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"Apple's A5 chip, which powers the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the operation. \nUntil now, Apple has mainly relied on Korean and Chinese manufacturers that produced the chips for Apple's products on their soil. \nSamsung's new $3.6 billion plant in Austin is the size of nine football fields (1.6 million square feet), and it's almost solely dedicated to producing Apple chips. \nThe factory employs some 1,100 workers and it reached full productive capacity this month. \nThis is good news for the city of Austin, where Samsung already has a NAND flash memory factory. According to the Austin Chamber of Commerce, Samsung's factory is the largest foreign investment in Texas, worth about $9 billion. \nThe 45 nm Apple A5 chip runs on either 800 MHz or 1 GHz clock speed, and it's twice as powerful - according to Apple - as its predecessor, the A4. \nInterestingly enough, Samsung is producing chips for Apple, although the two companies still haven't resolved their patent war that has been raging on for months. \nBoth Samsung and Apple declined to comment on the deal. \n[via Reuters]\nBonus: A5-Sporting iPhone 4S Unboxing\n\n\nApple iPhone 4s: The Unboxing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4s Box Top\nHard to tell that there's anything different about this iPhone from the box alone.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple iPhone 4s Box Side View\nLook closely and you can see the shiny \"4S\" on the side of the box, which is the exact same dimensions as the old iPhone 4 box.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple iPhone 4S in The Box\nLift the lid and there's the iPhone 4S, looking just like it's iPhone 4 cousin. Apple has changed nothing about how it packages this product.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4s iCloud Sticker\nAh, what's this? The first indication that things are different here. The little iCloud logo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4s Box Back\nCan't find anything surprising or special on the back of the box. It does warn that some features require an Apple ID. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInside the iPhone 4S Box\nThe rest of the iPhone 4S gear sits underneath the phone. There's a power adapter, cable and headphones.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHolding the iPhone 4S\nThe phone feels like it weighs the same as my iPhone 4 from Verizon. This despite the fact that my phone has just 16 GB and the 4S has 64 GB of storage space.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S and Verizon iPhone 4 (bottom edges)\nDirect comparisons on the iPhone 4S (on the left) and the Verizon iPhone 4 on the  don't offer any clues to major differences. Same two screws. Same speaker. Same microphone.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S and Verizon iPhone 4 (side one)\nWhen Apple introduced the Verizon iPhone 4 (on the right), it moved the buttons ever-so slightly from their position on the AT&amp;T iPhone 4. It also changed the antenna bands around the phone. The iPhone 4S on the left has basically that same new design. This means all Verizon iPhone cases will fit the new 4S.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S and Verizon iPhone 4 (side two)\nHere's a look at the other side of the two phones. The iPhone 4S is on the left. Note the lack of a removable SIM card slot cover on the older iPhone 4 on the right. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4s and AT+T iPhone 4 (side)\nThis time we lined up the iPhone 4S (left) with an AT&amp;T iPhone 4. Note the differences in the toggle button and the antenna bands.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4s and AT+T iPhone 4 (backs)\nGood luck seeing any differences between the iPhone 4S on the left and the AT&amp;T iPhone 4 on the right.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo You Want to Use Siri\nI love that the iPhone 4S asked me if I even wanted to use the voice-recognition system. Yes. Yes I do.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niOS 5 Welcome Screen\nThis new iOS 5 welcome screen is pretty classy -- and brand new.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S Language Setup\nThe iPhone 4S defaulted to English.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S Location Activiation\nSome of Siri's best features work when it can recognize if you've entered or left a certain geographic area. So I activated this feature.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niPhone 4S Sign In\nAs the box noted, some features require an Apple ID sign-in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSiri's Answer to Who is Steve Jobs\nThis was probably the third question I asked Siri. It showed me this page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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