Qualcomm says its modem chips will not be used in iPhone 2018 models

As part of its call for results for the third quarter of fiscal 2018, chip maker Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it would no longer manufacture modems for new iPhone models. but would continue to do so for older versions of Apple. iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and more. This development comes several months after a report suggested that Apple would completely abandon Qualcomm and turn to Intel for baseband chips to be incorporated into the company's 2018 range of iPhone models. This development comes as a result of a legal dispute between Apple and Qualcomm that is expected to result in fines of over one billion dollars.

A CNBC report noted Qualcomm's announcement about a broken partnership with Apple. "We believe that Apple intends to only use our competitors' modems rather than our modems in its next iPhone version, we will continue to provide modems for older Apple devices," he said. George Davis, Qualcomm CFO. By competitor, the company means Intel which is the only other modem provider for the Apple iPhone range. Intel chips were first introduced with the iPhone 7, however, Apple has used a combination of chips Qualcomm and Intel in its smartphones until this year.

Earlier this week, a study by Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest app and website, revealed that the current range of iPhone tracks in download speeds compared to the latest smartphones from Samsung and Google. In the test, Ookla noted that the Samsung Galaxy S9 + was recording speeds of up to 38.4 Mbps while the iPhone X managed around 29.7 Mbps.

Qualcomm also recently took a break at Apple. In its advertising, the chip maker compared its chip to the Intel XMM7480, the LTE chip used on some iPhone X models, and claimed that Qualcomm's chips were gaining in latency, speed download and download speed.

quarterly results for 2018, Qualcomm reported a 4.2 percent increase in quarterly revenue, with its series of Snapdragon mobile chipsets in high demand from global manufacturers, including Samsung and Xiaomi. Revenues for the quarter amounted to $ 5.60 billion (about Rs. 38.4 trillion), up from $ 5.37 billion in the same period last year.

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