Apple would not release the iPhone 5G before 2020

As their rivals began to materialize their plans for 5G phones in February, it was clear that Apple should choose from four challenging routes to launch its first iPhone 5G. In the wake of the announcement announced yesterday by Apple that sales of iPhone units will no longer be sold, a new report from Fast Company says why: the company has apparently decided to miss out on the first year of Smartphones 5G, its partner for chips, Intel have a viable modem ready at least until 2020.

The difficulties faced by Intel in developing 5G modems have become increasingly evident over the past year, as the company's XMM8060 was only announced as a component for larger devices than phones, as a 5G computer range expected by the end of 2019. The chip maker is reportedly working on a more energy efficient 10-nanometer option, the XMM8161, which Apple will use to prototype and test the iPhone 5G.

Although Intel is not the only developer of 5G modems to deal with thermal problems and excessive power consumption, the report says that Apple is probably unhappy with the XMM8060's heat dissipation, which would be enough to give printing to a phone to be warm to the touch. But Apple has apparently decided to give Intel a year and a half to solve its problems.

In July, Intel indirectly challenged a report that Apple would have abandoned its plans to use an Intel modem in an iPhone 5G. Around the same time, Apple would be in talks with a smaller modem manufacturer, MediaTek, as "Plan B" in case Intel could not market a small chip before 2020.

Apple's dilemma is entirely due to its mismatched dispute with Qualcomm, a 5G modem maker that works with some 20 companies on next-generation smartphones. Due to an escalation of secret royalties and trade disputes, Apple and Qualcomm found themselves mingled with vile trials and related proceedings that Qualcomm had repeatedly proposed to settle. Due to legal issues, Apple has excluded Qualcomm from its 2018 iPhones and apparently does not appear to be using the company's parts to accelerate its iPhone 5G efforts.

At the same time, the first 5G smartphones from many other companies will come on the market over the next year, starting in early 2019. Motorola, Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung have all announced their intention to take advantage of the technology. advance on the 5G telephony market. From now on, two or three 5G networks will be available in various parts of the United States and will join the first networks in limited cities elsewhere in the world. It remains to be seen whether the 5G smartphone manufacturers backed by Qualcomm will erode Apple's currently flatbed iPhone sales, but Apple's decision to no longer divulge iPhone unit sales could strategically hide the impact of his decision.