iOS 6 beta said to show specs of next-gen iPhone testbed

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A beta release of iOS 6 has revealed some details of Apple's testing for the next-generation iPhone, according to a source for 9to5Mac. iOS 6 is currently said to be running Darwin Kernel 13.0.0, one version ahead of OS X Mountain Lion. The XNU build is also a later 21xx, as compared to Mountain Lion's 2050.5.8. Significantly, though, the code also mentions a processor, "DEVELOPMENT_ARM_S5L8950X."The string is a reference to a Samsung chip, an upgrade from the S5L8940X on the previous iPhone and the S5L8945X on the third-generation iPad. Although Apple uses customized ARM designs in the form of the A-series, they are manufactured by Samsung at a plant in Austin, Texas. The new iPhone's processor is reportedly known at Apple as the "A5-

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