#5g modems

Intel completes sale of smartphone modem business to Apple

Intel today announced it has completed the sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple.

This transaction, valued at $1 billion, was announced on July 25, 2019.

As Intel previously disclosed, this transaction enables Intel to focus on developing technology for 5G networks while retaining the option to develop modems for non-smartphone applications, such as PCs, Internet of Thing…

Qualcomm to will supply Apple with 5G modems at least through 2026 Even as it continues to work on its own homegrown 5G cellular modem, Apple is turning more of its attention to 6G. Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: ‎ Apple is racing to get its modem finished so it doesn’t need to re-up a contract (again) to buy the component from Qualcomm Inc. The two companies have feuded over the years, and…

iPhone 12 may use Apple-designed 5G antenna with Qualcomm modems

Apple’s iPhone 12 may use an Apple-designed 5G antenna. The company has decided to design a custom antenna for this year’s 5G iPhone because Qualcomm’s QTM 525 millimeter-wave antenna module doesn’t fit into Apple designers’ sleek new casing, Fast Company reports, citing “a source with knowledge of Apple’s plans.”

Apple’s iPhone 4

Mark Sullivan for Fast Company:

Apple typically designs on several…

Qualcomm President: Top priority is launching Apple’s 5G iPhone ASAP

Qualcomm really wants to sell Apple as many 5G modems as they can before time runs out when Apple-designed modems take over.

Juli Clover for MacRumors:

Apple and Qualcomm are working to launch a new 5G iPhone as fast as possible, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon said at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit this week… The main goal of Qualcomm’s renewed relationship with Apple is to get the iPhone…

Apple unleashes its bait-and-switch trick on Intel or something

Alex Web for Bloomberg Opinion:

It risks becoming Apple Inc.’s signature bait-and-switch move.

After years of developing technology with a supplier, the iPhone maker pulls the plug on the collaboration. It then buys up that business, which has limited prospects without Apple’s custom, and continues the development in-house.

It happened last year with Dialog Semiconductor Plc, the maker of…

2019 iPhones Could Get New Antenna Technology To Improve Indoor Navigation

A well-renowned analyst King-Chi Kuo has shared a new report recently and for this time the report is related to the iPhone lineup of this year.

According to the contacted man, the 2019 Apple iPhones are showcasing a major change in the way the antennas are put together and for that thanks to a change in suppliers as well as the technology that is being used in the process.

Modified-PI Antenna in…

Kuo Believes 5G Is Coming To iPad Pro In 2021

We all know that Apple will release new iPad Pro models in the coming year and now the popular analyst of Apple, Ming-Chi Kuo has shared some important information on what he believes all this might be like. As he said that the new iPad Pro will use a new LCP Soft Board, while the much-improved features of wireless will be going to appear in the future, too.

Apparently, the new iPad Prorefreshes…