iPhone 3GS BOM: $178.96; $4 More than For the iPhone 3G

Author: Chris

24 Jun

In case you were wondering about the bill of materials for the iPhone 3GS then we have the answer for that too. iSuppli has estimated that the new iPhone costs only $178.96 which is only about $4 more than what the iPhone 3G costs to make. And that’s only about $8 more than the Pre’s BOM.

Considering that Apple has upgraded some of the internal components and that the company has already sold more than 1 million units of the new phone already I’d say that Apple is going to profit yet again from its latest creation.

The iPhone 3GS has inside a Broadcom single-chip Bluetooth/FM/WLAN deives and a Dialog chip which replace the previous the Marvell Technology Group WLAN chip and the Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Integrated Circuit and the NXP Semiconducters respectively. Now that we’ve cleared the air around the 3G feature of the iPhone 3GS we can move right ahead to that digital compass. All that is possible thanks to STMicroelectronics’ accelerometer and AKM Semiconductor’s electronic compass. That new chip is provided by Infineon, and the PMB8878 baseband chip should get the job done. As for the 3G power amplifier module supplier that’s still coming from TriQuint. The storage solution comes from Toshiba’s 16GB Multilevel-Cell NAND flash while Samsung supplied the applications processor supplier clocked at 600MHz which is better than the previous 400MHz ARM RISC processor used in the 3G phone.

Now that you know what’s inside, are you even more tempted to buy a 3GS phone?

via Press

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Apple Planning to Make its Own Chips

Author: Brian

2 May

In a move that will really allow them to expand possibilities and features for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, Apple is reportedly set to manufacture its own microchips, a strategy shift that the company hopes will create exclusive features for its gadgets and shield Apple’s work from rivals.

The iPhone now uses chips from a variety of suppliers including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Broadcom Corp, Marvell Technology Inc, CSR Plc and Infineon Technologies AG, analysts say. If Apple succeeds in coming up with its own chip, it could potentially dislodge at least one of these companies from the iPhone, while sending notice of its intent to take an even bigger role in the creation of its products.

Apple could use the internally developed chips to sharply reduce the power consumption of its hit iPhone and iPod touch devices, and possibly add graphics circuitry to help its hardware play realistic game software and high-definition videos.

(Source) UB News