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Apple iPhone was a revolution in mobile phone industry. Like Apple's other products iPhone became popular from the moment it released.

Who is the master behind Apple iPhone? I asked. The answer was unanimous, "Apple". But I must say you were wrong. It was a global effort lead by Apple. More than 30 different companies and 10000 people are working from different locations in this world for Apple. Who they are? It includes companies like Intel, Samsung, Sharp, Sanyo Epson, Infineon and lot of unfamous companies What are they producing? The answer is simple, the entire parts of iPhone except the legendary software.

Have a look into Apple iPhone's hardware components.
Lets start from processor itself. The processor of iPhone is rebranded, but from the serial number it is evident that Samsung is behind it. Yes iPhone runs on Samsung S3C6400, a processor based on ARM1176JZF-S.

Processor - Samsung S3C6400
Mobile SDRAM - Samsung K4X1G163PC-DGC3
Serial Flash Memory - SST SST25VF040B
Display Interface - National Semiconductor LM2512AA
Touchscreen controller - Broadcom BCM5974
Audio Codec - Wolfson WM6180C
GPS - Infineon PMB2525
Battery Charger, USB Controller - Linear Technology LTC4088-2
Power management - NXP
Baseband Processor - Infineon 337S3394
NOR+Pseudo SRAM - Numonyx PF38F3050M0Y0CE
Power Amplifier - Triquint TQM616035 WCDMA/HSUPDA, Triquint TQM676031 WCDMA/HSUPDA, Triquint TQM666032 WCDMA/HSUPDA
UMTS Transceiver- Infineon
Power Amplifer Module - Skyworks SKY77340
SMARTi Power Management IC - Infineon SMP3i
Accelerometer - ST Microelectronics LIS331 DL
NAND Flash Chip - Toshiba TH58NVG6D1DTG80
TFT/LCD Screen - Sanyo Epson, Sharp, TMD
Touch screen overlay - Balda
WiFi - Marvell
CMOS chip - Micron
Case, Mechanical parts - Catcher, Foxconn Tech
Camera lens - Largan Precision
Camera module - Altus-Tech, Primax, Lite On
Timing Crystal - TXC
Passive components - Cyntec
Connector and cables - Cheng Uei, Entery
Video processor chip - Samsung
Assembly - Foxconn, Quanta