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Apple recently extended its contract to use a modem Qualcomm. The cause? Apple has again failed to develop its own 5G modem.
They have long wanted to use their own 5G modem. There are two reasons, first, self-made chips are considered to be able to improve device performance, as well as increase profit margins.
Second, Apple no longer wants to depend on Qualcomm, which they sued in 2017 due to exorbitant patent licensing fees. “They really hate Qualcomm’s behavior,” said Edward Snyder, a wireless industry expert and managing director of Charter Equity Research.
The lawsuit against Qualcomm ended peacefully in 2019, and Apple immediately acquired Intel’s modem business, including thousands of engineers to speed up their 5G modem development process.
However, it seems that Apple is making this development process too easy. In fact, this development was complicated and the modem prototypes he made always failed to meet expectations and had very low speeds.
“Basically three years behind Qualcomm’s best modem chip,” wrote the Wall Street Journal, in its report.
“Apple realized that employing thousands of engineers, a successful strategy for designing the brains for its smartphones and laptops, was not enough to produce superior modem chips in a short time,” wrote the WSJ.
The failed development of the modem chip made Apple postpone the target for using its modem to 2024. However, then Apple realized that this target could not be met.
So Apple extended its modem contract with Qualcomm, which will actually end in 2023, right before the iPhone 15 is released.
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2023-09-22 23:15:03
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