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Friday, August 31, 2012

iPhone 5 with NFC chip

The sixth generation iPhone of Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), the iPhone5, is soon to be revealed. While iOS 6 didn’t seem to impress too many people and gave Android fans a chance to say they already have just about every noteworthy feature in iOS 6 on Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean, the iPhone 5 is widely expected to be different.

While the two biggest rumours surrounding the Apple Inc (AAPL)’s iPhone 5 are the larger screen and the new ten pin connector, rumours for the iPhone5 continue to grow. The latest rumour that’s been churned out is that the phone might have an NFC chip. The source of these rumours is obviously another leaked image with what appears to be a square metal disk. For those of you who don’t know what an NFC chip is, it is Near Field Communication chip that effectively turns your phone in to a wallet.

The rumours have been debunked so far since the purported images and said metal chip doesn’t look very comfy in that tight little spot. More specifically, the chip would need more room around the top and bottom which it just doesn’t have according to this one solitary image from Photobucket user meme_168.

Additionally, while the chip may or may not be an NFC chip, it is still missing a key component; the NFC antenna which is a thin, flat and rather large metallic inductor that works via magnetic fields. There is also some surrounding speculation that the many ‘leaked’ photos of the Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone5 that show a metallic backside might just be the NFC antenna needed for the device. NFC speculations are abound mostly because of the Passbook app that will debut in iOS 6 which might effectively turn the Apple Inc (AAPL)’s iPhone in to a wallet.