Apple began developing its own modem for iPhone with 5G

In December, information appeared that Apple could release an iPhone with 5G support in 2020. Intel already has

There is a 5G modem that would fit an Apple smartphone, but the company decided to develop its own.

Apple has taken over the development of the modem, according to two different sources. The company has been purchasing modems from its suppliers for years, and now it has decided to take up development on its own.

Rather
in total, Apple will build
modem directly into the iPhone processor, which will save space and
power consumption. Samsung and Huawei have been doing this for a while now.

The company is looking for employees to develop a modem inSan Diego, where there are many talents in this area due to the representation of Qualcomm. That's where Apple plans to do development. It can take years for a company to develop its own modem, and you cannot say when they will appear on devices.

Development
own modem would cost Apple hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but
the company may end up saving a lot of money by doing this.

Current
iOS 12.2 beta
contains a 5G E icon, but this is false marketing from AT&T. Smartphones
with true 5G support won't arrive until the second half of 2019
of the year.

Some iPhone and iPad owners may have seenon your devices our 5G Evolution indicator. This indicator only means that they are in an area where the 5G Evolution network may be available.

A couple of years ago
AT&T has already
used false 4G icons on iPhone and other smartphones.

We’ve been talking about 5G Evolution for some time now. We did not hide what we are working on. The indicator is needed in order to notify users that they are in the territory with support for advanced networks. There are already about 20 devices with their support.

For now
5G technology on iPhone is not
available. Yes, an experimental 5G service was released in 2018, but full-fledged 5G networks will not appear
until 2020.