Apple’s plans of utilizing its in-house modem ranging from the iPhone 15 in 2023 are unlikely to pan out. Qualcomm will proceed to provide the Cupertino firm with the “overwhelming majority” of iPhone modems subsequent yr.

The San Diego chipmaker expects Apple to shift to its in-house modem by 2024 on the earliest. It had beforehand anticipated to provide the iPhone maker with solely 20% of modem chips in 2023.

Apple’s in-house 5G modem just isn’t coming subsequent yr

In its newest quarterly earnings name, Qualcomm famous that it expects to provide modems for the “overwhelming majority” of 2023 iPhones, stories Bloomberg. Issues might change the next yr, however the firm ought to stay the only real provider of the modem used contained in the iPhone 15.

Apple has reportedly already sunk greater than a billion {dollars} in constructing its personal 5G modem for the iPhone. It acquired Intel’s modem enterprise for $1 billion in 2019 to kick-start the method. Since then, it has employed engineers at its Irvine, California workplace to make 5G modems and different wi-fi chips for its future gadgets.

Apple’s efforts at growing its 5G modem have bombed to date

A latest report signifies that Apple’s in-house efforts to make its 5G modem haven’t been profitable. All prototypes have run into overheating points. As a result of this, the corporate will depend on Qualcomm for modem necessities for the foreseeable future. And the latter solely expects Apple to maneuver to its self-developed modem in 2024.

Apple fast-tracked the event of its in-house modem after its beef with Qualcomm in 2017 over royalties and patent infringement. After a few years of backwards and forwards, the 2 corporations dropped all litigation towards one another in 2019. In addition they signed a six-year license settlement with an possibility to increase it by one other two years. Apple additionally needed to make a one-time fee to Qualcomm to settle the matter.

The Cupertino big doesn’t wish to depend on one firm for a vital part of its gadgets. And given its beef with Qualcomm, Apple is unlikely to surrender on its in-house efforts to develop a 5G modem.