iPhone 2018 rumors: New modem chips may mean better cellular connectivity<article>
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<strong>Updated 11/17/17:</strong> A new report from KGI details several improvements to cellular connectivity.</p><p>It’s not enough that the new
iPhone X is only a few days old; rumors about
next year’s iPhone are already starting to fly. We’ll keep track of what’s been said and what seems fesible in this article so you can keep up with the latest iPhone gossip.</p><h2 class="toc">What's the latest</h2>
<p>KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, always on top of the latest Apple supply chain gossip, says that we'll see much improved cellular baseband chips in next year's iPhones. It will again source chips from both Intel and Qualcomm, but most phones (70-80%) will sport the Intel chip, specifically an <a href="
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/mobile-communications/xmm-7560-brief.html" rel="nofollow">Intel XMM 7560[/url] modem. The Qualcomm modem is expected to be the <a href="
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/modems/x20" rel="nofollow">Snapdragon X20[/url].</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3236255/iphone-ipad/iphone-2018-rumors.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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iPhone 2018 rumors: New modem chips may mean better cellular connectivity
