Apple Said to Be Designing Own 5G Modems, 5G iPhone Launch Could Be Delayed Due to Intel
Plans of Apple to launch a 5G-capable iPhone in the year of 2020 could be delayed by Intel missing its targets for 5G modems, according to the latest report by UBS. Apple is already behind other organizations including Huawei and Samsung, who have already shown off their 5G-enabled versions of their latest flagship handsets. It was already been expected that there would be no 5G-capable iPhone in the year 2019, but according to this latest report, the organization might not be able to release such a device in the year of 2020 either if it sticks to its usual September month launch timeframe, because Intel is unlikely to have its WiFi modems ready in time. According to 9 to 5Mac, the note of UBS to investors claims that Apple company is actually now targeting the year of 2021 for its first 5G iPhone launch, but believes even that target to be quite a technical hurdle. While this would cause a decline of short-term in the sales iPhone for Apple company, the Swiss investment bank beli...