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Complete speculation here, but I wouldn't be surprised if devices could keep broadcasting the ping after they're "dead". Tiles last for years without charging,
by ladberg 7y ago
Complete speculation here, but I wouldn't be surprised if devices could keep broadcasting the ping after they're "dead". Tiles last for years without charging, so I bet if Apple can leave on only the bluetooth beacon after the battery drains past where it can power the rest of the phone then this would be doable.
Again complete speculation, I have zero clue if the current hardware is even capable of doing this.
- snazz 7y agoThe current hardware might not be, but you could run this on a secondary chip similar in specs to the T2 or Secure Enclave. You could theoretically even have a second battery specifically for this purpose, but that would likely be cost-prohibitive.
- etaoins 7y agoThe T2 chip is a derivative of the A10. It has similar power requirements to the SOC in modern iPhones. They could probably use a cut down derivative of the W2 chip used in AirPods with the audio codec etc. removed. I’m guessing phone batteries reach a point where they’re still storing energy but can’t provide enough current to safely boot the whole phone. The BLE chip could sip on the remainder of the battery for a long time.
- snazz 7y agoThat sounds reasonable. I had no idea the T2 was that powerful.
- Phlarp 7y agoIt's also the SSD controller, and quite impressive in that regard.
- photojosh 7y agoI bet the T3, whenever that arrives, will be a derivative of the A12 or A13, and provide the neural network accelerator to MacOS and CoreML.
- Phlarp 7y agoThis would be excellent. I'm hesitant about the prospect of an ARM based macbook, but having both seems mighty compelling. As a lower power application CPU for light usage, or a full x86 with accelerators / co-processors when needed.
- m463 7y agorecent apple phones have NFC, which cannot be disabled.
- walterbell 7y agoCan NFC be used by iOS applications, e.g. SSH authentication via smartcard, where the private key never leaves the card?
- LeoNatan25 7y agoI think it is possible in iOS 13, unless I misread the WWDC video description.
- toyg 7y agoNot at the moment, but one element suggesting it will be in iOS 13 is that the UK Home Office announced their app for validating European passports (which uses NFC but only on Android at the moment) will be able to work on Apple devices at the end of this year - basically when iOS 13 will be released.