Teardown: Under the hood of the HTC Touch Pro 2
FCC filings showing the innards of the HTC Touch Pro 2 were recently made public. While the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series will probably reduce interest in Windows Mobile 6.x devices like the Touch Pro 2, it is interesting to take a closer look at the construction of the Touch Pro 2 and the chip choices made by HTC.
Qualcomm’s MSM7600 528 MHz processor is at the heart of the Touch Pro 2. While it’s no SnapDragon, the MSM7600 has some impressive capabilities, like the ability to render 4 million triangles per second and 532 million pixels per second.
You can also see a Broadcom BCM4325 WiFi/Bluetooth processor in the Touch Pro 2. This low-power chip has become popular in smartphones. The BCM4325 actually features an FM receiver and 802.11 a capabilities, but it appears that Qualcomm disabled these features for the Touch Pro 2.
The Touch Pro 2 uses a NAND Flash chip from Samsung for storage. This isn’t a surprise, since Samsung leads the NAND market in revenue market share.
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