The Cupertino company has an important engineering task with the Apple Watch, and is that the constant obsession to include news, especially at the hardware level, make the small size of the device become one of its worst enemies. However, if something has been characterized by Apple during all these years and that it has worked to earn its fame, it is precisely to put a lot of things in a little space.
Apple has had an idea to save space on the Apple Watch, include the WiFi and 4G antennas directly on the screen, It will be possible?
It's all due to a new patent, described in 9to5Mac which has been identified in the United States of America office as "Antennas formed by conductive screens". Of course for a man of letters like me this says everything and nothing at the same time, I imagine that without a doubt in the head of an expert engineer it will make much more sense. In short and after taking a look at the details of the patent, everything indicates that the idea is to integrate the antenna into the display module, but we do not know how, if right behind, occupying the space of the panel, or simply refers to taking advantage of the connection cables of the screen to mount antennas.
Nor is the patent drawing that is overly illuminating. What has shown me over the years in this "technology blog" is that many companies can do it, but usually Apple is among the first to do it really well. For now, any investment that saves space on the Apple Watch and thus increases the capacity of the battery, or simply its functionalities, will be greatly welcomed, Will we have a second antennagate with this? Hopefully not.