What’s This Mysterious Chip Inside The iPhone 5 Hiding?

Cult of Mac
By John BrownleeSep 6, 2012, 5:51 am107 pts
Sonny Dickson got his hands on some pictures in which the “mysterious” chip shielding in the front assembly of the iPhone 5 was peeled back. So what was underneath? The rumored, then discredited, NFC chip? A fingerprint sensor to go along with Apple’s recent, hasty acquisition of Authentec? Nope, it’s…

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