Friday, September 14, 2012

Could Apple 5 Aluminum Explain NFC Absence on the Device?

Some might suggest there is a purely physical reason why the iPhone 5 does not support near field communications. 

The iPhone 5’s all-aluminum-and-glass body would block information from being transmitted to a terminal, according to Will Strauss, an analyst of Forward Concepts, a research firm that follows digital signal processing and chips.

In other words, iPhone 5 is physically incapable of supporting near field communications for reasons related to the design of the case. “NFC employs lower-frequency operation than cellular, requiring a longer antenna,” says Strauss.

A  metal back shields any radio waves from reaching a nearby data terminal. Only plastic, Kevlar or something similar allows the radio connection for NFC. 

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