New Mini Dock Connector To Be Micro USB Sized?

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French blog NowhereElse.fr has continued its string of interest part leaks with another look at the upcoming miniature dock connector cable. These leaked shots seem to be of a very final looking piece of hardware — though one oddly surrounded by advertising for the Chinese brand Meizu. … [Read more...]

Apple Cuts Back On iPhone Chips From Samsung

While the relationship between Samsung Mobile and Apple is decidedly a bad one, the division of Samsung that manufacturers electronic components and Apple seem to get along well — but that relationship may be on the rocks. According to both Reuters, Korea Economic Daily, and Bloomberg, the orders … [Read more...]

Apple Tried To Grab Sole Rights To TSMC’s Smartphone Chips

According to a report on Bloomberg, both Apple and Qualcomm attempted at various points to get exclusive rights to chips manufactured by  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). TSMC is a major component manufacturer, who supplies chips to Qualcomm, Broadcom Corp., Nvidia Corp, and many … [Read more...]

New iPhone and iPhone 4S Parts Compared In Video

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We've seen a downpour of part leaks for the upcoming new iPhone, to the point where we're feeling kind of burned out on the whole thing (btw, here's the logic board, if you care). Part of the problem is that it's hard to know what makes these new parts different from the old ones. After all, very … [Read more...]

What Does It Take To Get A New iPhone Component Hands-On?

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The buildup to the release of the heavily anticipated new iPhone has been accompanied by more component leaks than we've ever seen before. Frankly, there are almost no parts of the "iPhone 5" that haven't been leaked out via one channel or another. But short of stealing one of these parts from a … [Read more...]

Is This The First iPad Mini Part Leak?

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The last 24 hours have seen the iPad Mini go from heavily discussed rumor to just about certainty.  There was a flurry of information about what the device is rumored to look like (and this render shows it nicely), and now we have what looks to be the first part leak. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this … [Read more...]

Today’s New iPhone Leaks Is A Motherboard

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What, you didn't think we'd let you get away with a new week without another internal piece of the new iPhone leaking, did you? As spotted by 9to5, today's leak comes from WeiPhone, and is reputed to be a prototype logic board for the new iPhone … [Read more...]

Apple Working With Samsung On $7.8 Billion Display Deal

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Apple continues to sell a plethora of iOS devices. With rumors of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, iPhone nano and even iPad 3, it doesn't appear as if Cupertino is going to slow down anytime soon. With an ever expanding product line, Apple is taking no chances with their supply of displays. According to All … [Read more...]

iPad Components Make Up $260 of $499 Cost

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A full teardown of the 16GB base model iPad by iSuppli show that the components make up just $259.60 of the $499 sticker price. The touchscreen panel comes in at the highest cost at $95, then flash storage at $29.50 (16GB), $59 (32GB) and $118 (64GB), and  $26.80 for the processor. The 32GB … [Read more...]