Apple’s next iPhone to utilize dual-core A5 chip?

By on Mar 10, 2011 at 7:38 AM
mobile March 10, 2011

Users and developers alike have been combing through iOS 4.3 since it’s release yesterday, and their efforts have produced a few interesting tidbits of information. After dismantling both software packages, tinkerers have discovered Apple’s naming convention for the iPad 2 — iPad 2,1 (K93AP) is the Wi-Fi model, iPad 2,2 (K94AP) is the GSM model, and iPad 2,3 (K95AP) is the CDMA model. All models are listed as having the S5L8940 processor, more commonly known as the A5. Here is the interesting bit: additional text snippets found in the iOS 4.3 and Xcode 4 bundles reference the next iPhone by its codename, N94AP. They also list it as having the same S5L8940, dual-core, A5 processor as the iPad 2. It isn’t really a surprise that Apple would use the A5 in both the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 — since it uses the A4 in the iPad and iPhone 4 — but it is nice to have some evidence to backup those assumptions.

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  • Anonymous

    OMG! More iPhone news? You would think these things are actually popular? If DROID is now the number one platform how come they aren’t as popular? Also what does the iPhone or iPad need dual core chips for? They can’t even multitask.

    • John

      sigh…at least get the platform name right. Android is not the same thing as ‘Droid’. Droid is just a line of phones

    • http://twitter.com/sexyNYCgirl7 tiffany

      LOLOLOLOL thanks for the morning laugh!!!

      • Anonymous

        god, you’re hot!

      • Anonymous

        need attention much?

    • Jsmith5549

      I really don’t understand why people say the iPhone can’t multi task. It just does it differently. Apps are open in the background and paused to conserve battery life. All music apps still continue to work so honestly what else do you need.

      This is just a hater. People take these things way to serious.

      • Justquan2

        True. I had to “lock down” my evo to conserve battery and had to jailbreak my iphone to actually use all that extra battery…. Kinda funny.

      • Luvqnx

        there’s a difference between task pausing and multitasking. Having music play in the background isn’t multitasking. Having 3 games, 3 open GL rendering videos, and spreadsheets etc all open at once and RUNNING on a playbook is multitasking.

      • Phil Anthro P

        And your battery would last how long?? Who in the heck plays 3 games at the same time. As a programmer (assembler, machine, C, C++ etc.) it is clear that the iPhone DOES multitask. Even the earlier ones did. As a simple example, maintaing a phone call while you surf or go into contacts or other apps. makes it clear that the iPhone has been and does multitask. Where Apple has succeeded is finding that magical balance between multitasking and not killing the battery in less than 1/2 a day, like some other phones do..

    • Gtprina

      You are comparing 2 different things, Einstein. That’s the equivalent of comparing Windows to Dell….

    • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

      beta.

  • Anonymous

    Now that some nice power… too bad the phone will be locked down like usual…

    • Phil Anthro P

      Whiny hater.. Yes Apple is discouraging stealing software and hacking into other peoples phones and networks.. That is why Google will be seeing any of their phones in business, they are TOO hackable..

      • Anonymous

        Learn to read you stupid troll. I said nothing about stealing software or hacking peoples networks. It was a simple comment how they lock their phones to a network and don’t sell them outright in the US.

  • Anonymous

    This was predictable. The A4 showed up in iPad 1 then iPhone 4. A5 is in iPad 2 so I would expect it in the iPhone 5.

    I really don’t know that dual core is necessary yet in any phone due to software limitations but I guess that really depends on what iOS 5 and Android 2.x bring in terms of dual core optimization

  • Anonymous

    Is this really speculative news? I would consider this to be obvious.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Rife/665329365 Ryan Rife

    Wow I figured they would just come up with a new chip design, use it for one product for about a year and throw it away. /sarcasm

  • http://twitter.com/belogical2 Be Logical

    yeah, this isn’t really news BGR. doesn’t this go without saying?

    • Bringit

      Yeah – everybody knows everything about everything always. Everything. Why does this site even exist?

  • Bobdonhim

    Whether it has dual-core or not, the iOS isnt designed to utilize dual-core right now. That’s like running XP on a PC with 8gig of RAM…XP only supports a max of 3gig. Of course this will appease all the spec geeks that don’t know a thing about the underlying OS.

    • Anonymous

      and what exactly do you know about the iOS the iphone 5 will be running?

      • Phil Anthro P

        Bobdonhim!! For crap sake, the iPhone IS running OS X!!!!! Since it is based in Linux it can scale up to 1000 cores.. but that would be silly for a smartphone..

  • KCRic

    Umm, didn’t you put up almost the exact same story yesterday? Processor is still huge no matter how many ways you type. Hmm, a dual core using the 40nm process and no active cooling. They already catch sh!t on fire now, suppose this will be even worse. Hope you like caramelized apples.

    • Phil Anthro P

      KCRic! That is horse$hit. No phone on fire. You are just a hater..

  • http://twitter.com/jayabharath Jayabharath Goluguri

    It would be quite stupid to assume it wont have a dual core A5 chip i.e, I see no point in actually writing a post on it .. ;)

  • Anonymous

    And? So what? Android phones are quad core already. By the summer they will 16 core, all while keeping the same battery performance.

    • Luvqnx

      and still not utilizing any of the cores properly…hahahah

  • Luvqnx

    who cares when the OS won’t properly utilize it.

    GIVE ME QNX PLEASE!!!

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