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iPhone 5 circuit board pictured, A6 processor, LTE radio exposed

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iPhone 5 circuit board pictured, A6 processor, LTE radio exposed
We are only hours away from the official iPhone 5 announcement, and the excitement floating in the air can be cut with a butter knife. As usual, the rumor mill is spinning at full speed delivering an ongoing flurry of iPhone 5 leaks and speculations. Here is the latest one on the list: a photo of what is said to be the main circuit board of the iPhone 5.

Upon close examination, one can easily see the A6 chip right next to a slot that supposedly takes Nano-SIM cards. This evidence seems to confirm our guess that Apple won't be outfitting the iPhone 5 with an underclocked A5X processor and would rather go with an entirely new chip,which would provide adequate performance and power efficiency for the new iPhone.

iPhone 5 circuit board pictured, A6 processor, LTE radio exposed
How many CPU cores the chip has and what frequency they will run at remains unknown, but we will know those details sooner than later. Another interesting piece of silicon that can be spotted is a Qualcomm LTE radio, which confirms that the iPhone 5 is getting LTE connectivity.

That is about all that the alleged iPhone 5 logic board reveals, but in case you want to examine it yourself, feel free to do so. As usual, if you happen to spot a detail we've missed, let us know by dropping a comment!

source: HDblog (translated) via Apple Insider

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1. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:47 1 14

kick blackberry ass apple!!!

3. PapaSmurf posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:48 18 1

I rather choose BB10 over iOS _ any day sorry.

6. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:57 2 13

you just ruined my day :(

15. nicholassss posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:18 2

That line just made my day. I lol'd just a little.

9. CharlieAtInfinity posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:03 6

Same with me BB10 over iOS anyday!!

18. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:28 1 6

ios is far better than bb 10, bb 10 sux

19. TROLL posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:32 2 1

surely it does. a green from me. Android 2.3.3 is
way better.

26. medicci37 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:46

So you actually tried BB 10 ?

21. slaggyb posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:36

Well said papasmurf
Posted with my bold 9900

24. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:41 2 1

even android cupcake is still better than BB ! LOL

20. Droid_X_Doug posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:33

IDK. This is shaping up as a big yawn. Unless the A6 is a quad core beast that runs away and hides from the S4 Pro, the A6 is more like an incremental improvement over the A5 and A5X.

All that seems to be left for potential wow factor is the camera.

27. FiddyPence posted on 12 Sep 2012, 12:47

Apparently is dual core ARM A15 so pretty impressive imo.

28. remixfa posted on 12 Sep 2012, 13:18

who in the world said it was a dual core ARM A15?? lol. Its a rebranded Exynos 4412 just like the A5X chip. I'd bet money on it. A15's are not out yet. The only way they would have some is if samsung gave them first production of the Exynos5 dual chips and they rebranded and threw on their PowerVR GPUs (that's exactly what happened with the A4/Hummingbird chips). Thats not impossible, however it is improbable.

22. TROLL posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:37

Why does Apple need dual-core or Quad-core and A6 chips, its just an app launcher phone, ...?

29. IamYourFather6657 posted on 13 Sep 2012, 07:58

TROLL , when you play games or do heavy stuff you will see the difference .
Besides more apps will be button in the baackgrond because the app killer will be less aggressive because more ram available

2. PapaSmurf posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:47 16 1

So now that LTE is official, is anyone waiting for the iPhone 5 to be banned?

5. kartik4u98 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:55 12

I am waiting eagerly for Samsung atTaCK!!!

10. CharlieAtInfinity posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:03 10

yeah :D right here cant wait for that to happen :)

14. MartyK posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:18 6

Whoo hooo..Sue baby Sue!!...

4. The_Innovation posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:54

So, is it quad or dual?

11. Berzerk000 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:10

Rumor is dual 28nm architecture

12. remixfa posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:12

dual more than likely

7. redsox420 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 10:58 2

Enjoy your half Samsung half big fruity phones fantwinks!

Sammy is waiting to pounce. Big fruity just has American sheeple left for its fans. The world is going to laugh the iphoney out of existence.

8. Adithya7184 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:02 3

lawsuit....lol

13. remixfa posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:13

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasnt the A6 chip supposed to be based off the A15 Exynos5 dual chip??

16. hung2900 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:20

Or maybe power-saving Cortex A7 as the trade-off og bigger screen and LTE onboard?

25. remixfa posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:44

that would be a step in the wrong direction. They could have also just rebranded the A5X as the "A6" for the iphone so it looks like a new chip. We'll find out as soon as someone tears one apart.

17. y2kardell posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:25

LTE you say!!!! Here comes another lawsuit courtesy of Samsung.......go get em Sammy!!!!

23. jove39 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 11:39

will be surprised if A6 is first commercial chip built on A15 arch

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