The energy loss during wireless energy transfer is pretty high if I remember correctly, and it is in no way like wifi. Anyone with a compatible receiving device could draw power from your "base station", because how can you password protect magnetic resonnance? There's already a ton of people stealing unprotected wifi networks, imagine if all wifi was unprotected. Have fun paying for the electricity to charge everyone's phone in your apt building.
You are totally right. However, I understand that magnetic resonance could allow a reasonable energy loss, and I'm sure that trough chip communication it could be possible to secure the energy supply by pairing the device with base station. Respect to your comment, I would say that the guy who let his wifi network unprotected, is as guilty as the one who steel the connection. If I leave a gas tank wide open in my garden, and you walk near it with a cigarette in a warm day, generating fire ignition, will you be the responsible of the fire, or will it be me for having my tank unsecure ?
Well, it might be not for that device generation, but you should agree that in the wifi / bluetooth / RFID century, travelling everywhere with a wired energy charger (and a lot of adapters in my case) is something of the past yet, and wireless electricity should be the correct technology for next years, much before getting batteries that last 1 month instead of 1 day.
Could apple be intending to use BT4.0 as the comms path to the terminal instead of NFC?
Absolutely! Apple seems poised to utilize Bluetooth 4.0 as their mobile payment solution rather than NFC:
Apple generates revenue from sales of hardware, in fact, hardware sales comprise approximately 92% of Apple net sales. Apple will almost certainly use their mobile payment solution as a means to generate more hardware sales rather than compete against competitors and merchants who want a percentage of sales. Thus, Bluetooth would integrate immediately with existing Apple products (many used by merchants using Apple products as a point-of-sale presence) while competitors scramble to compete.
Apple filed several patents apparently related to the new Passbook feature (the so-called "iTravel" and "iWallet" patents) beginning in 2008 which demonstrates that Apple has been considering this problem for an extended period of time and likely has a mature solution.
Apple included Bluetooth 4.0 in both the new iPad and iPhone 4S. Apple is known to test new features in small volumes or ship products with features deactivated until they are confident with the feature.
Despite comments to the contrary, Bluetooth 4.0 has more than sufficient features to a support mobile payment solution, including: Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) public key exchange (protects against passive eavesdropping) with numerical comparison (with 95 bits of entropy using the P192 elliptic curve using 16 decimal digit numbers (2(53) providing low probability of success) or passkey entry (with 6 digits) (protects against Man-in-the-Middle attacks). Furthermore, Bluetooth may use AES-CCM encryption. Fingerprint sensor authentication would provide strong two-factor authentication for Bluetooth Short Range Financial Transactions.
Interestingly, Apple made a bid for mobile and network security provider AuthenTec. Apple previously paid $20 million for the "right to acquire non-exclusive licenses and certain other rights with respect to hardware technology, software technology and patents of the Company" including "commercialization of 2D fingerprint sensors for use in or with Apple products," with an option to extend the licensing agreement perpetually for $115 million. Apple also spent $7.5 million for AuthenTec to "perform certain non-recurring engineering services."
Notably, no NFC component manufacturer has announced or speculated (in quarterly reports) about a large, new contract this year.
Despite numerous rumors regarding the iPhone 5, no mention of a marquee feature for the iPhone 5 has been made. A functional mobile payment solution would certainly be a marquee feature.
I agree. Almost every new phone these days has NFC, almost every day I read news about NFC alliances between banks and telecoms starting to deploy NFC in different countries. Apple is missing this train and I'm not gone stand waiting for them. When I bought my iPhone 4 two yeas ago I thought that I will buy every year the most advance mobile computer on the planet, the spearhead of technology, the device of the future! Instead it appears I bought a device from a company whose sole preoccupation is how to sell the phone at a price as high as they can and to upgrade it as little as they can, and trying to convince people that it is "magic". Now, I'm sorry that I have invested a lot in all kind of apps. But it's never too late to leave this boat! Lumia 920 will probably be my next phone if the iPhone 5 will be as "advanced" as it appears to be!
I have never seen anyone in the United States pay using NFC on their smartphone despite formerly living in Silicon Valley. A late-to-the-party but functional version of a mobile payment solution is much more likely from Apple. I have a considerable number of family and friends who reside near Tokyo, Japan and not one of them has ever used NFC on their phones (except for some train terminals). The rumors of NFC ubiquity in Japan are vastly overstated.
1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Scorpion with 1 GB RAM
Qualcomm Adreno 220
8 MP rear camera
216 ppi display
1.5 GHz dual-core Krait with 2 GB RAM
Qualcomm Adreno 225
8 MP rear camera
306 ppi display
The preceding specifications are for the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy S 3. The difference in specifications is barely noticeable other than the display which wasn't improved until nearly one year after Apple released the iPhone 4. This is the state of technology. There won't be any massive upgrades until manufacturers are ready to deploy ARM Cortex A-15 processors, PowerVR SEries 6 (Rogue) graphics processors, 802.11ac and LTE Advanced baseband processors.
Apple is almost certain to be one of the first to sell smartphones designed with the ARM Cortex A9 architecture using a 28nm or 32 nm process which will dramatically improve efficiency and performance.
Apple is almost certain to be one of the first to sell smartphones with the third generation Qualcomm MDM9615 baseband processor built using a 28 nm process which improves efficiency and performance.
Apple uses mature technologies once Apple has considered the actual real-world use of technologies and can leverage technology to provide an advantage not only for Apple but for Apple consumers.
NFC offers few, if any, real advantages to consumers at this time.
I dont know why people think the NFC chip is supposedly some massive piece of machinery. It's a small chip such as those made by NXP. The antenna for the NFC chip can be discretely hidden anywhere in the phone. But I would say the NFC issue is not what should be concerning.
The mystery component shouldn't be taken lightly. Consider that Apple rejigged the top section of the phone to fit this component in. They moved the headphone jack to the bottom, they shifted the front-camera to the top and moved the light and proximity sensors to exactly where this component is.
Something is there that is integral to the phone's new features, I'm sure of it!
I totally agree with Maon. There must be something new, different, with that part. And I insist, can't it has something to deal with battery charging ? Can you imagine how incredible would it be that your iphone get self-charged connecting to an energy network same way as a wi-fi network ? An Airport spot that would deliver internet as well as energy, just have to be in the range ?
I'm not a dreamer, nor writing in Star Wars forum, Fujitsu get this technology already developped, using magnetic resonnance.
Re-read what I wrote. I wrote "much larger". I readily concede that the RAZR M is larger--7mm taller and 2mm wider. I would GLADLY add the extra size to get 20mm in screen size.
I'm not nearly as concerned with 200,000 pixels (over a 7,441 sq/mm surface) as I am the _actual size_ of the display. The extra pixels don't do any good, if they're not displaying additional information. An extra row of icons or extra width of a web page when viewed in landscape mode doesn't really buy much, IMO. A screen larger on both axes would allow for a bigger keyboard and less scrolling when viewing web pages in landscape mode. Or possibly even a bigger font for those who don't see as well.
I could argue your point backwards. A larger display with the same resolution isn't displaying ANY additional information. The information displayed is just larger! You get no additional webpage/photo/video real estate on screen.
Higher resolution, on the other hand, does display more information. Yes it's smaller in size, but it's more information on the screen: more of a photo, more of a webpage, more of a video. But it's smaller, which makes pixelation less prominent and the image and text sharper.
And why are you even arguing about which axis to lengthen? The RAZR M, along with most other large-screened smart phones are 16:9, in other words TALLER than the current iPhone 4S with it's 3:2 ratio. The next gen iPhone is simply going to the same aspect ratio as the phone you're touting as better because it's "wider".
Your real issue is Apple isn't making the screen .3 inches larger with a worse resolution.
Re-read what I wrote. I wrote "much larger". I readily concede that the RAZR M is larger--7mm taller and 2mm wider. I would GLADLY add the extra size to get 20mm in screen size.
I'm not nearly as concerned with 200,000 pixels (over a 7,441 sq/mm surface) as I am the _actual size_ of the display. The extra pixels don't do any good, if they're not displaying additional information. An extra row of icons or extra width of a web page when viewed in landscape mode doesn't really buy much, IMO. A screen larger on both axes would allow for a bigger keyboard and less scrolling when viewing web pages in landscape mode. Or possibly even a bigger font for those who don't see as well.
This is erroneous. A larger screen doesn't display more information, a larger screen simply displays the same elements in a larger format.
There is a reason that digital mammograms are required to be diagnosed using 5 megapixel displays rather than 3 megapixel displays. A higher quality display simply demonstrates more anatomy (and potentially) pathology. I absolutely, positively don't want a physician reviewing my medical images (CT, MR, "x-rays" (radiographs) on a POS "PenTile" display.
I could argue your point backwards. A larger display with the same resolution isn't displaying ANY additional information. The information displayed is just larger! You get no additional webpage/photo/video real estate on screen.
Higher resolution, on the other hand, does display more information. Yes it's smaller in size, but it's more information on the screen: more of a photo, more of a webpage, more of a video. But it's smaller, which makes pixelation less prominent and the image and text sharper.
And why are you even arguing about which axis to lengthen? The RAZR M, along with most other large-screened smart phones are 16:9, in other words TALLER than the current iPhone 4S with it's 3:2 ratio. The next gen iPhone is simply going to the same aspect ratio as the phone you're touting as better because it's "wider".
Your real issue is Apple isn't making the screen .3 inches larger with a worse resolution.
Exactly. A larger display doesn't necessarily equate to improved quality. In fact, in this instance a larger display specifically equates to a lower quality display. I can't imagine why anyone would complain. Apple appears to be poised to offer a larger screen for which many have expressed a desire with the best consumer display technology available today.
Some of the wealthy chinese guys at school had freaky pimp pinky fingernails like that. It seriously grossed me out and I would try and bring it up in conversation with them and they would refuse to talk about it.
I agree. Almost every new phone these days has NFC, almost every day I read news about NFC alliances between banks and telecoms starting to deploy NFC in different countries. Apple is missing this train and I'm not gone stand waiting for them. When I bought my iPhone 4 two yeas ago I thought that I will buy every year the most advance mobile computer on the planet, the spearhead of technology, the device of the future! Instead it appears I bought a device from a company whose sole preoccupation is how to sell the phone at a price as high as they can and to upgrade it as little as they can, and trying to convince people that it is "magic". Now, I'm sorry that I have invested a lot in all kind of apps. But it's never too late to leave this boat! Lumia 920 will probably be my next phone if the iPhone 5 will be as "advanced" as it appears to be!
The horror of having inferior hardware in your pocket!
If Apple can deliver an alternative solution that drives business to provide mobile payment solutions via the Passport Wallet they are putting out in iOS6 then so be it. NFC in the US is over hyped and has not gained real traction. There are too many competing standards and everyone wants a cut from it. Something that would be consistent across all platforms and retailers is whats needed but US carriers and financial institutions won't play nice.
They do, check the Apple Store App.
You can walk into an Apple store, buy anything you want, all from your phone.
No RFID, no need to buy a new phone for this..
If RFID was hacked there would be a new generation of pickpockets walking through crowds, tapping into the chips.
Comparing the pictures of the AuthenTec sensors and the mystery iPhone 5 chip, we have an exact match. Not only do we find the two square chips matching, but also we have matching rectangular silver sensor parts with black printed scan code.
Scroll down half-way to see the picture of the Fujitsu Regza. In the center, you can see the AuthenTec sensor. It is the same shape and size of the square iPhone 5 mystery chip. To the right, you can see a related silver rectangular part. Compare this silver part with the silver part with the black print scanner code on it and you have an exact match. Zoom in on the silver part shown in the Regza picture and you can even make out that the same black ink scanner code of the silver part shown in the leaked iPhone 5 part is clearly printed.
The timing of Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec is no coincidence, if my theory holds true.
My opinion, though I admit it might be a long shot, is that the display will be 3D in some way. There are quite a few clues leading to this:
The invitation seems like a bento-box. The shadow may imply depth (an Apple patent does make reference to finger shadows in 3D displays). The caption "It's almost here" is kinda like saying "It's almost real".
The new maps app has 3D maps.
For a proper 3D display, the front-camera and proximity and light sensors are integral, thus the new component at the top.
I agree. Almost every new phone these days has NFC, almost every day I read news about NFC alliances between banks and telecoms starting to deploy NFC in different countries. Apple is missing this train and I'm not gone stand waiting for them. When I bought my iPhone 4 two yeas ago I thought that I will buy every year the most advance mobile computer on the planet, the spearhead of technology, the device of the future! Instead it appears I bought a device from a company whose sole preoccupation is how to sell the phone at a price as high as they can and to upgrade it as little as they can, and trying to convince people that it is "magic". Now, I'm sorry that I have invested a lot in all kind of apps. But it's never too late to leave this boat! Lumia 920 will probably be my next phone if the iPhone 5 will be as "advanced" as it appears to be!
Don't forget that much of the A5 real estate is still secret and unaccounted for. The use of these still-secret circuits could be anything, including NFC. The iPhone 5 may be centered on the next-gen A6 chip, which is likely to have even more real estate filled with mysterious secret unaccounted for circuitry. So, if the A5 doesn't already have NFC hardware secretly included (waiting for a future iOS version to unlock it), the A6 could very well have it.
Comparing the pictures of the AuthenTec sensors and the mystery iPhone 5 chip, we have an exact match. Not only do we find the two square chips matching, but also we have matching rectangular silver sensor parts with black printed scan code.
Scroll down half-way to see the picture of the Fujitsu Regza. In the center, you can see the AuthenTec sensor. It is the same shape and size of the square iPhone 5 mystery chip. To the right, you can see a related silver rectangular part. Compare this silver part with the silver part with the black print scanner code on it and you have an exact match. Zoom in on the silver part shown in the Regza picture and you can even make out that the same black ink scanner code of the silver part shown in the leaked iPhone 5 part is clearly printed.
The timing of Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec is no coincidence, if my theory holds true.
Don't forget that much of the A5 real estate is still secret and unaccounted for. The use of these still-secret circuits could be anything, including NFC. The iPhone 5 may be centered on the next-gen A6 chip, which is likely to have even more real estate filled with mysterious secret unaccounted for circuitry. So, if the A5 doesn't already have NFC hardware secretly included (waiting for a future iOS version to unlock it), the A6 could very well have it.
Is this new kind of trolling? People came to AI to make first posts claiming non-existing features (NFC, 3D) to raise our expectation and make us pissed off after release?
My opinion, though I admit it might be a long shot, is that the display will be 3D in some way. There are quite a few clues leading to this:
The invitation seems like a bento-box. The shadow may imply depth (an Apple patent does make reference to finger shadows in 3D displays). The caption "It's almost here" is kinda like saying "It's almost real".
The new maps app has 3D maps.
For a proper 3D display, the front-camera and proximity and light sensors are integral, thus the new component at the top.
I think your theory is a bit reaching. Apple *will* have 3D some day, but it won't have it in the iPhone 5. Since 3D is the eventual evolution, it is not out of the question to make small design changes steering in that direction. To have 3D, there must be two cameras side by side. The leaked parts do not show this.
Apple has filed some interesting patents in recent years for a 3D smartphone display, 3D camera technology that adds a new sensor to accurately record depth metadata, a 3D UI for iOS, and many others. In addition to 3D, Apple also filed patents relating to new technologies to be incorporated into the display, including transparent solar cells to make the screen less dependent on the unit's batteries for power and something called eInk Hybrid that optionally mimicks the Kindle screen on part or all of the iPhone screen. Both these technologies requires integration into the display as part of the design process. While the part for the display is likely being designed for the iPhone 5, I don't think these two technologies have been incorporated into it this time around. However, the mere fact that the display part will be introduced in totally redesigned and reengineered form, is telling by itself that Apple can make major design changes for major component parts on a whim whenever it wants to. Therefore, it is not a stretch that they will do this again and include more of its patented new features, including 3D.
Is this new kind of trolling? People came to AI to make first posts claiming non-existing features (NFC, 3D) to raise our expectation and make us pissed off after release?
I won't believe it will or will not happen until I hear it from Apple officially. The above is just mere speculation on my part, explaining why you shouldn't rule it out. I just find it odd that Apple would include a wallet-like feature in iOS 6 and not NFC. Also, they've been investing in NFC technologies and related companies over recent years, so NFC *is* coming... some day. Possibily not so soon, but why introduce a wallet-like app so soon ahead of NFC?
Is this new kind of trolling? People came to AI to make first posts claiming non-existing features (NFC, 3D) to raise our expectation and make us pissed off after release?
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Originally Posted by Ireland
I think you are not seeing how much more useful a taller screen will be.
I'm not seeing it either.
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Originally Posted by silverpraxis
The energy loss during wireless energy transfer is pretty high if I remember correctly, and it is in no way like wifi. Anyone with a compatible receiving device could draw power from your "base station", because how can you password protect magnetic resonnance? There's already a ton of people stealing unprotected wifi networks, imagine if all wifi was unprotected. Have fun paying for the electricity to charge everyone's phone in your apt building.
You are totally right. However, I understand that magnetic resonance could allow a reasonable energy loss, and I'm sure that trough chip communication it could be possible to secure the energy supply by pairing the device with base station. Respect to your comment, I would say that the guy who let his wifi network unprotected, is as guilty as the one who steel the connection. If I leave a gas tank wide open in my garden, and you walk near it with a cigarette in a warm day, generating fire ignition, will you be the responsible of the fire, or will it be me for having my tank unsecure ?
Well, it might be not for that device generation, but you should agree that in the wifi / bluetooth / RFID century, travelling everywhere with a wired energy charger (and a lot of adapters in my case) is something of the past yet, and wireless electricity should be the correct technology for next years, much before getting batteries that last 1 month instead of 1 day.
Absolutely! Apple seems poised to utilize Bluetooth 4.0 as their mobile payment solution rather than NFC:
I have never seen anyone in the United States pay using NFC on their smartphone despite formerly living in Silicon Valley. A late-to-the-party but functional version of a mobile payment solution is much more likely from Apple. I have a considerable number of family and friends who reside near Tokyo, Japan and not one of them has ever used NFC on their phones (except for some train terminals). The rumors of NFC ubiquity in Japan are vastly overstated.
1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Scorpion with 1 GB RAM
Qualcomm Adreno 220
8 MP rear camera
216 ppi display
1.5 GHz dual-core Krait with 2 GB RAM
Qualcomm Adreno 225
8 MP rear camera
306 ppi display
The preceding specifications are for the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy S 3. The difference in specifications is barely noticeable other than the display which wasn't improved until nearly one year after Apple released the iPhone 4. This is the state of technology. There won't be any massive upgrades until manufacturers are ready to deploy ARM Cortex A-15 processors, PowerVR SEries 6 (Rogue) graphics processors, 802.11ac and LTE Advanced baseband processors.
Apple is almost certain to be one of the first to sell smartphones designed with the ARM Cortex A9 architecture using a 28nm or 32 nm process which will dramatically improve efficiency and performance.
Apple is almost certain to be one of the first to sell smartphones with the third generation Qualcomm MDM9615 baseband processor built using a 28 nm process which improves efficiency and performance.
Apple uses mature technologies once Apple has considered the actual real-world use of technologies and can leverage technology to provide an advantage not only for Apple but for Apple consumers.
NFC offers few, if any, real advantages to consumers at this time.
AuthenTec AES 2750 "Smart Sensor"?
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Originally Posted by tylersdad
Re-read what I wrote. I wrote "much larger". I readily concede that the RAZR M is larger--7mm taller and 2mm wider. I would GLADLY add the extra size to get 20mm in screen size.
I'm not nearly as concerned with 200,000 pixels (over a 7,441 sq/mm surface) as I am the _actual size_ of the display. The extra pixels don't do any good, if they're not displaying additional information. An extra row of icons or extra width of a web page when viewed in landscape mode doesn't really buy much, IMO. A screen larger on both axes would allow for a bigger keyboard and less scrolling when viewing web pages in landscape mode. Or possibly even a bigger font for those who don't see as well.
I could argue your point backwards. A larger display with the same resolution isn't displaying ANY additional information. The information displayed is just larger! You get no additional webpage/photo/video real estate on screen.
Higher resolution, on the other hand, does display more information. Yes it's smaller in size, but it's more information on the screen: more of a photo, more of a webpage, more of a video. But it's smaller, which makes pixelation less prominent and the image and text sharper.
And why are you even arguing about which axis to lengthen? The RAZR M, along with most other large-screened smart phones are 16:9, in other words TALLER than the current iPhone 4S with it's 3:2 ratio. The next gen iPhone is simply going to the same aspect ratio as the phone you're touting as better because it's "wider".
Your real issue is Apple isn't making the screen .3 inches larger with a worse resolution.
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Originally Posted by LoloG
There must be something new, different, with that part.
"Spring Surprise" like in the Monty Python crunchy frog skit?
This is erroneous. A larger screen doesn't display more information, a larger screen simply displays the same elements in a larger format.
There is a reason that digital mammograms are required to be diagnosed using 5 megapixel displays rather than 3 megapixel displays. A higher quality display simply demonstrates more anatomy (and potentially) pathology. I absolutely, positively don't want a physician reviewing my medical images (CT, MR, "x-rays" (radiographs) on a POS "PenTile" display.
Exactly. A larger display doesn't necessarily equate to improved quality. In fact, in this instance a larger display specifically equates to a lower quality display. I can't imagine why anyone would complain. Apple appears to be poised to offer a larger screen for which many have expressed a desire with the best consumer display technology available today.
Some of the wealthy chinese guys at school had freaky pimp pinky fingernails like that. It seriously grossed me out and I would try and bring it up in conversation with them and they would refuse to talk about it.
Gagging on lulz.
The horror of having inferior hardware in your pocket!
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Originally Posted by RaptorOO7
If Apple can deliver an alternative solution that drives business to provide mobile payment solutions via the Passport Wallet they are putting out in iOS6 then so be it. NFC in the US is over hyped and has not gained real traction. There are too many competing standards and everyone wants a cut from it. Something that would be consistent across all platforms and retailers is whats needed but US carriers and financial institutions won't play nice.
They do, check the Apple Store App.
You can walk into an Apple store, buy anything you want, all from your phone.
No RFID, no need to buy a new phone for this..
If RFID was hacked there would be a new generation of pickpockets walking through crowds, tapping into the chips.
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Originally Posted by tylersdad
I don't use an iPhone...
There, fixed that for you.
Comparing the pictures of the AuthenTec sensors and the mystery iPhone 5 chip, we have an exact match. Not only do we find the two square chips matching, but also we have matching rectangular silver sensor parts with black printed scan code.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/16/authentec_smart_sensor_appears_key_to_apples_urgent_acquisition.html
Scroll down half-way to see the picture of the Fujitsu Regza. In the center, you can see the AuthenTec sensor. It is the same shape and size of the square iPhone 5 mystery chip. To the right, you can see a related silver rectangular part. Compare this silver part with the silver part with the black print scanner code on it and you have an exact match. Zoom in on the silver part shown in the Regza picture and you can even make out that the same black ink scanner code of the silver part shown in the leaked iPhone 5 part is clearly printed.
The timing of Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec is no coincidence, if my theory holds true.
My opinion, though I admit it might be a long shot, is that the display will be 3D in some way. There are quite a few clues leading to this:
The invitation seems like a bento-box. The shadow may imply depth (an Apple patent does make reference to finger shadows in 3D displays). The caption "It's almost here" is kinda like saying "It's almost real".
The new maps app has 3D maps.
For a proper 3D display, the front-camera and proximity and light sensors are integral, thus the new component at the top.
Don't forget that much of the A5 real estate is still secret and unaccounted for. The use of these still-secret circuits could be anything, including NFC. The iPhone 5 may be centered on the next-gen A6 chip, which is likely to have even more real estate filled with mysterious secret unaccounted for circuitry. So, if the A5 doesn't already have NFC hardware secretly included (waiting for a future iOS version to unlock it), the A6 could very well have it.
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Originally Posted by PeterAlt
Mystery iPhone 5 chip Is AuthenTec sensor
Comparing the pictures of the AuthenTec sensors and the mystery iPhone 5 chip, we have an exact match. Not only do we find the two square chips matching, but also we have matching rectangular silver sensor parts with black printed scan code.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/16/authentec_smart_sensor_appears_key_to_apples_urgent_acquisition.html
Scroll down half-way to see the picture of the Fujitsu Regza. In the center, you can see the AuthenTec sensor. It is the same shape and size of the square iPhone 5 mystery chip. To the right, you can see a related silver rectangular part. Compare this silver part with the silver part with the black print scanner code on it and you have an exact match. Zoom in on the silver part shown in the Regza picture and you can even make out that the same black ink scanner code of the silver part shown in the leaked iPhone 5 part is clearly printed.
The timing of Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec is no coincidence, if my theory holds true.
Very good theory, I like your thinking.
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Originally Posted by PeterAlt
Don't forget that much of the A5 real estate is still secret and unaccounted for. The use of these still-secret circuits could be anything, including NFC. The iPhone 5 may be centered on the next-gen A6 chip, which is likely to have even more real estate filled with mysterious secret unaccounted for circuitry. So, if the A5 doesn't already have NFC hardware secretly included (waiting for a future iOS version to unlock it), the A6 could very well have it.
Is this new kind of trolling? People came to AI to make first posts claiming non-existing features (NFC, 3D) to raise our expectation and make us pissed off after release?
There will be no NFC! Period. This has been confirmed by the source that was not mistaken once (http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/08/28/nfc-on-the-new-iphone/ ) so stop BSing here.
I think your theory is a bit reaching. Apple *will* have 3D some day, but it won't have it in the iPhone 5. Since 3D is the eventual evolution, it is not out of the question to make small design changes steering in that direction. To have 3D, there must be two cameras side by side. The leaked parts do not show this.
Apple has filed some interesting patents in recent years for a 3D smartphone display, 3D camera technology that adds a new sensor to accurately record depth metadata, a 3D UI for iOS, and many others. In addition to 3D, Apple also filed patents relating to new technologies to be incorporated into the display, including transparent solar cells to make the screen less dependent on the unit's batteries for power and something called eInk Hybrid that optionally mimicks the Kindle screen on part or all of the iPhone screen. Both these technologies requires integration into the display as part of the design process. While the part for the display is likely being designed for the iPhone 5, I don't think these two technologies have been incorporated into it this time around. However, the mere fact that the display part will be introduced in totally redesigned and reengineered form, is telling by itself that Apple can make major design changes for major component parts on a whim whenever it wants to. Therefore, it is not a stretch that they will do this again and include more of its patented new features, including 3D.
I won't believe it will or will not happen until I hear it from Apple officially. The above is just mere speculation on my part, explaining why you shouldn't rule it out. I just find it odd that Apple would include a wallet-like feature in iOS 6 and not NFC. Also, they've been investing in NFC technologies and related companies over recent years, so NFC *is* coming... some day. Possibily not so soon, but why introduce a wallet-like app so soon ahead of NFC?
This is a forum. What on earth would trolling accomplish? Valid and substantiated suggestions should be welcomed. It broadens the discussion.