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iPhone Forensics
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iPhone Forensics

by Jonathan Zdziarski
September 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
140 pages
3h 31m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 2. Understanding the iPhone

Although different models of the iPhone vary, the following core components are commonly found in Apple’s first-generation iPhones:

Capability

Equipment

CPU

Samsung/ARM S5L8900B01 512 Mbit SRAM

EDGE

Infineon PMB8876 S-Gold 2 EDGE Baseband Processor

GSM

Infineon M1817A11 GSM RF Transceiver

Disk

Samsung 65-nm 8/16 GB (K9MCG08U5M), 4 GB (K9HBG08U1M) MLC NAND Flash

Amplifier

Skyworks SKY77340-13 Signal Amplifier

Wireless

Marvell 90-nm 88W8686

I/O Controller

Broadcom BCM5973A

Flash Memory

Intel PF38F1030W0YTQ2 (32 MB NOR + 16 MB SRAM)

Audio Processor

Wolfson WM8758

Bluetooth

CSR BlueCore 4

Touchscreen

Philips LPC2221/02992

The iPhone runs a mobile build of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), which has many similarities to its desktop counterpart. The primary differences include:

ARM architecture

The iPhone uses the ARM (advanced RISC machine) processor architecture, originally developed by ARM Ltd. In contrast, a majority of desktop machines use the Intel x86 architecture.

Hardware

Special hardware has been added to the iPhone to make it an effective and powerful mobile device. This includes various sensors, such as an accelerometer and proximity sensor, multi-touch capable screen to support gestures, and of course various radios including GSM, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

User interface frameworks

Apple has built a custom set of user interfaces around the iPhone to accommodate the proprietary hardware sensors and the use of multi-touch. While the desktop version of Leopard contains frameworks for ...

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