9to5mac claims apple internally testing new iphone hardware based on variant of a5x system-on-a-chip used in new ipad, company disguising hardware in existing iphone 4/4s bodies in order keep potential plans new form factor secret.with a5x having been designed quad-core graphics in order drive retina display of new ipad, variant being used in iphone prototype emphasize other performance gains coming s5l8945x application processor included in package. new ipad, prototype iphone 5 reportedly includes 1 gb of ram, 512 mb found in iphone 4s. according report, test iphone 5 hardware carries code name of n96.
report cites evidence of "ipod5,1" reference in ios 5.1 code suggesting apple working on hardware update ipod touch. device left untouched in last october's update, addition of white models being primary physical change lineup ipod touch retained a4 chip iphone 4s received upgrade a5.
article link: apple testing a5x variant in iphone prototype disguised in iphone 4/4s body?
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