Apple's 2018 iPhones will use Intel modems, Qualcomm seemingly confirms
Qualcomm's CFO, George Davis, just seemingly confirmed a major detail about this year's iPhones during an earnings conference call on Wednesday.
The iPhones coming out this fall are not going to use Qualcomm modems — leaving only one real company that could provide the chip design: Intel.
"We believe Apple intends to solely use our competitor's modems rather than our modems in its next iPhone release. We will continue to provide modems for Apple legacy devices," Davis said, via Reuters' Stephen Nellis. For years, Apple solely relied on Qualcomm to provide the modem for its iPhones to connect to high-speed cellular networks. But Intel was able to provide some modems to Apple starting in 2016, when Intel chips were included in some iPhone 7 models.
