New iPod Touch taken apart - Bluetooth Chip found - Possible Stereo Headsets and A2DP

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 by Aaron Besson
Category: iPod Touch News.

iFixit’s team wastes no time in getting their hands on the latest shiny Apple gadgets and taking them apart, and I like that. This time they got their hands on the new Chromatic-Orange iPod Nano and the shiny new iPod Touch.

They made taking apart the new iPod Touch look too easy and found some tricks under the hood - like a bluetooth antenna and possible microphone input wiring. Here are a few screen shots, but make sure to check out their site for the full tear down - iFixit.

	As expected, the form has been updated to match the iPhone 3G’s shapely curves. Note that the antenna cover is also transformed. It was a rectangle on the 1st Gen Touch.
	There are no screws securing the LCD. Instead, it’s held in place with a little double-sided tape.
	Removing the metal backing. The battery is held to the backing with two strips of light adhesive, but peels off easily.
	The other side of the wireless circuitry, battery, and logic board. At the top of the picture above the battery is a metal cover. Underneath the cover is a Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth chip. Yes, that’s right, Bluetooth! Apple has said nothing of this publicly. This particular bluetooth chipset supports BT2.1+EDR. No word yet on whether the one Apple included supports A2DP, which would enable stereo headphones. Part numbers: BCM4325GKWBG CD0825 B76332 P40 SF
	The logic board. We think the brown rectangle in the center is the speaker. It looks like the two wires in the orange ribbon cable on the right of it run to the new volume control dial.