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Factbox - A look inside Apple's new iPhone 5S and 5C

Reuters

REUTERS - Apple Inc's(NSQ:AAPL) newest smartphone models hit stores on Friday in many countries across the world, including Australia and China. For the first time, Apple is selling a second smartphone dubbed the "5C" featuring a plastic back and bright colors. The pricier "5S" now comes in three new colors - gray, silver and gold.

Technology firm iFixit disassembled a gold-colored iPhone 5S and examined its parts and then took apart a 5C model.

Following are some of the key parts for the 5S model:

* Chips from Avago Technologies Ltd(NSQ:AVGO) and Skyworks Solutions Inc(NSQ:SWKS) are featured in the iPhone5S.

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* Companies supplying parts for the new phone also include South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc and radio-frequency chipmaker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc(NSQ:TQNT).

* Broadcom Corp's(NSQ:BRCM) BCM5976 chip is used for the touchscreen controller.

* Murata Manufacturing Co's 339S0205 (based on the Broadcom BCM4334) Wi-Fi module.

* Includes chips from Qualcomm Inc(NSQ:QCOM) (PM8018 RF power management IC) and Texas Instruments Inc(TXN.O).

* There appeared to be no discrete M7 motion co-processor chip, a new component that Apple said was part of the iPhone 5S when it unveiled the device last week. iFixit says the M7 might be "most likely a combination of motion-oriented components, and not an actual dedicated chip."

Following are some key points of the 5C model:

* The hardware design on the 5C appears more similar to the 5S than to the iPhone 5

* The 5C uses a Toshiba Corp 16 gigabyte flash memory chip

* Murata 339S0209 (based on the Broadcom BCM4334) Wi-Fi module.

* Qualcomm LTE radio chips.

* Elpida memory.

* Broadcom touchscreen controller.

* Chips from Skyworks, Avago and Triquint, similar to the 5S.

Information is from iFixit, a website offering parts and self-repair guides for Apple iPods and Macintosh computers. The company, which has conducted similar "tear downs" on other Apple products, posted step-by-step photos of the process on its website at: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+5s+Teardown/17383/1?singlePage

(Reporting By Richard Pullin and Poornima Gupta; Editing by Ian Geoghegan and Andre Grenon)