Apple and Qualcomm's legal disputes have prevented Apple from considering replacing baseband chip suppliers. A number of reports have already revealed that Apple will cooperate with Intel and MediaTek in the future. The future new iPhone will carry the baseband chips provided by these two vendors.
However, the Fast Company received the news that it is unrealistic for Apple to break up with Qualcomm, at least for now. According to reports, Apple will still purchase Qualcomm chips for the iPhone in 2018, but the proportion of this year will change, and Apple will 70% of the orders are distributed to Intel, Qualcomm can only get 30%.
Why does Apple not completely purchase Intel's baseband chips this year? According to reports, Intel's current modem chip yield has not yet reached expectations, only slightly more than half of the chip quality can be accepted. However, Intel engineers confidently believe that the chip yield can be Improve before summer production. If Intel successfully solves the yield problem, then Intel is likely to become Apple's exclusive supplier next year.
