Last week, the war between Apple and Qualcomm was over. Both companies had reached an agreement, through which Apple paid about 6.000 million dollars to Qualcomm and could continue to use the latter's technology in its terminals, mainly related to 5G modems.
Before announcing the agreement, Apple had trusted Intel to develop this technology for its future terminals, but after the announcement of the agreement, the processor manufacturer announced that it would not continue with the development of this specific product, stating that the economic profitability of the world of telephony has begun to cease to be what it used to be.
The first iPhone with 5G technology is expected in 2020. The modem that Apple will use will be manufactured by Qualcomm, although it could also reduce its dependence on this company, making use of Samsung's 5G modems, as we informed you a few days ago, a quite feasible possibility since Apple does not like to depend solely on one provider.
But while the iPhone of 2020 arrives, the iPhone that Apple presents in a few months, will have inside a 4G modem manufactured by Intel, probably because it's already too late to change the production lines as well as the interior design to suit the Qualcomm model.
Following the announcement of the abandonment of the development of 5G modems, Intel stated that it will continue to manufacture 4G modems, not only for Apple, but also for the rest of the telephone manufacturers that are interested in implementing it.
A few weeks ago, it was rumored that Huawei could have offered its 5G modems exclusively to Apple, a news that was later denied by the company's top manager. It was also rumored months ago that MediaTek could also be in charge of supplying these types of chips to the Cupertino-based company.
Until 5G is operational, it will still be a while ...