The Apple company could have made the decision to reject the 5G antenna offered by Qualcomm and develop its own for its new iPhone, Fast Company reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The decision would be attributed to the fact that the QTM 525 antenna model – suitable for ‘smartphones’ more than 8 millimeters thick – would make the iPhone thicker than Apple intended and that does not fit the planned ” elegant industrial design ” for the company
However, the media revealed that the apple company is working on several design options, and in parallel, it is developing a model that does incorporate the Qualcomm antenna and could use this option “by default later this year”.
Possible difficulties
The decision could result in several problems for Apple, and among them is the difficulty of developing the new antennas for 5G millimeter wave devices, because they send and receive higher frequency signals than previous generations. According to the source, this feature leaves less margin for error in its design and manufacture to its creators, since a slight imperfection can cause communication problems.
For its part, Apple already had unsatisfactory results when it developed its own antennas before. That way, his iPhone 4 had problems with the connection when the phone was held in a certain way. Likewise, the media points out that another more recent antenna design needed twice the power compared to others to produce the same amount of signal.
Another reason
However, the design is not the only reason that pushes Apple to reject Qualcomm’s proposal. According to Fast Company, the company’s intention is to create an iPhone that incorporates the least amount of Qualcomm parts possible, as it is required to pay both for its parts and for the use of its intellectual property.
This double payment was already the cause of a judicial dispute between the two companies, which finally ended in an agreement and the decision to continue with the collaboration. However, Apple chose to buy Intel’s modem business and set out to build its own 5G modem and refrain from Qualcomm’s.
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