Comments on: Intel Germany executive reportedly confirms Atom-based iPhone

Report from CNET sister site claims that an Intel executive from its German operation has confirmed that Apple plans to introduce an iPhone featuring the Atom processor.

[AppleSuxLeo]

When the battery explodes...it will forever be known as the Atom Bomb !

[AppleSuxLeo]

Oh...And First !

[ReasonableGuy]

"uses the reference design for a mobile Internet device that Intel created" -- NOT A CHANCE -- Apple does not use ANYONE ELSE'S DESIGN-- for Anything. Never has, never will. If you don't believe me, take a look at any of the mother boards in any Mac and try to find an equivalent PC motherboard. (You can do this with some reasonable Google searching.)

It may use an Atom processor, or not. I have my doubts because the source apparently indicated the new iPhone would use the Intel reference design. Being wrong on that makes me doubt the accuracy of the Atom info too.

[xylouris]

"I sent an e-mail to the author of the report hoping to get an official English translation". Not official, but still better than the Google translation:

As part of an Intel-Event for the 40th Birthday of the semiconductor company which took place in the BMW-World in Munich, Germany's managing director Hannes Schwaderer today confirms what has long been circulating as a rumor on the Internet: namely, that there will be an iPhone with Intel's new Atom chip. The device would be slightly larger than the current model, according to Schwaderer. This is not because of the Intel chip, but of the larger display used in the new iPhone.

This confirms the rumors that have been published since mid-April by switch-to-a-Mac. Apparently Jobs is expected to announce the new iPhone with a display resolution of 720 by 480 pixels during the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), which Apple organizes from June 9 to 13 in San Francisco.

However, iPhone models with the current design will also still be available. The launch of devices that support UMTS is imminent, since the current model without UMTS is already sold out in many countries and can no longer be ordered. More information about the new iPhone devices can be found in the article "UMTS, GPS and Exchange: This is how the iPhone 2.0 looks".