iPhone 5 and iPad 2's secret weapon could be Qualcomm's Gobi chip
Could the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 let you mix and match operators according to your location, making them true world-roaming devices? That's what we're wondering after finding out that the new Verizon iPhone 4 includes Qualcomm's MDM6600 Gobi chip.
Why? Let us explain. Apple is famously unwilling to cough up too much information on which chips are inside its devices, meaning the only way to find out is to rip them apart. 9 to 5 Mac and iFixyouri have done just that for the new iPhone 4 model, revealing the Gobi chip.
The news made us think back to Qualcomm's press briefings when Gobi was first announced a few years ago, as an "embedded mobile wireless solution" for laptops and netbooks.
