Posted on Sunday, August 08 2010 @ 20:39 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
FT
reports Mark Papermaster, Apple's senior vice president of devices hardware engineering, is leaving the company. The reasons for Papermaster's departure aren't known, but the news has provoked speculation that the move may be related to the iPhone 4's antenna problems.
In a statement given to the New York Times on Saturday, an Apple spokesman, Steve Dowling, said Mr Papermaster “is leaving the company and Bob Mansfield, senior vice-president of Macintosh hardware engineering, is assuming his responsibilities.”
Coming so soon after the launch of Apple’s latest iPhone model, the news of Mr Papermaster’s departure has inevitably provoked speculation that his move is related to the iPhone 4’s much-discussed connectivity problems.
