Over 85 million iPhones are to be sold this year. Production of Apple
products is increasing every year. Many manufacturers are involved in
making an iPhone. There are over 30 companies on 3 continents making
iPhone possible.
Foxconn is a long time partner to Apple. Some of the manufacturers
of component are Simplo Technologies, Dynapack International Technology
, which are batteries makers. TPK Holding and Wintek make touch panel
modules and Catcher makes chassis. Largan Precision makes webcams for
Apple, but could also become a principal supplier of 8MP camera lens
modules. OmniVision and Sony are supplying Apple with 8MP CMOS image
sensors. US-based Intel makes the processors. Korea’s Samsung makes the
video processor IC. Baseband IC are made by Infineon Technology. Sharp
and Sanyo Epson make 3.5 inch displays. Touch sensitive modules to make
the glass screen a touch screen are supplied by Chinese Balda AG. Balda
AG also provides Apple with scratch resistant glass.
UK’s Cambridge Silicon Radio supplies Apple with iPhone’s Bluetooth
module. Marvell designs the WiFi chips and Broadcom is famous for their
networking chips. Broadcom also makes interface chips that interprets
the movement of your fingers on the multitouch screen. Most chips are
designed in Europe, but for obvious reasons made in Asia. TSMC and UMC
are both Taiwanese chip makers. Chips are planted onto printed circuit
boards supplied by Taiwan’s Unimicron Technology Corp. Quanta is
another supplier rumored to be involved with Apple, but we’re not sure
how. SkyWorks as the designer of the mobile radio amplifier. Samsung as
the manufacturer of the main NAND flash chips. Video processor chip are
made by Samsung. Display Driver chips are made by National Semi, and
Novatek. Battery Charger is made in Taiwan by Delta Electronics. Timing
Crystal is done by TXC. Among other manufacturers are Cheng Uei, and
Entery making connector and cables and Cyntec making Passive components.
All components are shipped to one place to be assembled. The company
that was responsible for doing this was thought to be Foxconn, but
recently, according to Reuters, Foxconn’s CEO claimed that these
reports were incorrect.
Apple iPhone 5 Features, Release Date and Price...
As the iPhone 5 is on the verge of being released,
and with all the speculations spreading on the Internet, people are
anticipating and desperately waiting for the announcement of the Apple
iPhone 5 release date, which is now expected to happen in Summer 2012.
Many fans and current Apple iPhone consumers are wondering what
groundbreaking features Apple will add to the new iPhone 5.
UPDATE: The most recent rumors indicate that the
iPhone 5 will have a 4+ inch display, possibly made by Korean giant LG.
However rumors of a teardrop-shaped device have been shelved after a
Foxconn employee in China revealed that samples so far are symmetrical
in thickness. (Foxconn is the company that currently manufactures the
iPhone 4S and iPad 2 for Apple.) The same source reveals that neither
of the samples have the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S forms, and that neither
of the devices seen so far are the final versions. This employee has
however failed to indicate any concrete features that are set to appear
in this next generation of iPhone.
This article summarizes the various features and specifications that are expected to sport the device.
iPhone 5 Features
Although Apple does not reveal the exact specifications and features
until the device is officially unveiled, we could dictate some of the
main features that are expected. However, rumor of the new iPhone 5 features, in terms of both hardware and software upgrades, will definitely entice any smartphone buyer.
The upcoming phone is expected to sport the Apple’s latest and
greatest A5 processor chip, iCloud service, higher-resolution camera,
and a 4+ inch screen size. Here are some of the most anticipated iPhone 5 features:
iOS 5
Apple announced iOS 5.0 and its features during the WWDC 2011
keynote address on June 6, 2011. The user interface is based on the
concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. It is
expected to come with more than 200 new features that will include
improved Notification System, News Stand and iMessage.
iMessage is an application that is developed to compete with
Blackberry Messenger. The app will allow iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad
users to communicate (much like a chat service) with each other. The
iMessage feature has been integrated into the SMS/MMS application used
originally on the iPhone models.
iCloud
The iPhone5 is expected to have the iCloud service.
Apple’s iPhone 5 is expected to feature the new iCloud service for wireless remote access of music from all computers and mobile devices.
The iPhone5 will automatically sync with the iCloud which will allow
users to store photos, apps, calendars and documents without having
them to store in the phone’s memory. Apple is also looking to tie up
with top music label companies to license songs for the iCloud service.
However, rumors state that Apple might release a low-cost “iCloud
iPhone” alongside the iPhone 5. It could be named the “iPhone Mini”
“The iPhone Mini (or iPhone Nano,
or whatever) could have significantly less storage than a typical
iPhone. Most likely 8 gigabytes of storage – the same as the lowest end
iPhones right now. Apple won’t prevent users from storing their own
content, because that would be crazy. But since it has a small amount
of memory, Apple will likely push the ability to stream media via
MobileMe as well.”
A5 Processor to power the iPhone5
iPhone 5 will house the A5 as the main processor, which technically is
the same chip that currently powers the iPad 2. The A5 contains a
dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU with NEON SIMD accelerator and a dual core
PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU, which means that the iPhone5 can do twice the
work at once. The processor speed will be somewhere between 1.2 to 1.5
GHz, with probably a 1GB RAM.
The processor upgrade is done not just to increase the processing
speed of the phone, but also to compete with the newly launched Samsung
Galaxy S II.
The A5 chip might effectively increase the power use, however, it is
said that the chip has “got a dynamic power management”, which can
lower the [speed] depending on the workload, and thus efficiently make
use of the power.
iPhone 5 to Sport a Better Camera
The iPhone 4 sports a 5 megapixel camera, so I’m expecting that the
iPhone 5 will have a rear-facing 8MP dual-LED flash camera. However,
this isn’t really “awesome”, since most of the high-end Android
smartphones come with an 8MP camera. Along with that, the iPhone 5 is
expected to have a front-facing camera for video chatting.
According
to sources, Apple has filed several patent applications relating to 3D
picture capturing to the US Patent and Trademark Office later in March.
This indicates that the iPhone 5 might feature a 3D camera. The filing
indicates that the device will be capable of capturing, processing and
rendering 3D images with dual-camera hardware.
Another interesting feature is that the iPhone 5 will be capable of
taking pictures in Panorama. It will work similarly to the ’360
Panorama’ application in the App Store. It will let you take pictures
in a sequence as you move the camera from one side to another, which in
the end will effortlessly stitch the images together to create a
panorama.
Additionally, if Apple really wants to keep up with the
competition to Android, then it might consider improving upon the video
resolution to a full 1080p HD recording. Currently iPhone 4 has a 720p
video capture at 30 frames per second.
Display and Resolution
There hasn’t been a better screen resolution since the release of
the iPhone 4. Currently the iPhone 4 has a 3.5 inches screen size, and
sources indicate that Apple might stay locked with the current size.
But a few other sources (including a recent rumor from a Foxconn
employee in China) say that Apple is planning to increase the screen
size to 4+ inch with higher screen resolution.
However, the iPhone 5 could be slightly wider and thinner. The
dimensions are calculated to be: 4.33″ x 2.36″ and .27″ thickness at
the top and .21″ at the bottom, whereas the dimensions of iPhone 4 are:
4.5″ x 2.31″ x .37″
Other
iPhone5 Features
Here are some
of the other features that we can expect from the iPhone 5:
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