Manufacturing components for the iPhone is a very lucrative business, something that companies like TSMC or Samsung know well. That's the reason why more than a few companies are trying to elbow their way into Apple's supply chain. One of these companies is Intel, about whom CLSA Securities analyst Rrini Pajuri has confirmed multiple rumors claiming that the processor company would provide the LTE Modem for the iPhone 7.
Pajjuri says that Intel has secured a "Important part" of LTE chips, which is around 30-40% of the production of this component. The rest of the orders will go to Qualcomm, one of the most important processor manufacturers in the market, especially for mobile devices. To cater for the new demand, Intel has hired at least 1.000 employees to build the Intel 7360 LTE Modem for the iPhone 7.
The Intel 7360 will offer 50/100% faster speeds
El LTE 7350 modem that the next iPhone model will use can, in theory, download at a speed of 450Mbps and upload at a speed of 100Mbps, which, as we always say jokingly, is sure to be enough to tweet and upload photos to Instagram. What I will say seriously is that I have tested the LTE at about 60/30 on the iPhone 6 and I have already had the feeling that I had half of it left. On the other hand, the Intel Modem would also support LTE category 10 and 29 LTE bands. We remember that the Modem used by the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus supports speeds of 300 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload.
Although no one is bitter about a sweet and everything that they add without harming other points is positive, this new speed will not be able to be used in much of the world. And, even if it could, at least in the country from where I write, the data plans would not allow us to enjoy that speed, since if we get excited doing something and forget our rate, it is most likely that we will run out of data in Little time. But hey, as I just said, all that adds up, welcome.