Concept of bluetooth headsets
As they began to circulate the first rumors about the possibility that Apple no longer make use of the headphone jack, the concepts that we have seen so far many have been of such as they may be the bluetooth headset that released the company. But news related with a device of this type do not have had up to the time. According to reports Forbes, Apple is working in ones headphones wireless with a chip bluetooth special that would allow that the duration of the battery out much more to it of them devices that can find currently in the market. Quoting sources related to the project, Forbes says that Apple has been working several years in a special bluetooth chip to solve the battery problems facing this type of headphone.
The low-power bluetooth chip has been developed by the company Passif Semiconductor, a startup that Apple bought in 2013, but during development Apple is found with various problems. Apple had planned to bring to market these headphones in 2015, but some problems working with the new bluetooth chip forced to cancel the launch. According to Forbes, if performance is not 100%, Apple short root and back to start. As regards this new chip bluetooth do not know if is designed by Apple or have intervened third companies.
In recent years, Apple has designed their own chips to try to reduce their dependence on third parties for this way to avoid problems in the supply chain that may lead to the fret with production plans. Since 2010, Apple designed their own chips based on ARM architecture, so it is unlikely that the chip used in the bluetooth headset has not been directly designed in Cupertino.
