Earlier this year, Apple and Qualcomm announced an agreement that put an end to their long standing legal battles across the globe. Now, a new roadmap from the Cupertino based giant reveals their plan on using the American chipmakers 5G modem in its future products.
Recently, it was found that the new Apple iPhone 12 series of smartphones feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 modems, which was discovered in a teardown video. Furthermore, the company’s official roadmap also details the use of Qualcomm models in future products. Notably, Apple is also planning on using the Snapdragon X60 modem between 1st June 2021 and 31st May 2022, which was discovered via an Apple-Qualcomm settlement filing.
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Similarly, the iPhone maker is also committed to use the yet o be announced X65 and X70 modems as well in their future products dated between 1st June 2022 and 31st May 2024. These settlement details are over a year old now, however, they went under the radar for quite some time. But it reveals Apple’s plans on its cooperation with Qualcomm.
For those unaware, the Snapdragon X60 is built on a 5nm process and is currently the chipmakers high end 5G modem. It is more energy efficient than the previous generation’s X55 modem, whilst having a smaller size overall as well. Smartphones that feature the X60 will also be able to aggregate data from both mmWave and sub 6GHz at the same time to achieve high speeds with lower latency.
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