The Asian company MediaTek, which according to the latest rumors will soon be in charge of the manufacture of the HomePod and whose processors are in many of the low and mid-range terminals on the market, is trying to become the main supplier of 5G chips that next year should come hand in hand with the new iPhones.
The dispositions that Apple is currently facing with Qualcomm has caused the Cupertino-based company to be forced to look for alternatives that can cover all the demand that the company needs. For this year, the company that will be in charge of facilitating them will be Intel by 70%, while the rest of the demand will be covered by Qualcomm.
The high demand that Apple for this type of chip is forcing the company to look for alternatives, since Intel does not have the capacity to supply the quantity it needs. According to the latest rumors, MediaTek is presenting itself as an alternative not only to Qualcomm but also to Intel, who in theory would take care of almost all the supply the company needs next year.
MediaTek will be ready to start manufacturing 5G modems next year, thus positioning itself as a supplier to consider by Apple to meet your broad needs. But, considering that Apple is very cautious when we talk about adopting our standards in the world of telephony.
The plans of the operators start to deploy this new standard to principles of 2019Android terminals being the first models to hit the market with this compatibility, and the Galaxy S10 probably the first to do so. According to analysts, the first iPhone to hit the market with a chip compatible with 5G networks will do so in 2020.