Qualcomm launched its flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC for Android smartphones earlier this month, but the chipmaker also shed some light on their relationship with Apple and the upcoming 5G iPhone. According to PCMag, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon states that “Priority number one of this relationship with Apple is how to launch their phone as fast as we can. That’s the priority.”
That decision was apparently made to make sure the smartphones hit the market on time, and the truce between the two companies came after Apple had already started development on it next iPhone. Amon explained that Apple and Qualcomm are currently working to get as much done as possible, as quickly as possible:
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“We have a multi-year agreement with Apple. It’s not one, it’s not two, it’s multi-year for our Snapdragon modem. We’re setting no expectations on front end, especially because we engaged it very late,” Amon said.
“We re-engaged probably later than both of us would like, and I think we’ve been working together to try to get as much as possible done, and take as much possible advantage of what they’ve done before so that we can actually launch a phone on schedule with 5G,” Amon said.
This could be translated to suggest that it wants to ensure Apple has a 5G iPhone ready for its next generation of devices. Since it’s the usual time of year for an iPhone launch, that means it’ll probably be in September 2020.
While it’s been a big drive for Qualcomm, and while it seems the development was begun pretty late in the day – considering we’re less than a year away from launch – Amon doesn’t appear concerned. He stated “we’re very happy with the progress we’re making, and I expect that they’re going to have a great device”.
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