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iPhone 4S teardown confirms 512MB of RAM
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011
News Category: iPhone
iFixit is currently performing a teardown of the iPhone 4S, and while it isn’t yet finished, it has gotten far enough to reveal some noteworthy facts about the new handset. Most prominently, it has confirmed that the iPhone 4S features 512MB of RAM—the same amount as the iPhone 4 and iPad 2. It also features the linear oscillating vibrator found in the CDMA iPhone 4, which is said to be softer and quieter than the rotational electric motor found in the prior GSM model, and communications chips from Skyworks and Qualcomm, including the MDM6610 Gobi chipset, which is responsible for the handset’s communication with both GSM and CDMA networks. We will update this article if and when any further noteworthy discoveries are made.
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My wife has a linear oscillating vibrator, and that’s why we are divorced.
#rimshot
Posted by Todd Gack, Jr. on October 13, 2011 at 5:30 PM (PDT)