Qualcomm and Samsung will not sell 5G modems to Apple, which makes Apple's running time

We have heard for some time that the first iPhone compatible with 5G VG networks would not arrive until 2020. This theory was recently supported by analyst Timothy Arcuri at UBS. We are here with a new report from the Taiwanese Electronic Times stating the same thing.

Given the current legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm, it is unlikely that Qualcomm will provide Apple with its own 5G adapters. For Samsung, the report says that it would not provide its Exynos 5100 5G modem to Apple due to limited production capacity. Even if Samsung manages to increase its production capacity, Apple will start tough negotiations with the South Korean company on prices, especially if we know that Apple likes to pressure component suppliers to get better margins.

Currently, Apple imports the modems it uses on its Intel smartphones, but it does not yet have a modem supporting fifth-generation 5G networks. The latest Intel XMM 8160 modem will not be ready until 2020, which means it's a way to use this modem on the new iPhone coming in the second half of this year.

Of course, there is the Huawei Balong 5000 5G Modem. However, they do not sell their own modems and processors to other companies. UniSOC, which some of you may remember as Spreadtrum, is also working on a modem that supports 5G VLANs, but we do not know when the modem will be ready.

This may leave the door open for MediaTek, which was struggling to install the MediaTek Helio M70 on iPhone, which has accelerated shipping times by about six months. However, things are still not clear, which means we will have to wait a little longer before we can confirm everything, but all the current evidence suggests that the new iPhone arriving in the second half of this year will lack support for VLAN 5G, This will also apply to the iPhone next year if Apple does not find a suitable solution.