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Title: iFixit teardown of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 reveals mystery NFC chip Post by: HCK on October 26, 2014, 03:00:20 am iFixit teardown of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 reveals mystery NFC chip
<article> <section class="page"> <p> A teardown of Apple's iPad Air 2 turned up a surprise: an NFC module.</p><p> According to iFixit (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Air+2+Teardown/30592), the NXP 65V10 NFC Controller is the same one that Apple uses for Apple Pay in its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The same chip also appears inside Apple's iPad mini 3, iFixit found in its teardown of the smaller tablet (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Mini+3+Teardown/30628).</p><p> Apple Pay lets users check out at retail stores by tapping their phones against a payment terminal, but that feature isn't currently available to iPad users. While some reviews speculated that the new iPads simply lacked the necessary NFC chip, iFixit's teardown proves otherwise.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2838792/ipad-air-2-teardown-reveals-mystery-nfc-chip.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: iFixit teardown of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 reveals mystery NFC chip (http://www.macworld.com/article/2838792/ipad-air-2-teardown-reveals-mystery-nfc-chip.html#tk.rss_all) |