Apple has given up on developing its own 5G modem

As it turns out, next year's iPhone 16 will certainly not include any proprietary 5G components made specifically for Apple's devices.

5G modem chips are key components that enable devices to make calls and connect to the Internet. For some time now, Apple has been trying to develop its own 5G modem chips in order to reduce dependence on (expensive) third-party manufacturers such as Qualcomm and optimize the connectivity of future iPhones. However, a new Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report reveals the company's failure to do so in the time it set out to do at the start.

Apple's previous deal with Qualcomm ended this year, and the semiconductor company predicted that Apple would use its own modems for iPhones from 2024 onwards. However, the WSJ is now reporting that Apple likely won't produce usable 5G chips for the iPhone until late 2025, suggesting we could wait until the iPhone 18 for a phone with Apple's modem. But let's take everything with a grain of salt. .

On the Internet, they metč there were even rumors that Apple would completely abandon the development of a hair modem čipa 5G - and this despite the fact that in 2020 the company bought the entire modem division of Intel for one billion dollars. However, the Cupertino giant reported that "using the power of thousands of engineers - a strategy that was successful in designing the computing cores of their smartphones and laptops - was not enough to quickly produce better It is a modem type. Modem čipi namreč they require more complex processes than processing chips because they have to work with 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G wireless networks.

As everything shows, the cancellation of the development of the 5G modem chip for Apple will not have long-term consequences, as it is expected to conclude an agreement with the ARM company that it will pay less than the calculated 28 euro cents for a single 5G license. This is half less than what Qualcomm and MediaTek pay for the same license.