Though we’ve already seen the iPhone 5 in all its naked guts and glory, we didn’t get any of the typical iFixit analysis and context of what’s going on in there. Well, until now. iFixit is currently tearing down the iPhone 5 and reporting their findings. What will they discover? More »
There might just be a 128GB memory option when it comes to upgrading to the Galaxy S4 next year or the S5 the year after, thanks to Samsung now mass producing 128GB memory chips for use in mobile devices. More »
Jony Ive and Tim Cook made a big hubbub about all the design that went into improving Apple’s famously terrible earbuds such that they might actually be usable. We might disagree about how much better they really are, but take a look inside the tiny EarPods, and you can help but squeeeeeee at their adorable guts. Here’ you’re looking at three generations of Apple earbuds in a single photo—the new EarPods are on the bottom. According to our friends at iFixit, the EarPods are so tightly assembled they had no choice but to resort to an X—Acto blade to rip them apart. [iFixit] More »
The DIY maniacs at iFixit got their hands on the new Kindle Fire HD, cracked it open and found out some neat new details about the beautiful new 7-inch tablet’s guts. More »
During the iPhone 5 announcement, Apple mentioned the new phone would have its own new chip, the A6. Specific specs were sparse then, but AnandTech did some sleuthing and found the custom chip packs 1GB of RAM, and 33% more peak memory bandwidth than the iPhone 4S, which it will need for its high-res screen. More »
Western Digital is planning to launch a range of helium-filled hard drives. Not to make them lighter or higher-pitched, though: with a density one-seventh that of air, the gas reduces internal drag, in turn boosting performance. More »
The dual and quad core processors used in modern smartphones make the devices extremely capable, but also run extremely hot. So to wrangle all that excess heat without adding too much bulk, Panasonic has managed to shrink its graphite heat shields to a mere 10μm (microns) thick. (Size comparison: A human red blood cell is 5μm across.) At one-one-hundred-thousandth of a meter, this shield is the world’s thinnest. More »
Today at the Intel Developer Forum, MasterCard joined the chipmaker onstage to talk about electronic payments. Beneath all the marketing speak and generic statements however was a wonderful revelation: the two companies are going to partner up and give merchants and laptop makers the necessary technology they need to act as credit card terminals. What this means for you, the online shopper, is that you no longer have to store your credit card info online (or enter that hellacious number every time). Instead, you just tap your card or phone to your computer and get on with your day. More »
Intel’s next-generation laptop chipset (Codename: Haswell) isn’t set to come out until next year, but when it does, AnandTech says the 3D-transistor-based hardware will offer twice the GPU performance as Ivy Bridge, and when idle, will consume 20x less power than Sandy Bridge. Excited yet? [AnandTech] More »
The display will play a central role in the marketing, appearance, and performance of the iPhone 5, which will be announced on Wednesday September 12. The iPhone 4 display is no longer state-of-the-art. While I don’t have any inside information about the iPhone 5 display, below are a series of Sherlock Holmes deductions based on existing information and trends from the iPhone 4 and the latest competing smartphone displays. The iPhone 5 will need to meet most of these goals in order to retain its number 1 ranking. These same display goals apply to any smartphone that wants to be a 1st tier smartphone. More »
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