Apple may remove qualcomm chips from upcoming iphone and ipad

As the Wall Street Journal reports, in the midst of a legal battle with Qualcomm, Apple is designing its 2018 iPhone and iPad without Qualcomm's LTE chips.

Intel and MediaTek would collect the witness

Apple is considering using only Intel, and perhaps MediaTek, modem chips in the next generation of its mobile devices. Apparently, the reason lies in the fact that, after the lawsuit filed last January by Apple against the company, Qualcomm has stopped sharing the software that Apple needs to test the LTE chips in its prototypes of iPhone and iPad, which is an obstacle to the development efforts of the bitten apple company. Against this, Qualcomm ensures that Apple has already tested the chip it needs for the next-generation iPhone.

Qualcomm said its "modem that could be used in the next-generation iPhone has already been tested and released to Apple." The chip company said it is "committed to supporting Apple's new devices, " as it does for others in the industry. (WSJ)

Apple has always used Qualcomm's modem chips in its devices, however, last year it began to diversify by incorporating Intel modem chips into the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus also use chips from Intel and Qualcomm. In the United States, AT&T and T-Mobile models use Intel chips, while Verizon and Sprint models use Qualcomm chips.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple's plans to stop using Qualcomm chips in its 2018 devices could still change as Apple has the margin to change providers until June, three months before the launch of the iPhone. from 2018.