October 17, 2015

Intel Employees Rumored To Be Working On LTE Modem For iPhone 7

Apple styles its personal chipsets which resulted in the A-series of chipsets utilized in the iPhones and iPads. However you will find some components not from Apple, like the LTE modem which at the moment is made by Qualcomm. However in accordance to some report from VentureBeat, Intel now has 1000 employees that they have dedicated to making the LTE modem for the new iphone 7 which is pegged for a launch in 2016.



Now this is not the very first time we have came across these rumors. Earlier this year there were talks that Apple could move from Qualcomm to Intel for their LTE requirements for subsequent year’s apple iPhone. Evidently this modem is claimed to be able of 450Mbps down and also will support 29 LTE bands, and now with this report, it seems like issues are starting to ramp up fairly a little.

However the report also claims that Apple could end up dual-sourcing the LTE modems from both Intel and Qualcomm, which will be a fascinating move given the A9 chipsets this year which were dual-sourced from both Samsung and TSMC. This led to “chipgate”/”batterygate” exactly where TSMC’s chipset was found to have much better battery life, if only by a small margin.

Assuming there'll be discrepancies, and there most likely will, we've to question how customers will react. Nevertheless VentureBeat’s sources declare that Intel and Apple may not have a signed deal yet, but it is feasible that it will be signed quickly if Intel has the capacity to meet Apple’s standards and requirements.

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