Next-generation iPhone or built-in NFC function

Netease Technology News June 26, according to foreign media reports, the next generation of Apple mobile phones may contain near-field communication (NFC) controller, can directly connect the power management unit (PMU).

The report said that the codes obtained by foreign engineers from the iPhone 5.1 and iPhone 5.2 samples convinced them that the next iPhone has built-in NFC chips and antennas. According to reports, with the launch of the PassBook application, Apple is bound to compete with similar services launched by Google Wallet and Microsoft last week. Jim Peters, chief technology officer of international aviation telecommunications group SITA, said: "Apple will combine NFC and Passbook. This will not only benefit users' convenience and payment, but it will eventually allow Apple to make money and earn money. First, Apple Let people get accustomed to this kind of payment method first, then they will allow the credit card access, then they will promote this service in the built-in NFC iPhone."

The report also pointed out that reports on the iPhone 5 embedded NFC technology are invariably heard, but it is worth noting that Apple has obtained NFC patents last year. According to informed sources, the processor chips produced by Qualcomm for Apple contain NFC functionality. This technology enables short-range wireless communication between mobile phones and NFC readers and is used in mobile payments. Since the iPhone 4S doesn't include NFC, its successors are likely to have this feature, but of course not necessarily the iPhone 5.