What do you get when you teardown an iPod touch? Research firm iSuppli recently did just that, discovering that the touch "is more than an iPhone without a phone."
iSuppli found as it took apart the iPod touch that "sports a distinct design and unique advancements compared to the iPhone." The 8GB version was examined, with the firm finding the portable media player is an iPhone minus several things such as cell phone ability and Bluetooth. From here is was estimated that "the iPod touch and iPhone designs have a 90 percent commonality in terms of components."
It is at this point though iSuppli finds more distinctions between the two, feeling the iPod touch is optimized for form factor and cost requirements. It cites that to cut space usage, for example, the touch uses some advanced packaging for its components not seen in the iPhone." It notes also how the touch design is high in memory density with its 16GB of NAND flash memory compared to the iPhone’s 8GB.
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