Qualcomm CEO Expects Apple's 5G Chip to Start Rolling Out Next Year

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

To this day, I still believe 4G LTE is faster than 5G. Sometimes 5G takes forever to load and the coverage is also not available everywhere.

Hello, fellow T-mobile customer 😛

 

[neuropsychguy]

Wonder what this will do to qualcomms bottom line.

Maybe 20% of their revenue comes from Apple so it could affect them a lot. They've worked on diversifying a lot though: https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/09/28/1-big-reason-qualcomm-no-longer-fears-losing-apple/

 

[cocky jeremy]

To this day, I still believe 4G LTE is faster than 5G. Sometimes 5G takes forever to load and the coverage is also not available everywhere.

It must be where you live or something. No comparison for me. I routinely hit 600 Mbps on 5G near my house.

 

[jdb8167]

To this day, I still believe 4G LTE is faster than 5G. Sometimes 5G takes forever to load and the coverage is also not available everywhere.

Hello, fellow T-mobile customer 😛

It depends on where you use your 5G iPhone I guess. I'm a T-Mobile customer and I regularly get over 600 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up. I never saw anything over about 80 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up on LTE (also on T-Mobile and before that AT&T).

 

[Hyperchaotic]

I still haven't found an instance where I've been on my phone and thought that I needed (or would even notice) 5G speeds.

Better coverage? Hell yes...I'm constantly navigating one or two bars. But faster download speed? On a phone? Not yet...

What am I missing?

Yeah very high bandwidth have limited number of use cases for now, but in many urban settings the real benefit of 5G is mitigation of rapidly growing congestion problems.

 

[_Spinn_]

I’m planning on getting a new iPhone next year and I don’t want to get Apple’s first generation modem.

 

[MacBH928]

So no one else other than mean worried that the whole world is relying on Qualcomm chip modems? There is a reason there are monopoly rules and why Standard Oil was broken down into smaller companies.

 

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

It depends on where you use your 5G iPhone I guess. I'm a T-Mobile customer and I regularly get over 600 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up. I never saw anything over about 80 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up on LTE (also on T-Mobile and before that AT&T).

Oh, no complaints about the speed when it works—it just seems like the only time I have more than one clinging-to-life bar of signal is standing across an open field from a magenta tower with the moon in the 13th house. Ah well, I'm too cheap to switch (at least until they kill the auto-pay discount as rumored...)

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I’m planning on getting a new iPhone next year and I don’t want to get Apple’s first generation modem.

So wait one more year for potential gen 2 (or that might be 2 more years) or buy the current iPhone at a discount after the new one is for sale.

 

[Gengar]

Hello, fellow T-mobile customer 😛

T-Mobile’a 5G speeds are pretty decent where I live. Usually 300-600 Mbps download speeds, and around 30-60 Mbps upload speeds. My main line is AT&T and they usually get 100-250 Mbps download speeds, but I will say it’s much more consistent performance than T-Mobile. Sometimes T-Mobile’s connection hangs up and won’t load, or your phone can randomly drop from 5G straight to EDGE, whereas AT&T’s connection is always solid on 4G or 5G.

 

[gigapocket1]

AT&T 5G is consistently slower than 4G here in Memphis

 

[SactoGuy18]

I don't think Apple will try to do it in 2024. Now 2025 in a singular chip that also includes WiFi 7 functionality so essentially Apple uses one radio modem chip, that's a different story.

 

[Gengar]

AT&T 5G is consistently slower than 4G here in MemphisView attachment 2165557View attachment 2165558

Yeah. T-Mobile is much better in Memphis now than AT&T, speed wise. I was just there this past Sunday and Monday and T-Mobile was blazing fast there.

 

[SactoGuy18]

Yeah. T-Mobile is much better in Memphis now than AT&T, speed wise. I was just there this past Sunday and Monday and T-Mobile was blazing fast there.

Well, it helps that T-Mobile's 5G is REAL 3GPP NR mid-band 5G. I've seen 850 Mbps download speeds in Sacramento, CA.

 

[gigapocket1]

Yeah. T-Mobile is much better in Memphis now than AT&T, speed wise. I was just there this past Sunday and Monday and T-Mobile was blazing fast there.

I think the fastest down I’ve been able to get is 120 down…

 

[Premium1]

Can't wait for some more hot garbage from the Intel Engineers they got a few years back.

*And before anyone comes in saying "but apple silicone" Modems and CPU's are two totally different things.*

 

[bodonnell202]

Note to self, be sure to buy the last iPhone that definitely has a Qualcomm modem to get through the transition. While I'm sure Apple will get there eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if the first gen chips were a bit of a step back (considering they are built on failed Intel technology).

 

[PowerButton]

I bet consumers won’t see the lower production costs.

 

[svish]

Qualcomm chips are good. Hoping for improved battery life with the shifting to Apple modems.

 

[Abazigal]

I personally don’t mind taking a bit of a performance hit if it means Apple can wean itself off its dependence on Qualcomm.

 

[0924487]

To this day, I still believe 4G LTE is faster than 5G. Sometimes 5G takes forever to load and the coverage is also not available everywhere.

Im in Canada and the coverage is pretty good in populated areas. Of course you can’t expect 5G in National Parks.

 

[0924487]

I personally don’t mind taking a bit of a performance hit if it means Apple can wean itself off its dependence on Qualcomm.

Well, I want the best the world can offer since I’m paying for it.

 

[0924487]

So no one else other than mean worried that the whole world is relying on Qualcomm chip modems? There is a reason there are monopoly rules and why Standard Oil was broken down into smaller companies.

Apple is also a monopoly on iPhones.

 

[bgillander]

Apple is also a monopoly on iPhones.

Being pretty much the only provider of modems to all smartphone manufacturers is a whole other level. If every other manufacturer of smartphones were to go away, that would give Apple a monopoly on smartphones. Currently, yes, Apple has a monopoly on Apple products.

 

[teh_hunterer]

To this day, I still believe 4G LTE is faster than 5G. Sometimes 5G takes forever to load and the coverage is also not available everywhere.

I think it really depends on the implementation. In Melbourne Australia at least, 5G is far faster and more reliable than 4G used to be. When I was in London last year though, 4G was completely awful, and barely even penetrated buildings.