Intel fabricará el chip módem LTE del iPhone 7 y Qualcomm anuncia futuras pérdidas

Qualcomm has had something of a rough time recovering since the Snapdragon 810 processor chip. Although the company used the chip in last year’s Android smartphones such as the LG G Flex 2, Sony Xperia Z5/Z5 Compact/Z5 Premium, and even Google’s Nexus 6P, consumers lost confidence in the processor chipmaker to provide an experience that wouldn’t overheat and prove dangerous to them. Qualcomm has rebounded in something of a miraculous fashion with the Snapdragon 820 processor, but the company reports that financial losses are ahead due to the loss of one of its major clients to a rival company. According to the source,

Qualcomm Inc., the world’s largest maker of chips that go inside smartphones, indicated on an earnings call Wednesday that it may be losing some orders from Apple for modem chips that link the iPhone to the web. Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Steve Mellenkopf told analysts he is ‘assuming’ that a major customer will give orders to a rival, indicating a potential loss of business for the company.

The message we can take from this is that the iPhone 7 will have an internet chip, preferably an LTE modem (could be WiFi from the statement above). Intel is the rival to Qualcomm in LTE modem production, so it appears as though Intel could gain the service of Apple. Outside of Apple, Samsung is the only other giant that uses Qualcomm for its LTE modems (though Samsung uses a number of chipmakers for LTE modems, not just Qualcomm). Apple has relied wholly on Qualcomm up to now, but that could change, if Apple is the client who’ll cost Qualcomm significant business this year.

El dispositivo en cuestión sería el iPhone 7, ya que las empresas contratan con los fabricantes de chips y otros fabricantes de componentes para hacer negocio con respecto a los nuevos teléfonos. Se espera que Apple presente el iPhone 7 y el iPhone 7 Plus este mes de septiembre, aunque es probable que iOS 10 se anuncie en la WWDC 2016 de junio.

Aparte del módem LTE del iPhone 7, sabemos que Apple probablemente mantendrá la pantalla de 4,7 pulgadas para el iPhone 7 y la pantalla de 5,5 pulgadas para el iPhone 7 Plus (estos mismos tamaños de pantalla están en el iPhone 6s y iPhone 6s Plus). Apple podría optar por utilizar una pantalla AMOLED y un diseño de cristal para los nuevos dispositivos, aunque estos rumores se han fijado para 2018. Como siempre, sin embargo, Apple está a cargo de la decisión final, así que permanezca atento.

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