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Chinese Huawei’s P9 is a “new dog with old iPhone tricks,” beating Apple ( AAPL ) to the smooth-backed punch, but including the usual chip suspects — Broadcom ( AVGO ), NXP Semiconductors ( NXPI ), Skyworks Solutions ( SWKS ) and Texas Instruments ( TXN ). But the iFixit teardown of the P9 smartphone did little for Broadcom stock was down a fraction in late-afternoon trading Friday, while NXP and Skyworks were both up a fraction. Texas Instruments stock, however, was up 1% on the stock market today . The Huawei P9 looks familiar , iFixit wrote, wondering, “just how far did Huawei go to imitate, and perhaps surpass, the iPhone?” IFixit notes the Huawei P9 camera is embedded within the body — as opposed to the bump in the iPhone 6S. Apple suppliers fill the inside of the Huawei P9, but their functions can vary from the iPhone 6S. Samsung supplies both — but it has a flash-memory chip inside the P9 as opposed to a RAM (random access memory) offering within the 6S, says iFixit. Huawei tapped SK Hynix for its RAM. Apple used Toshiba for its 6S flash memory. Texas Instruments supplied a fast-charging chip for the Huawei P9 vs. a power-management chip for the Apple 6S. And Huawei’s audio codec by HiSilicon is mirrored by Cirrus Logic ‘s ( CRUS ) chip inside the Apple flagship. Broadcom provides two chips for Huawei as opposed to a single chip for Apple. NXP, a single chip for the P9 and two chips for the 6S. The Huawei phone has three Skyworks chips vs. two Skyworks power amplifiers within the iPhone 6S. Huawei’s and Apple’s flagship phones both scored a 7 out of 10 on iFixit’s scale of repairability. Scalper1 News
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