iPhones have witnessed a sea of change. They have had small screens and the big ones. The current trend is moving towards larger screens and slimmer, lighter phones with enhanced battery lives. iPhone 7 will surely follow the trends and if you want to know how exactly it plans to do so, then the answer is-using new antenna technology.

According to some sources, in order to get the new slimmer and lighter look, the iPhone 7’s radio frequency chip will get a complete packaging overhaul. The connected ASM (Antenna Switching Module) chip is going to use a new thing called “fan out technology”. This fan out technology increases the number of input/output terminals while reducing the size of the chip.

A notable fact is that, Apple will be the first manufacturer to use fan out technology on major components. Using this technology, the single ASM chip on the smartphone can be used for switching between LTE, GSM or CDMA cellular networks.

This has the advantage of repackaging multiple components into a single smaller package. Together these advantages will make the phone knock off a millimetre or two and will also reduce signal loss and interference.

Apart from a slimmer, lighter look and increased battery life, the iPhone 7 is expected to let go of its 3.5mm headphone jack. Though how many of these things are true will be known only after a confirmation from the company or the launch itself.

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Author: Technology and Beyond