With the maturity of 5G technology, various manufacturers have put 5G mobile phones on the agenda, and the first batch of 5G smart phones are expected to be officially launched this year. As a brother in the industry, Apple has not made any indications. Let many users worry about whether the iPhone will use 5G next year.
However, among the mainstream manufacturers, Apple is one of the few, and there is basically no mention of '5G' smartphone makers. Apple can be said to be the biggest winner in the 4G era, and the iPhone series models have brought huge revenues to Apple. And Apple's market capitalization has also exceeded trillions of dollars. However, according to the Taiwan media "Electronic Times" report, Apple has already begun to develop a smart phone that supports 5G, and may be officially launched next year.
Insiders in the supply chain revealed that Apple has already determined the R&D plan for the 5G iPhone. This product will be officially launched next fall. This phone is positioned like the iPhone X last year and is a 'special edition' in regular products. The price will be higher than the existing iPhone XS series mobile phone, and the starting price is likely to exceed RMB 10,000.
However, for major mobile phone manufacturers, it is not realistic for 5G mobile phones to mass-produce. Therefore, the 5G mobile phones launched next year should be similar to products like 'concept models', and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.
For example, OPPO, Lenovo and other Android mobile phone manufacturers' 5G mobile phones will be equipped with Qualcomm Xiaolong X50 baseband to obtain 5G communication capabilities, but considering the deterioration of Apple and Qualcomm, I am afraid that Apple's 5G mobile phone will still be equipped with Intel baseband.
Finally, next year's iPhone will continue to use Intel's baseband chips. It is still unknown. From the signal test performance of this year's iPhone XS, the performance of Intel chips seems to be not ideal. Qualcomm has also revealed that it will continue to maintain Apple's partnership, so the next generation iPhone is not impossible to switch to Qualcomm.
