Trivia time! What’s one of the things iPhone 4S and iPad 2 have in common? Samsung’s A5 chip! After rumors earlier swirled that Apple might be looking into a new provider for their iOS chips, it looks like Samsung is still their choice for the A6 and A7:

Per Macrumors: “”Apple has been in talks with Samsung over shipment of its A6 quad-core mobile processor (AP) chips to be used in the next iPhone. It appears that Apple clearly has concluded that Samsung remains a critical business partner,” an executive from an Apple parts supplier based in Korea said on condition of anonymity. ”

Apple’s other choice would be TSMC but it’s hit some production issues as of late. It’s very understandable why Apple would want to be safe on their choice. iPhone 4S was delayed this year, and may or may not have affected the device’s sales.

iPad 3 is due sometime in the first quarter of 2012. If TSMC isn’t ready by the end of this year, expect iFixIt.com to pop open an iPad 3 with a Samsung chip inside it.