The new iPad Pro does not have a U1 UWB chipThat's according to Daring Fireball and John Gruber!
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The 2020 iPad Pro does not have a U1 UWB chip.
That's according to John Gruber, who says a little birdie told him.
There have been weeks of speculation regarding whether the new iPad does or does not have this chip inside it.
A report from John Gruber over at Daring Fireball seems to confirm that the new 2020 iPad Pro models do not have a U1 UWB chip.
In his post, Gruber notes MacRumors own speculation regarding the device, published last week:
While it was previously reported that all 2020 iPad Pro models feature the same Apple-designed U1 chip as the iPhone 11 lineup, enabling Ultra Wideband support, we have compiled evidence to suggest that this may not be the case...
Earlier this week, the teardown experts at iFixit informed us that they had yet to find physical evidence of the U1 chip in the new iPad Pro. However, iFixit did note that it had yet to remove RF shielding from the logic board ...
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The new iPad Pro does not have a U1 UWB chip
