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iPhone 3G S' processor and RAM leaked by T-Mobile

by Damian Koh
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(Credit: Wired's Gadget Lab)

We already know that apps on the iPhone 3G S will load twice as fast. Apple has made headway with the 3D graphics, while at the same time improving the battery life of the new iPhone. But nothing puts these claims into perspective better than hard numbers.

An over-zealous Webmaster at T-Mobile Netherlands may have gone click-happy recently by publishing specifications that Apple has closely guarded since the announcement of the 3G S. The information has since been pulled from the page, but we all know this: Nothing disappears off the Web without a trace.

As we can see from the screenshot, the 3G S packs a 600MHz processor (similar to the Palm Pre) and 256MB RAM. The earlier iPhone had a 412MHz processor and 128MB RAM. Twice the memory? That should speed things up a fair bit.

(Source: Crave Asia via Wired's Gadget Lab)

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by tekwiz4u June 12, 2009 10:26 AM PDT
ATT & T-mobile are basically the same company. No suprise there, other then t-mobile users getting an iPhone.
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by shamanskyh June 12, 2009 4:13 PM PDT
Uhhh... yes, but only if you live in the Netherlands.
by tipoo_ June 12, 2009 10:42 AM PDT
It just says the clock speed...As far as i know its not confirmed to use the Cortex yet.
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by shamanskyh June 12, 2009 4:13 PM PDT
Uhh.... Yes, but only if you're in the Netherlands.

"An over-zealous Webmaster at T-Mobile NETHERLANDS..."
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by DarkHawke June 13, 2009 2:21 AM PDT
Sooooo. Twice the RAM and processor speed comparable to the Pre. And there's no universal multi-tasking because of frakkin' WHAT?!? Damn Apple.
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by wazneeni June 13, 2009 1:27 PM PDT
Why does Apple think it's so important to protect that information anyway? What are they afraid of? Shouldn't they WANT to let people know how much power the iPhone has? That's why people buy one product over another, because it's faster, stronger, more powerful, etc.
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by pavakah June 15, 2009 9:48 PM PDT
I disagree in Apple's case. The iPhone has always sold itself on three things: stylish design, fantastic user interface, and its app store. If you're winning the popularity contest just by walking through the door, there's no need to start showing off your SAT scores... And aesthetics are a lot harder for other companies to compare themselves by, so why would Apple want to call attention to hardware specs, which are a much easier target for competitors to hit. No, Apple wants everyone to stay focused on the intangibles. That being said, they've kept their hardware at the head of the field, so that it's hard to see what real ******, if any, they have in their armor.
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