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Rumored NFC Chip for iPhone 6 Highlighted in Claimed Schematic

Rumors of near field communications (NFC) support for the iPhone surface nearly every year, and this year's iPhone 6 rumors are no different, with reports split on whether the device will include the short-range communications technology frequently used for mobile payments. A couple of new reports do, however, come down on the side of NFC being included in the iPhone 6.
 
 The first mention came in a separate leak (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/15/apparent-5-5-inch-iphone6-battery/) showing a purported battery from Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6 late last week. That report from Taiwanese newspaper Apple Daily also mentioned in passing that the iPhone 6 will include a PN65V NFC chip from NXP, but offered no specific evidence in support of the claim.
 
 (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/08/nxp_pn65_nexus_7.jpg)<center>NXP PN65 NFC chip from Nexus 7 (Source: iFixit (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+7+Teardown/9623#s36541))</center>
 But now Chinese repair firm GeekBar has shared what is said to be a wiring schematic (http://weibo.com/p/1001593744250318689390) for just such a chip to be included on the iPhone 6. NXP has been the rumored (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/20/nfc-mobile-payments/) partner (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/06/sketchy-report-details-iphone-6-features/) for NFC in the iPhone 6, and the company's PN65 NFC package is used in a number of Android mobile devices.
 
 (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/08/pn65v_schematic.jpg)<center>Claimed iPhone 6 schematic for NXP PN65V NFC chip</center>
 While GeekBar's interpretation of such schematics is questionable given a leak earlier today (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/18/iphone6-schematic-1gb-ram/) in which it claimed the iPhone 6 will contain only 1 GB of RAM as the schematic appears to be addressing NAND flash rather than DRAM, the appearance of a PN65V chip on the schematics seems straightforward if they are indeed legitimate.
 
 Apple has been rumored for some time to be working on a mobile payments system, with a launch coming perhaps as soon as this year (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/23/mobile-wallet-this-fall/) in partnership with Visa. Details on the system are unclear, but Apple has reportedly been taking a "go-slow" (http://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/06/apple-deliberately-holding-back-on-mobile-payment-system/) approach for a number of years as it has tried to figure out the best way to deploy such a system without simply competing with existing providers "all fighting over their piece of the pie."
 
 
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Source: Rumored NFC Chip for iPhone 6 Highlighted in Claimed Schematic (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/18/nfc-iphone-6-schematic/)