end of the year. Katy Huberty believes Apple will surpass this number. She also went ahead and claimed that Apple will also beat March 2013 estimates of 43 million iPhones and 19 million iPads.

    It’s going to be an interesting Q4 2012. Initially Apple suffered with supply issues for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, but now that they have been resolved, they might actually be able to sell close to 50 million iPhone 5 by the end of this year. Suppliers also indicated that the iPhone 5 and iPad mini are expected to sell well in China. The competition however is quite tough this time around.

  • Like the iPhone 5, Nexus 4 also has purple tint issue in its camera

    There’s little denying the fact that the iPhone is perhaps the most popular smartphone in the last 5 years. It was after all called the Jesus phone in its first few years. The popularity however has its downfalls. Any issue, big or small, will be highlighted all over the web and scrutinised severely. One such issue was the purple tint issue with the camera on the new iPhone 5. Aiming the camera at a bright source of light caused the images to show a strong purple tint on them. It was so blown out of proportion that Apple issued an explanation regarding the purple tint issue.

    anand Like the iPhone 5, Nexus 4 also has purple tint issue in its camera

    Well now it seems as if the latest and greatest Nexus 4 from Google also exhibits the purple tint issue. The image above is taken from the review done by Anandtech. The strong purple tint is very visible.

    plus Like the iPhone 5, Nexus 4 also has purple tint issue in its camera

    The second image above also has the same tint. In both these images the result is due to the bright source of light.

    So are both Nexus 4 and iPhone 5 with faulty cameras? No. This is a limitation of all cameras, even expensive DSLRs. The purple tint issue doesn’t always rear its head, but it will eventually if you keep on taking pictures near bright sources of light.

  • iPhone 5 Jailbreak, Everything You Need To Know

    The iPhone 5 will be delivered to customers who pre-ordered the device this Friday i.e 21st of September. These include a small but intelligent bunch of hackers dedicated to unleashing our iPhone’s potentials through a process called Jailbreaking. These Jailbreakers will supposedly start work on the iPhone 5 Jailbreak as soon as they can but accomplishing their goal wont be that easy.

    iPhone 5 Jailbreak

    Two main teams have been responsible for recent jailbreaks namely the Chronic-Dev Team and iPhone Dev Teams. Although they haven’t official announced work on an iPhone 5 Jailbreak its obvious they’re planning stuff out under the radar. As we mentioned earlier the dev teams or anyone else for a matter of fact who plans on accomplishing an iPhone 5 Jailbreak, will have multiple challenges to overcome, lets discuss the two main problems below:

    iOS 6 Jailbreak

    iOS 6 will be release to the public in just a few hours although previous iOS 6 Beta release have been Jailbroken on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is yet to be Jailbroken on iOS 6. Jailbreaks for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S are much likely to arrive earlier than the iPhone 5 Jailbreak which comes with iOS 6 pre-installed.

    A6 Chip

    Apple’s brand new A6 chip is the company’s fastest one yet, offering double the performance of the iPhone 4S’ A5. The problem with a brand new processor and internals is that it adds more complexity to the Jailbreaking process. As each component is changed, the new one needs specific instructions which older Jailbreaks aren’t able to provide. The iPhone 4S’ Jailbreak was hard enough, many members of the Jailbreak community including posixninja, pod2g, nikias and planetbeing came together and created the Jailbreak “Dream Team” to tackle the problem. They succeeded but we’re not sure if they’ll come back for the iPhone 5 Jailbreak.

    Now we have no idea when and if the iPhone 5 Jailbreak will come out but we doubt that it will come out anytime in 2012. We’re already in the 9th month of the year and the iPhone 4S Jailbreak took 6 months to accomplish.

    For the time being all we can do is wait.

  • Moving Flash on the iPhone Will Help Reduce Red Eye

    The next iPhone (rumoured to be called iPhone 4s or iPhone 5) is reported to be arriving by this September. Our Friends at Pocket Now discovered that the cause of red eye in iPhone 4′s camera. Anyone who has used iPhone 4 for sometime must’ve captured some red eye pictures. They claim that the moving of the flash shall help reduce red eye if not totally finish it. A proper explanation has been given read it out after the break.

    The red eye is determined by the light coming back from the subject’s eye which is created by the angle created by flash and lens. The smaller the angle the more chance of a red eye. Check the picture below in the case you don’t completely understand.

    flash angle Moving Flash on the iPhone Will Help Reduce Red EyeLet’s hope that Apple has already reviewed this thing and plan to add it in the next one.

    Source: PocketNow

  • Apple Rumored To Use Curved Glass For The iPhone 5 | iPhone 4S

    Another iPhone rumor for you folks, looks like Apple might be planning to use curved glass in the iPhone 5/4S similar to the one used in the Samsung Nexus S and Dell Venue Pro. 

    Apple has reportedly purchase more than 200 glass cutting machines since the direct purchase of curved glass would highly increase capital costs. The machines are currently stored in Apple assembly plants and will be moved as soon the yeild for curved glass rises. Apple is currently in talks with suppliers regarding cover glass, glass cutting, lamination and touch sensors to improve yields.

    Source: DigiTimes

  • Apple now shipping 30 pin to Lightning adapters

    There’s a lot to love about the new iPhone 5. The slim and sleek design with the beautiful aluminium back, the larger Retina Display and the fast A6 chip. However one big change Apple made with iPhone 5 was the new Lightning connector. New connector means all accessories made for the iPhone that used the old 30 pin connector will no longer be compatible with the new iPhone 5, and that’s a lot of accessories.

    apple1 Apple now shipping 30 pin to Lightning adapters

     

    Fortunately for buyers of iPhone 5 Apple promised the availability of 30 pin to Lightning adaptors. Initially it was rumoured that these would be free of cost bundled with the iPhone 5. But free of cost has never been Apple’s thing and as a result the 30 pin to Lightning adapters were available for $29 on Apple’s website. Those who ordered are now receiving confirmation of shipping directly from Apple. That means they’re available for purchase and delivery as of now. The email above is from Apple in Australia but availability should be world wide.

    At this point it’s advisable to buy from Apple only as reports of 3rd party 30 pin to Lightning adapters not being compatible with the iPhone 5 have recently surfaced. The $30 adaptor with a short cable is also available for purchase and delivery.

  • Apple’s Lightning connector authentication chip is cracked

    The launch of iPhone 5 brought in many new features, but perhaps the one that has gotten the widest coverage is the new lightning connector. Apple shrunk the 30 pin connector to nearly one-fifth its size and effectively made more than a million accessories incompatible with iPhone 5. But they did promise to provide an adaptor, which is now shipping. There’s a catch though, for now the $30 adaptor from Apple was the only way to go because Apple included a Lightning connector authentication chip. This Lightning connector authentication chip ensured no 3rd party adaptors were possible. Until now.

    lightningdockhack Apples Lightning connector authentication chip is cracked

    Chinese hackers from iPhonemold.com have been able to crack whatever this Lightning connector authentication chip was protecting and as a result have been able to make a Lightning cable that does exactly what the official Apple cable does. They’ve gone one step further and made the cable illuminate when its connected. The iPhone 5 dock and Lightning cable for $19,90 each, or you can buy both as a package for $39.90.

    With the Lightning connector authentication chip cracked it opens doors for cheap third party vendors to provide cost effective solutions for those people who do not want to spend another $30 to use accessories that they could before for free.

     

     

     

  • Apple To Reveal New iPod Touch, Shuffle And Nano With The iPhone 5 Next Week?

    9to5Mac is reporting that Apple will be showing off new iPod devices along with the iPhone 5 at their September 12th media event. Apple will presumably be showing a tweaked iPod Shuffle, and new iPod Touch and iPod Nano devices.

    The iPod Shuffle will be available at around the $49 price point and will now come in 8 different colors upped from its current library of 5.

    The iPod Nano on the other hand has a brand new codename leading us to believe that it will be redesigned, there had been rumors of a taller iPod Nano so this might be it. The Nano will also come in 8 colors.

    ipod touch Apple To Reveal New iPod Touch, Shuffle And Nano With The iPhone 5 Next Week?

    Lastly the iPod Touch is rumors to get a small redesign, to include the new dock connector maybe? The new iPod Touch is said to be available for $299 and $399 although no information about the storage capacity were given.

    Next week is gonna be super exciting!

  • Leaked Images of Next-Gen iPhone Parts Confirm Relocated Flash?

    Boy, these iPhone 5 rumors just keep on comin’. This time around Apple pro has posted some supposed images of the the next gen iPhone parts, specifically the camera modules. The noticable difference is that the iPhone 5 rear camera module is lacking the flash and the component which blocks Camera/Flash interference. This seems to line up with the earlier rumor that the iPhone 5 will have a relocated flash, away from the camera unit on top-right of the rear.