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Intel Confirms Larger iPhone (Mini Tablet)?

Posted May 14, 2008 at 3:53pm by iClarified · 8713 views
According to ZDNet.de, Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that Apple would be using the Intel Atom processor in a future version of the iPhone.

As part of an Intel event for the 40th birthday of the semiconductor company at Munich’s BMW World, Germany managing director Hannes Schwaderer confirmed today what has long been a rumor on the Internet: namely, that there is an iPhone with Intel’s new Atom chip. The device is slightly larger than the current version, Schwaderer said. That is not, however, because of the Intel chip, but because of the larger display used in the new iPhone.

This report sounds very much like the rumors of a mini-tablet device that might feature a resolution of 720x480. Rumors have suggested this device might even be announced at WWDC08.

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