The iPhone 6 Will Have Faster Wi-Fi Than Any iOS Device Ever

The iPhone 6 is starting to sound like a pretty big leap forward.

 

Earlier this week, we noted that it looks like Apple will use a technology called quantum dots to enhance the next-generation Retina display.

So along with having a bigger screen, it’ll have better color reproduction, too — photos and video will look better than ever.

Now, it looks like Apple’s next phone will have Wi-Fi that’s faster than on any previous iOS device we’ve seen — including the majorly revamped iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina released last fall.

On Monday, Broadcom announced the next generation of its wireless system-on-a-chips for smartphones, the Broadcom BCM4354.

As noted by 9to5Mac’s Jordan Kahn, this is likely the chip Apple will use to power wireless functions in the iPhone 6. Apple has traditionally used Broadcom chips in its entire range of Wi-Fi-capable devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Mac lines, and this latest chip brings a number of upgrades that will significantly improve user experience.

For one thing, the chip will bring multiple-input and multiple-output, or “MIMO,” technology to the iPhone. Basically, it lets Apple use several antennas for both sending and receiving data and even choose between them to get a better signal. Last fall’s iPad Air was the first iOS device with MIMO technology, and anyone who’s used that device can attest to its rock-solid Wi-Fi reception.

The iPad Air Broadcom chip was missing one important feature, however: support for the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. Introduced in last year’s MacBook Air update, the new standard brings the speed of Gigabit Ethernet to wireless networking… see more

source: businessinsider

Tags: device, iOS, iPhone 6, technology, Wifi

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