Apple iPhone 11 to feature improved antenna for better indoor navigation: Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Apple’s 2019 iPhone XS successor could have a new antenna design for improved indoor navigation, according to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new investors note, obtained by MacRumors, Kuo said the 2019 iPhones are expected to use modified-PI (MPI) antennas rather than the liquid crystal polymer (LCP) antennas found in the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.

The analyst believes that LCP limits the RF performance of the phones due to technology limitation and production issues. According to Kuo, the shift to modified-PI (MPI) antennas will bring cost and production improvements.