[estreeter]

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I thought they might identify some of the parts being used. 

 
Agree. Those photos are useless. 

 

[Jackcell]

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Agree. Those photos are useless. 

I apologize for that. Earlier, on the German Site that took those photos, they stuff written. But I cant read German and it won't translate. Furthermore, not it seems like the descriptions are no longer on there. 
 
My bad.

 

[dannytang]

iFixit has started their teardown:
 
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-5-Teardown/10525/1
 
It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure they'll be able to tell us what DAC is inside in the iPhone 5 soon enough!

 

[NinjaDuck]

The iPhone 5 looks pretty good, I'm waiting for the reviews to come in, and to find out if there are any hardware/software problems with the phone at all. I still don't know if I should give up my Galaxy Nexus for it though, I use Google maps too often to give it up for Apple's new map app that hasn't had very good feedback so far.

 

[YGuyG]

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iFixit has started their teardown:
 
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-5-Teardown/10525/1
 
It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure they'll be able to tell us what DAC is inside in the iPhone 5 soon enough!

Things are getting exciting. 

 

[dannytang]

iFixit has completed their teardown and are identifying the chips on the logicboard (step 15). At the moment they only have the DAC identified as "Apple 338S1117 audio CODEC". 

 

[Jackcell]

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iFixit has completed their teardown and are identifying the chips on the logicboard (step 15). At the moment they only have the DAC identified as "Apple 338S1117 audio CODEC". 

http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2012/09/20/2467/
 
Crying, I'm just crying.

 

[kessomatt]

http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2012/09/20/2467/

Crying, I'm just crying.

This is the same one as the 4s though right? Nothing to cry about too much if so.

 

[Jackcell]

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This is the same one as the 4s though right? Nothing to cry about too much if so.

I was just hoping for Wolfson. But hey, still keeping my hopes up for a solid digital out. 

 

[estreeter]

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I was just hoping for Wolfson. But hey, still keeping my hopes up for a solid digital out. 

 
@Jackcell, I hate to say it, but didn't I tell you so ?  

 

[NZtechfreak]

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I was just hoping for Wolfson. But hey, still keeping my hopes up for a solid digital out. 

 
Why hoping for a Wolfson? I haven't heard a single Wolfson'd cellphone with audio output as good as the 4S (and I've owned several). The Galaxy S with Voodoo Sound is a good match for it, but otherwise...

 

[kuroshi]

A lot of people prefer the smoother and warmer sound of the wolfson's used in the older ipod's (5.5 and below). I myself find my old nano to have better soundstage depth and is less fatiguing on my ears.
 

 

[kessomatt]

Why hoping for a Wolfson? I haven't heard a single Wolfson'd cellphone with audio output as good as the 4S (and I've owned several). The Galaxy S with Voodoo Sound is a good match for it, but otherwise...

I was thinking the same thing. My galaxy note 10.1 has the Wolfson(i think) and IMO the 4s sounds slightly better.

 

[YGuyG]

A lot of people prefer the smoother and warmer sound of the wolfson's used in the older ipod's (5.5 and below). I myself find my old nano to have better soundstage depth and is less fatiguing on my ears.

 

I'm going to buy a broken 30gb tomorrow and piece it together with the one I have here. Screw it. I regret trading my 60gb for something but I was like 13, I had no clue... I do hope for everyone else's sake that the iPhone 5 does have a line out and sounds better. My S3 sounds like crap. I should have fixed the broken screen on my iPhone 4 and kept it. At least I have my iPad but I'm not sure it's as good as my iPhone 4 was.

 

[olpne]

I read this yesterday, http://audioboost.net/2012/05/10/ipods-with-wolfson-or-cirrus-logic-audio-chip-which-one-is-better/  and thought it might help some that are confused because of lack of experimenting, etc.
 
Note: DAC chip details missing for iPod Touch 3G; 4G. Though, I think it's safe to assume they were Cirrus'.