14 DAY TRIAL // We’ve known for a while that Apple was working on reducing the reliance on other companies for the development of its products, but now it looks like the Cupertino-based tech giant is working around the clock on making this happen.
The first iPhone with an Apple modem could therefore see the daylight as soon as 2023, as the company has started hiring engineers specifically for the designing of chips.
A report from Bloomberg reveals that the engineers will work on wireless radios, radio-frequency integrated circuits, and a wireless SoC, while also developing chips for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
In other words, Apple wants the wireless connectivity to be powered by its own hardware, therefore giving up on partners like Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Skyworks.
New iPhones coming in September 2022
Apple will launch a line of four different iPhone models in the fall of 2022, though this time, the new generation will come with substantial changes versus the current lineup.
Apple will kill off the iPhone mini, therefore giving up on the 5.4-inch form factor.
Instead, the company will introduce a new Max model that will be a larger version of the standard iPhone. The iPhone 14 lineup will therefore comprise the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Max, the iPhone 14 Pro, and the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
All will come with 5G chips powered by one of the companies mentioned above, as Apple is unlikely to finalize the development of its own solutions by the time these devices go live.
On the other hand, the first iPhones with Apple chips should hit the shelves in 2023, of course, if the company isn’t hitting other roadblocks in the meantime. And obviously, the iPhone maker has remained completely tight-lipped on all these plans, though it all seems to be just a matter of time right now.