http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/10/analyst-speculates-apple-planning-cheaper-iphone/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/10/analyst-speculates-apple-planning-cheaper-iphone/#comment-407494 apple tear down Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:06:43 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/10/analyst-speculates-apple-planning-cheaper-iphone/#comment-407494 The iPhone tear down shows the exact same Apple branded Samsung chip in the iPhone is also in the same chip already in theNano. The other tranceiver chips are small, but there is no way it can pack all into a Nano size device (maybe next week tho)... So, the question is "what goes?" Here's your choices: Wifi receiver chip, Bluetooth receiver chip or Broadcomm mystery chip (does anyone know what it does specifically?) or any combination thereof. And, one more thing... The last chip, I think from Intel, has to stay onboard --as it powers the phone stuff. And, in the words of a wise mobile man--"it's a phone first, stupid." The iPhone tear down shows the exact same Apple branded Samsung chip in the iPhone is also in the same chip already in theNano. The other tranceiver chips are small, but there is no way it can pack all into a Nano size device (maybe next week tho)… So, the question is “what goes?” Here’s your choices: Wifi receiver chip, Bluetooth receiver chip or Broadcomm mystery chip (does anyone know what it does specifically?) or any combination thereof. And, one more thing… The last chip, I think from Intel, has to stay onboard –as it powers the phone stuff. And, in the words of a wise mobile man–”it’s a phone first, stupid.”

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