Apple has flatly refused to tell any one just what chips lie within the iPhone 3G S. If truth be told,
Windows 7 Enterprise, despite the fact that Apple insists that the “s” in 3G S stands for speed,
Windows 7 Starter, it could equally well stand for secrecy. But T-Mobile in the Netherlands apparently didn’t get the memo, and has gone ahead and posted the hardware specs on the product page for the new models.
The relevant numbers are 256MB RAM for the OS, double that of the 128MB in the original iPhone,
Office Professional 2010, and a 600MHz processor,
Windows 7 Key, up from the pedestrian 412MHz of the first two models. The added RAM alone probably makes a huge difference — if you have ever added memory to a Mac you’ll know how much OS X loves it some extra gigs to play around in. And that processor neatly leapfrogs the second-gen iPod Touch’s 532MHz. It also shuts up just about anyone comparing the iPhone to the Palm Pre,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, which has the exact same number of megahertz: 600.
Of course, this never really mattered — as soon as the iPhone goes on sale it will be torn apart like a gazelle being set upon by hunger-crazed lions and the innards cast across the floor for all to see. We wonder just how long the T-Mobile site will keep this information up.
Product page [T-Mobile]