(Credit: Apple)
The iPhone 5 will sport the usual home button, front camera, and a currently unidentified component that could be an NFC chip, according to AppleInsider.
Scouring photos posted by Taiwan-based blog Apple.pro (English translation), AppleInsider discovered a part that had not appeared in previous photos. The size of the part has lead to speculation that it could be a chip for near-field communications.
Positioned next to the front camera, the square part matches the size of other NFC chips, such as the one made by NXP, AppleInsider noted. Of course, the photos by themselves don't prove anything, and even AppleInsider says it "cannot verify the unknown part's origin or intended use."
However, sources told Macotakara that the next iPod Touch also displays a ... [Read more]
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