Report: Apple abandons 5G modem development

29 November 2023
iPhones will most likely continue to use Qualcomm modems for the foreseeable future.

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  • 29 Nov 2023

Haha apple and communication when comes to Ericsson super complex stuff it's really hard, another thing is apples kernel compare Linux seams have been developed forever but doesn't go anywhere

    rosesarerosie, 29 Nov 2023a 2 trillion dollar company can't make 5G modems 😭😭lmao! right!

      AWWWWWWWWW pooooor Apple! Can’t be a trendsetter in the mobile modem business boooooohoooooo.

        Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023Would be bad as exynos modem anyway. Exynos 5G modem is alive and have real presence in the market. Its QC passed by international standard while apple not even succeed in the development. Intel is laughing evilly in the corner, lol

          Who would have ever thought otherwise? Oh yeah, those people. While the rest of us already knew apple can't make their own, other than the OS. Everything else is someone else's hardware.

            Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023You know LTPO was created by apple, right? The wheel was already invented so they just made a new version of the wheel.

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              • 29 Nov 2023

              Who cares...

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                • 29 Nov 2023

                Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023*cogh* Copied and pseudo patented *coght* Most of Apples p... moreAlso remember how they were forced to write an official apology at apple.co.uk, promising to never again accuse competitors of copying something Apple never invented.

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                  • 29 Nov 2023

                  Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023*cogh* Copied and pseudo patented *coght* Most of Apples p... moreRemember the shape gate?

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                    • 29 Nov 2023

                    Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023You know LTPO was created by apple, right? *cogh* Copied and pseudo patented *coght*
                    Most of Apples patents after the 2000s are in between a joke and a stolen good idea thrown in the air.

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                      • 056
                      • 29 Nov 2023

                      Intel: 🤣

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                        • 29 Nov 2023

                        pl2rts, 29 Nov 2023If Apple cant by the companies that have the technology and... moreYou know LTPO was created by apple, right?

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                          • 29 Nov 2023

                          Would be bad as exynos modem anyway.

                            If Apple cant by the companies that have the technology and patents then they cant call it as there own so they cant build it on there own too. As Apple dont invent anything cause there innovation is to buy others inventions and then use them

                              rosesarerosie, 29 Nov 2023a 2 trillion dollar company can't make 5G modems 😭😭Yeah, cause this is just that simple 🤷 🤦‍♂️

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                                • 29 Nov 2023

                                Qualcomm, Samsung, Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia own more than 50% of all 5G patents in the world. Apple must pay them royalties or it's very difficult to develop their own 5G modem. So they cancelled it altogether.

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                                  Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023Main reason might be due yo lot of patents held up by Qualc... more> Main reason might be due yo lot of patents held up by Qualcomm/Broadcom and other companies

                                  if that were they case, they would be covered under FRAND
                                  at which point they'd only have to pay a Fair, Reasonable, And Non-Discriminatory rate like everyone else covered under FRAND terms

                                    Anonymous, 29 Nov 2023Main reason might be due yo lot of patents held up by Qualc... moreDon't talk nonsense: Mediatek does it very well

                                      a 2 trillion dollar company can't make 5G modems 😭😭

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                                        • 29 Nov 2023

                                        Main reason might be due yo lot of patents held up by Qualcomm/Broadcom and other companies and Apple need to invent something by avoiding those patents which will require bending physics.