TechPhonesYour next iPhone could feature an important new chipApple announced a crucial new chip several years ago, but it’s finally arriving in next year’s iPhonesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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Apple announced a crucial new chip several years ago, but it’s finally arriving in next year’s iPhones

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Quick SummaryApple’s plans to make its own 5G modem have been delayed for several years now.But a new report says it’ll go into select iPhones from 2025 onwards.

Apple’s plans to make its own 5G modem have been delayed for several years now.But a new report says it’ll go into select iPhones from 2025 onwards.

Apple’s plans to make its own 5G modem have been delayed for several years now.But a new report says it’ll go into select iPhones from 2025 onwards.

Apple’s plans to make its own 5G modem have been delayed for several years now.

But a new report says it’ll go into select iPhones from 2025 onwards.

SomeApplepredictions turn out to be overly optimistic – so for example back in 2020 Apple announced that it wasmaking its own 5G modem, and that was widely expected to appear in the iPhone 13. It didn’t, and it didn’t make it into the iPhone 14 or the iPhone 15 either. But a new report says that the chip is finally going to go into production, and we’ll see it in theiPhone 17 Slimand theiPhone SE 4.

The report comes from well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a good track record of Apple leaks and predictions. In a post onMedium, Kuo says that the Apple 5G modem will appear in 2025 on the aforementioned twoiPhonemodels.

Does it matter who makes the 5G chip in your iPhone?

It does to Apple, which famously wants to control all the key technologies used in its products. Every current iPhone uses 5G modems from Qualcomm, but Apple’s relationship with the chip maker hasn’t always been cordial: for some years now Apple has been embroiled in a legalbattlewith the firm that has seen Qualcomm attempt to have the iPhone banned in the US, Germany and China.

Although the new modem is tipped for the super-slim iPhone 17 and iPhone SE 4, it’ll take a little bit longer to make its way into other iPhone models: Apple’s deal with Qualcomm doesn’t expire until 2026.

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