rss
06-10-2017, 07:16 AM
The next iPhone could already be behind the competition in an important way
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/45eKKHmshSDZioOLCMeRHTIU8_U=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F503980%2F3e830f5a-3772-4b21-9b96-3c56741e2a82.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+next+iPhone+could+already+be+behind+the+c ompetition+in+an+important+way&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06%2F09%2Fa pple-qualcomm-modems%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06 %2F09%2Fapple-qualcomm-modems%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
We're still months away from the next iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-8/) which, by all accounts, will be Apple's most impressive handset yet.
But there's one important spec that may be far behind the competition and it could affect the speed of your data connection.
SEE ALSO: New leaked photos reportedly reveal the final design of the iPhone 8 (http://mashable.com/2017/05/22/iphone-8-molds-leaked/)
That's because Apple won't be using Qualcomm's newest X16 LTE modems — the ones capable of the ultra-fast 1 gigabit per second connections (http://mashable.com/2016/02/11/qualcomm-x16-lte-u-wi-fi/) carriers have been promising us —in the latest iPhone, according to a new report in Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-09/apple-s-new-iphones-said-to-miss-out-on-higher-speed-data-links).
The reason is apparently due to the company's longstanding reluctance to depend on a single manufacturer for key components of its iPhones. The iPhone 7, for example, used modems from Qualcomm and Intel, and Apple has sourced parts from multiple companies in the past. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/09/apple-qualcomm-modems/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Iphone 8 (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-8/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1497058299 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1497058299)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/YK5Yrr0wUiE
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/45eKKHmshSDZioOLCMeRHTIU8_U=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F503980%2F3e830f5a-3772-4b21-9b96-3c56741e2a82.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+next+iPhone+could+already+be+behind+the+c ompetition+in+an+important+way&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06%2F09%2Fa pple-qualcomm-modems%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06 %2F09%2Fapple-qualcomm-modems%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
We're still months away from the next iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-8/) which, by all accounts, will be Apple's most impressive handset yet.
But there's one important spec that may be far behind the competition and it could affect the speed of your data connection.
SEE ALSO: New leaked photos reportedly reveal the final design of the iPhone 8 (http://mashable.com/2017/05/22/iphone-8-molds-leaked/)
That's because Apple won't be using Qualcomm's newest X16 LTE modems — the ones capable of the ultra-fast 1 gigabit per second connections (http://mashable.com/2016/02/11/qualcomm-x16-lte-u-wi-fi/) carriers have been promising us —in the latest iPhone, according to a new report in Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-09/apple-s-new-iphones-said-to-miss-out-on-higher-speed-data-links).
The reason is apparently due to the company's longstanding reluctance to depend on a single manufacturer for key components of its iPhones. The iPhone 7, for example, used modems from Qualcomm and Intel, and Apple has sourced parts from multiple companies in the past. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/09/apple-qualcomm-modems/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Iphone 8 (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-8/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1497058299 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1497058299)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/YK5Yrr0wUiE