Apple’s journey to creating its personal wi-fi chips has been a protracted one, however the finish is perhaps in sight. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X that Apple’s change to its personal in-house Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chips will begin with the iPhone 17 within the second half of subsequent yr.
Kuo additionally agrees with 9to5Mac’s report that the iPhone SE 4, anticipated in spring of 2025, would be the first system to make use of Apple’s personal do-it-yourself 5G modem. He says that the SE will proceed utilizing a third-party Wi-Fi chip made by Broadcom, and that the iPhone 17 would be the first system to make use of each an Apple-made modem and Wi-Fi chip.
Modems are arduous, apparently. Apple has been attempting to get away from utilizing Qualcomm’s RF modems since at the least 2019, when it purchased Intel’s modem division….
