This is evident from information shared by Bloomberg’s Apple expert Mark Gurman Applewill continue to invest billions of dollars in developing its own modems. However, these modems are not expected to provide a significant improvement over existing Apple devices. According to the information we have, the mobile modem being developed will be a component that will allow phones to access the Internet via a mobile broadband connection (3G, 4G, 5G) and is being developed by the team that developed Apple’s M-series chips.

Apple has been buying modems from Qualcomm for years, but has actually been developing its own modem since 2018 to end its reliance on Qualcomm modems. However, Despite six years of development Apple was unable to produce a usable modem due to performance and heating issues. More importantly, Gurman says that Apple’s in-house modem development will not provide any significant benefit to the devices, as Qualcomm’s modems are already among the best on the market, outpacing competitors like Intel.

Apple may have fallen prey to “manufacturing every part itself”

One of the reasons why Apple continues in this direction may be the desire to bring its devices to market with completely self-developed components. It is also mentioned that Apple plans to develop a unified chip that handles all wireless functions, namely WiFi and Bluetooth. However, Apple’s desire to reduce its financial dependence on Qualcommis considered the main motivation behind this research.

When Apple ditched Intel processors and started using its own M-series processors, it had some serious advantages. As a result, ARM processors could offer much better performance with lower power consumption. When it comes to modems, there will be no such improvement. You will get virtually the same speed with Apple’s modem as you do with cellular data today. Whether Apple uses its own modem or not, Not much will change for us.