The iPhone 17 might use Apple’s own Wi-Fi chips

Nov 01, 2024 06:18 AM - 1 week ago 15365

Apple’s travel to making its ain wireless chips has been a agelong one, but the extremity mightiness beryllium successful sight. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted connected X that Apple’s move to its ain in-house Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chips will commencement pinch the iPhone 17 successful the 2nd half of adjacent year.

Kuo besides agrees pinch 9to5Mac’s report that the iPhone SE 4, expected successful outpouring of 2025, will beryllium the first instrumentality to usage Apple’s ain homemade 5G modem. He says that the SE will proceed utilizing a third-party Wi-Fi spot made by Broadcom, and that the iPhone 17 will beryllium the first instrumentality to usage some an Apple-made modem and Wi-Fi chip.

Modems are hard, apparently. Apple has been trying to get distant from utilizing Qualcomm’s RF modems since astatine slightest 2019, erstwhile it bought Intel’s modem division. That’s because Apple famously likes to power its ain destiny, and also, Qualcomm and Apple dislike each other’s guts. According to reports, the iPhone 15 was expected to beryllium the first Apple telephone pinch the caller modem, but that proved to beryllium an unrealistic target. The modem wasn’t fresh for this year’s iPhones either.

The budget-friendly iPhone SE bid is owed for a superior upgrade, and it looks for illustration Apple intends to adhd a batch much than conscionable a caller civilization modem. Rumors propose it will travel pinch an OLED screen for the first time, Face ID, and will support Apple Intelligence. But those aren’t the only upgrades it mightiness see: a higher value tag could beryllium successful the cards, too.

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