MELBOURNE, Sept 20 — Apple Inc’s newest smartphone models hit stores today in many countries across the world, including Australia and China. For the first time, Apple is selling a second smartphone dubbed the “5C” featuring a plastic back and bright colours. The pricier “5S” now comes in three new colours — gray, silver and gold.
Technology firm iFixit disassembled a gold-coloured iPhone 5S and examined its parts and then took apart a 5C model.
Following are some of the key parts for the 5S model:
* Chips from Avago Technologies Ltd and Skyworks Solutions Inc are featured in the iPhone5S.
* Companies supplying parts for the new phone also include South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc and radio frequency chipmaker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.
* Broadcom Corp’s BCM5976 chip is used for the touchscreen controller.
* Murata Manufacturing Co’s 339S0205 (based on the Broadcom BCM4334) Wi-Fi module.
* Includes chips from Qualcomm Inc (PM8018 RF power management IC) and Texas Instruments Inc.
Following are some key points of the 5C model:
* The hardware design on the 5C appears more similar to the 5S than to the iPhone 5
* The 5C uses a Toshiba Corp 16 gigabyte flash memory chip
Information is from iFixit, a web site offering parts and self-repair guides for Apple iPods and Macintosh computers. The company, which has conducted similar “tear downs” on other Apple products, posted step-by-step photos of the process on its web site. — Reuters
