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Hardware iPhone News

British iOS device repair firm finds connection between third-party USB adapters and damage to iPhone 5 power management components

You know those nice, cheap third-party iPhone cables you can buy for dirt cheap at the check out line at the convenience store? They might be capable of damaging a power management component in the iPhone 5 handset. Per iOS device repair firm mendmyl, a series of damaged power management components in Apple’s iPhone 5 […]

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Hardware News Processors

Chipworks continues examination of A7 processor, finds new architecture, quad-core GPU

There’s some cool stuff going on with the iPhone 5s’ new A7 processor. Per an analysis published by Chipworks, the A7 contains assorted changes from the previous A6 processor, including the addition of a mysterious SRAM cell never seen in A-series silicon. Continuing its comprehensive investigation of the new A7 SoC, which on Tuesday confirmed […]

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Apple announces iPhone 5s, 5c handsets, sets release date for September 20th

The iPhone you’ve been hankering for has arrived. Per Macworld, Apple on Tuesday unveiled two new iPhones: the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. During the presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller pointed out that the iPhone’s A7 chip uses desktop-class architecture, with a modern instruction set and over a billion transistors—and it’s the […]

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Hardware iPad mini Rumor

Rumor: Retina Display iPad mini could arrive later this year with displays from Samsung, new back colors a possibility

At this point, it’s still a rumor. But it’s a sexy rumor. Per 9to5Mac and the Wall Street Journal, Apple is sourcing components from Samsung to produce a Retina Display version of the iPad mini later this year. Screens from Sharp and LG Display will also be used. Apple is apparently also considering multi-colored back […]

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Samsung reportedly ends flow of MacBook, iPad battery supplies

The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys continues. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer and China Business News, Apple has apparently turned to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery for its laptop and iPad battery needs after Samsung reportedly stopped supplying the components. If true, it underscores the ongoing tension between […]