Report: Apple intends to have its own 5G modems in play by 2022
(iMore iPhone)

What you need to know Apple bought Intel`s 5G modem business earlier this year. It intends to use its own 5G modems in iPhones. That is planned to happen by 2022. 5G might not be a key differentiator right now, but it will be soon. Apple bought Intel`s ailing 5G modem business earlier this year, signalling its intention to cut out Qualcomm and produce its own chips. Now Fast Company reports that iPhones could have Apple 5G modems inside by 2022. Apple skipped 5G this year but is said to have plans to add the feature to the 2020 iPhones. Those 5G modems will come from Qualcomm after the two companies ended their lawsuit shennanigans recently. But that will only be a short term thing, with Apple set to leverage its newly bought modem team. Apple is known as a company which likes to have control of everything. Every last detail. And being able to design its own 5G modems is part of that, despite Qualcomm`s prowess in that department. With that in mind the company has set the 2022 iP...