A chinese news paper has publicized the list with all the company’s that are making the separate iPhone 3G components. There aren’t much supprises here, as most of the components we find in the new iPhone 3G have already been used in the current first gen iPhone. One interesting fact is that these company’s will see there revenues increased substantionaly as Apple is expecting to sell more then 27million units by the end of 2009.
Infineon will bet the supplier of the central processing unit, better known as the S-GOLD3. The GPS chip in the iPhone 3G will be made by Broadcom, the specific chipset is not yet known. The camera lenses will be by Largan Precision and Genius Electronics Optical. The Touch Panel made by Sharp. And the Assembly
Major component suppliers of 3G iPhone |
|
Component |
Supplier |
Handset chip |
Infineon Technologies |
Foundry |
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) |
IC packaging |
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) |
Camera lens |
Largan Precision, Genius Electronics Optical |
Camera module |
Altus Technology, Primax Electronics |
Case |
Foxconn Electronics, Foxconn Precision Components |
Panel |
Sharp (Japan) |
Quartz crystal unit |
TXC, NTK |
PCB |
Unimicron Technology, Nanya PCB, Compeq Manufacturing |
GPS chip |
Broadcom |
Assembly |
Foxconn Electronics |
\\ tags: 3g iPhone, Altus Technology, components, foxconn, Genius Electronics Optical, Infineon, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G GPS, Largan Precision, manufactorars, Primax Electronics, SPIL, UMC
June 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
GPS Chip – Broadcom is the most cache one… :neutral:
July 25th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
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Who is manufacturing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules for iPhones 3G??? Universal Scientific Industrial (USI)?????