Wall Street analysts say that in 2023, Apple will use its own 5G modem in smartphones in the iPhone 15 series. TSMC will manufacture this modem using 3 or 4 nm technology.

The source adds that Apple convinced a large number of Intel engineers to develop modems and hire experts in satellite communications. Wayne Lem, director of advanced analytics at CCS, said the move to proprietary modems will reduce reliance on Qualcomm and cut costs. He also believes Apple can tune the chip to work better than competitors’ solutions. Signal level and data rate are expected to be better than Qualcomm’s solutions.

Apple has already proven that it can produce more productive and efficient solutions than its competitors with its A and M Series single-chip systems. Therefore, the prediction for modems may be correct. Apple started using Intel modems with the iPhone 7. The last two generations used Qualcomm modems. Source