Mark Papermaster has left Apple after a year and a half stint that involved work on the new iPhone 4. Papermaster was Apple's Senior VP of Devices Hardware Engineering.
The New York Times reports no comment from Papermaster, and quotes Apple as saying that Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Macintosh Hardware Engineering, is taking his place.
There is a good deal of speculation that the change was due to all the controversy over the iPhone antenna design, but no one except senior Apple executives and Papermaster himself know for sure. Some media reports have quoted Apple insiders as saying the iPhone antenna design was done b