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Title: News: iPad 3G teardown reveals new chips, antennas, more Post by: HCK on May 03, 2010, 03:00:09 pm News: iPad 3G teardown reveals new chips, antennas, more
iFixit has posted a full teardown of the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G, finding several noticable differences between it and its Wi-Fi-only counterpart. The 3G model uses an Infineon PMB 8878 X-Gold baseband chip, the same as found in the iPhone 3GS, as well as a Broadcom A-GPS which is found on the communicaitons board, partially explaining why the Wi-Fi only model lacks GPS functionality. Unsurprisingly, the 3G model houses new antenna assemblies for cellular… http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipad-3g-teardown-reveals-new-chips-antennas-more/ |