Apple is testing an iPhone with a variant of A5X

According to reports on 9to5Mac, Apple is testing a prototype of a new iPhone on the external design of the iPhone 4/4S to prevent leaks.

This prototype processor mounted A5X variant already present in the new iPad and suppose that will have less power to extend the autonomy of the device as possible. It makes little sense to put the A5X on an iPhone when that processor is born only to move the new iPad Retinal Display with ease.

As with the new iPhone, this iPhone prototype has 1GB of RAM versus the 512 MB ​​iPhone 4/4S. This is a test model labeled under the name of N96 that has been created to see how it behaves this processor on an iPhone so it does not mean the end mass produced.

In regard to the iPod Touch, it seems that Apple is also working on the fifth generation model (iPod 5.1) as shown by a build of IOS 5.1. We do not know if this new iPod Touch will inherit the current A5 4S riding the iPhone or if Apple will wait to introduce this variant of A5X.

Source: 9to5Mac

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