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Apple Plans to Use Qualcomm Chips for 5G iPhones in 2020 Following Settlement
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Those claims are from January. The Nikkei article refers to testing only in the past few weeks. Probably started testing around the same time settlement negotiations began a few weeks before trial. Doesn't seem like they were talking for months prior.
5G is only going to be useful for in-home high speed Internet and the tower is on the utility pole within sight and the ISP doesn't want to drop a line into your house. Basically, the fibre only needs to go down the street in front of your house... not into your house.
Yeah, was not excited about 5g for this reason. But Qualcomm modems will still be better than Intel and hopefully latency improvements will help new applications such as self driving cars. Bandwidth gains will not be very noticeable if at all
This is very good news for Apple. Intel's baseband is inferior to Qualcomms, and it has hurt iPhones. The switch to 5G will put Intel even further behind. And although Apple is going to ship its own in-house baseband, it will take them years to get it up to snuff. The term of this contract gives Apple time to get it right. They just avoided another Apple Maps fiasco in non-upgradable hardware.
Apple is planning to purchase 5G modem chips from Qualcomm for use in its 2020 iPhones, according to a source with knowledge of today's settlement plans that spoke to Nikkei.
What else can we conclude other than Apple was forced to cave to Qualcomm's onerous terms due to Intel's usual inability to keep up their pace of innovation. Based on desktop chips, Apple knows better than waiting on Intel. I sure hate seeing Qualcomm win this, but as others have said, maybe in six years Apple will break free.
Looks like I will wait till 2020 for the new iPhone then. Chip shrinkage along with 5G ... should be a good upgrade year.
As noted, Apple has already completed major development of the 2019 iPhone, including the systemboard and its components (including the modem). And that all needs to be submitted for certification (FCC and foreign authorities) which would require a complete phone design by now to meet the production dates.
Yea since intel modems suck...
And don’t forget 5G is the new cellular replacement , for home (or office) it’s wi-fi 6 aka 802.11ax.
And don’t forget 5G is the new cellular replacement , for home (or office) it’s wi-fi 6 aka 802.11ax.
In the business world, the delay is due to lots of lots of meetings and emails before anything is started or done.
Amazing news! I’m glad Apple have chosen the smart way! Another reason for me to hold on to my X with the Qualcomm modem for another year. I tried the Intel equipped iPhones (8 Plus and X) and they were plain terrible!
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Let alone all those FCC approvals/patents that they have to file for and get to begin with.
See how business works guys? Kiss and make up and it’s all business as usual again.
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Apple: “OK look, we will buy your chips if you agree to new, more fair, terms.”
Qualcomm: “Done.”
Qualcomm’s stock up 20%. You think the market didn’t recognize what a big deal this is for QCOM? Apple didn’t even move on the news. They are fine either way.
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You have no clue. Apple was dug in and had plenty of money to fight. The settlement appears to me to be a concession and admission from Qualcomm that too much of their business was at risk to continue. Everything dropped?
Apple: “OK look, we will buy your chips if you agree to new, more fair, terms.”
Qualcomm: “Done.”
Qualcomm’s stock up 20%. You think the market didn’t recognize what a big deal this is for QCOM? Apple didn’t even move on the news. They are fine either way.
2020 is early enough. By then, the chipsets won't suck your battery dry in no-time and the the networks will be sufficiently widely deployed so that it's not just a show-off gimmick.
At the same time, LTE coverage will still be good because the majority of people will still be using non-5G phones and carriers will need to cater to them.
On top of that, 5G still isn't really cleared of any long-term health-hazards.
At the same time, LTE coverage will still be good because the majority of people will still be using non-5G phones and carriers will need to cater to them.
On top of that, 5G still isn't really cleared of any long-term health-hazards.
Qualcomm and Apple. Like a couple who hate each other but still bang.
Yawn. Cell phones have allegedly been giving us cancer for how long, now? Has there been a statistically significant increase in cancer rates for relevant cancers such as brain cancer associable with the rise of cell phones?
Now lets make up with nVidia next and get some decent GPUs in the next-gen MBPs.
if the 2019 iPhones don't have 5G modems and now it's confirmed that the 2020 iPhones will have the state of the art Qualcomm 5G modems... who's gunna want to buy a 2019 model unless they're yearly upgraders? Just another camera lens for 2019 isn't gunna cut it.
The "next feature to get" will be a 5G iPhone
The "next feature to get" will be a 5G iPhone
That article is BS, the main ‘peer reviewed’ Journal it links to doesn’t mention 5G at all and is a generic radio frequency report published in 2015. Additionally, the article later states that China has strict laws banning 5G. Does it b****cks. Have you heard of Huawei?
That's ok, 5G won't be a factor for years... and once users start noticing 5G does not live up to hype in practice, I suspect the urgency and interest will wane.
Apple most likely already designed the 2019 iPhone and coded the software to work with 4G. 5G chips are bigger and need more space and I'd assume a software rewrite or update to work with 5G.
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The general public doesn't care about your scientific findings, 5G is the new stuff and everybody wants it whether it's widespread or not. Nobody is going to buy a 4G phone in late 2019 or 2020. Apple would've been dead in the water releasing a 4G phone in 2020