It seems that the Cupertino firm continues its path of independence from large companies that add components to their computers and after the arrival of M1 processors for Macs, it is now expected that iPhones may have their own 5G chips in 2023.
Having the option to design and add your own components to your devices is undoubtedly something that Apple has been looking for for years. Right now the option to add 5G to Cupertino devices passes yes or yes through Qualcomm, this could change in just under two years.
Is more independence in components better or worse?
One problem that Apple may encounter with the manufacture and design of these components on its own is the economic one. And it is that patents, production costs and others derived from the manufacture of components They can increase the price of the same no matter how much they save in paying other companies, for example, right now it is happening with Qualcomm.
On the other hand, the positive part of all this is that Apple "will not depend" on anyone to renew, improve or implement the chips in their devices. Manufacturing these chips would logically pass into the hands of other companies and it is said that Broadcom and Qorvo would assume together with TSMC the mass production for Apple. This logically is always among the options that Apple has for manufacturing and MacRumors also talks about it.
The changes are yet to come but Apple is already underway to establish one more place to design and improve these chips in Munich. It seems that these years will be important in terms of changes inside Apple devices, the first was the Mac range with the withdrawal of the Intel chips and the arrival of the M1, the following seem to be the iPhone ...
