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According to rumourmongers, this allegedly leaked iPhone part supposedly shows a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna that would work with iOS 6′s passbook to turn your iPhone into a digital wallet. But is it really?
According to Anandtech’s Brian Klug and Anand Lal Shimpi, it’s not:
Given the primarily metal backside of the new iPhone, it’s highly unlikely that NFC is in the cards for this generation. In fact, given the very little space at top and bottom dedicated to those glass RF windows, you can almost entirely rule it out.
In addition to that, NFC antennas are big, thin flat inductors that work through a magnetic field. This is not it.
So what is this “heavily shielded mystery chip”? We don’t have a clue. Brian and Anand think is a touch and display controller combo.
If it’s real and the part is finally there in the new iPhone, we will know what the hell it does in about three weeks. [Anandtech]
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Looks like a big heat sink for the camera.
Its the secret tracking device that transmits you position and personal information to apple. But i’ve got no idea what the metal square on it is.
I think the camera will have added functionality, and that it will have a separate processor.
Maybe it just sits there till the camera is in place?
Maybe all these leaks are fakes like all the other iPhone leaks in the past?
Some serious barrel-scraping going on in the pursuit of Apple “mysteries”…
Why not ask Samsung
Well played sir!
Never mind that, what is the red rectangle at the bottom?
Never mind that, where’s the screen?
Whats going on here!
I’d like some taquitos!
Sound’s awesome! I’d like some Taquitos, TAQUITOS. what a word.
Rolls off your tongue and into your heart!
I can’t decide on anything without the pictures!
Phandroid answer: It’s to control the iSheep
Apple Fanboy: It’s the magic factory !
Reality: We don’t really know
“Reality: We really don’t care”
I fixed it for you.
Some people may care…. I’m not one of them but some do..
Well there’s no need to be reasonable, this is the internet!
Sorry, completely forgot where I was then.. Your right of course.. nobody cares
This is the internet.. FUCK! haha, come get me now!
Photoshop……….
It’s obviously just a blank space – every gadget has one somewhere, they usually state “for future use” on them. Being a prototype, it’s missing that text. And being Apple, it will be known as a magical iBlank, capable of anything you could possible wish…..
Seriously, though, I don’t give a cack……
It’s a special vacuumed sealed container that contains a single ash flake of Steve Jobs.
That would be epic!