The first 5G smartphones should arrive in 2019, but don't expect Apple to rush to join them. A Fast Company source claims Apple intends to use an Intel 5G modem, the 8161, in its 2020 batch of iPhones. Apple is reportedly using a precursor 8060 chip for prototyping, but has "heat dissipation issues" (due to the sheer demand needed for millimeter-wave signals) that would both raise the temperature and hurt battery life. The issue isn't enough to send Apple running back into the arms of Qualcomm, but it's supposedly "unhappy" with Intel for this reason.
Source: Fast Company
Apple reportedly launches its first 5G iPhone in 2020 posted first on https://www.engadget.com
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