6 Suppliers Most Likely To Be Found Inside Apple's iPhone 6

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Apple Inc.'s AAPL newest smartphone is right around the corner, so it's only a matter of time before a teardown reveals the full list of components.

Investors may not have to wait to find out whose components are inside the iPhone 6, however. There are enough clues to get a hint -- if not a clear picture -- of which firms are helping apple.

Read on to see which companies are most likely to be on board.

Related Link: iPhone 6 Pre-Order Record Points To 'Several Years' Of Ongoing Growth

1. Qualcomm, Inc. QCOM

Qualcomm, a company that has built technology for almost every smartphone, is likely to be an iPhone 6 supplier.

Rumors claim that the company's MDM9625 (a Category 4 LTE modem) is on the new handset's logic board. The modem reportedly supports speeds of up to 150 Mbps -- a 50 percent improvement over the iPhone 5S.

2. NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI

NXP Semiconductors appears to be supplying the NFC chip found within the iPhone 6.

3. ARM ARMH

ARM is a licensing royalty company, not a chipmaker, but the company's architectures can be found in most mobile devices -- including the iPhone 5S. It appears that ARM will be back for the iPhone 6.

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4. Sony Corp SNE

Sony supplied the rear-facing camera for the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5S. The Japanese tech giant is expected to be the supplier behind the iPhone 6's rear camera as well.

5. OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OVTI

OmniVision could lose its contract with Apple in 2015. For now, the company may continue supplying sensors for the iPhone 6's front-facing camera.

6. RF Micro Devices, Inc. RFMD

RF Micro Devices, another long-time Apple supplier, is poised to return for the iPhone 6.

Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this report.

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