“Apple’s ARM-based A4 processor, the CPU that powers the iPad, will also power the next iPhone,” Tony Smith reports for Register Hardware.
“Some bright spark in Vietnam managed to get hold of a prototype of the upcoming handset and not only took snaps of the machine from all angles, but [disassembled the unit],” Smith reports. “The phone’s circuit board clearly shows an Apple be-logo’d chip marked with the model number 339S0084. As Engadget notes, that’s the same set of alphanumerics that appear on the iPad’s A4 processor.”
Direct link via YouTube here.
Smith reports, “The photos of the phone itself show a device almost identical to the one that got blog Gizmondo [sic] into so much trouble last month. It’s a less curvy model than the iPhone 3G/3GS and sports a front-facing camera for video chats.”
Full article, with photos, here.
MacDailyNews Take: So, it was Apple engineer Giang Phan’s birthday and, along with some friends, he hit the Special Belgian Beer Bar to celebrate. Well, one thing led to another and…
We can’t wait to see how Steve Jobs handles the “unveiling” of Apple’s next-gen iPhone.
Did he go out partying again and lose the phone?
Left in a bar in Hanoi!!
If it’s the same chip as in the iPad, that guarantees a certain level of snappiness.
Oh yes, I went there.
I’ll have credit card in hand awaiting for the new phone 😀
I hope that means the battery life will be like the iPad’s – as amazing as that device is, it’s battery life may be the most amazing thing about it!
The just one more thing will be is that if you rub this new iPhone it will get bigger and become the same size of an iPad, then when you stop it will shrink back to an iPhone.
Me likes new design. Gooderst + class!
If the rear panel is some sort of ceramic, maybe Apple will offer color options beyond black and white? Please?
What’s with the fingernails?
They don’t have Koreans in Vietnam…..?
A4 = Speed and loooooooooong Battery life
Front Camera = Portable Video Conferencing
iPhone OS4= Multitasking and ssssssso much more
…and one more thing :
Dude hasn’t been seen since he lost the phone. Prolly chillin’ with Jimmy Hoffa I’d guess…
No Pho for you!
Rubbing the phone… that’s crazy talk.
It will use the pinch gesture to morph from iPhone to iPad and back.
I’m disappointed. Either…
1) Apple is getting lax in their ability to control the flow of information. What might that say about their quality?
Or 2) Apple is behind the leaks and is manipulating/deceiving the press and public.
Either way, I actually look forward to the buzz and speculation leading up to the reveal, but now that’s been ruined for me.
“We can’t wait to see how Steve Jobs handles the “unveiling” of Apple’s next-gen iPhone.”
Steve will bring iPhone production back to the US where he can maintain secrecy. Of course, all beer gardens will need to be nixed!
– C2
@ TowerTone:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Funniest. Post. Ever.
At the WWDC, Steve Jobs will wave his hand across the ethers, erasing the memory banks of audience and blog followers. Next he’ll introduce the new 4G phone to the ooh’s and ahh’s of all watching.
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Azurite:
Or: your limited brain is not capable of imagining any one of a million other possible scenarios…
Hate the new look! Tapered design is much sexier than this brick.
@Troy
Better get used to it because everyone’s phones are going to look the same within a year.
Unfortunately the likely choice was to either employ a squarer form factor or a larger phone overall simply because of the extra internals. Shame but probably necessary.
Apple never leaves anything to chance. I suspect two alternate explanations might exist for these prototypes showing up.
1) They are fakes planted by Apple to throw off the competitors, press, and everyone else.
2) Apple is using the free media coverage offered by these discoveries to make consumers aware of the cool features in the next iPhone, thereby freezing sales of other, so-called smartphones.
Either way, the festivities are fun to watch.
Anyone wonder why there is a fixed image on the screen???
Why does the phone not respond to any inputs on the screen or when he hits the Home button???
May be a good copy of the lost phone but is not a real phone???
Aren’t the Bee Gees the Vietnamese version of a RickRoll?
What does he have up on the screen? Why is the phone not responding to any of the touches on the screen? I say fake until I see one running the iPhone OS