The iPhone 17 might use Apple’s own Wi-Fi chips

Apple’s travel to making its ain wireless chips has been a agelong one, but the extremity mightiness beryllium successful sight. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted connected X that Apple’s power to its ain in-house Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chips volition commencement with the iPhone 17 successful the 2nd fractional of adjacent year.

Kuo besides agrees with 9to5Mac’s report that the iPhone SE 4, expected successful outpouring of 2025, volition beryllium the archetypal instrumentality to usage Apple’s ain homemade 5G modem. He says that the SE volition proceed utilizing a third-party Wi-Fi spot made by Broadcom, and that the iPhone 17 volition beryllium the archetypal instrumentality to usage some an Apple-made modem and Wi-Fi chip.

Modems are hard, apparently. Apple has been trying to get distant from utilizing Qualcomm’s RF modems since astatine slightest 2019, erstwhile it bought Intel’s modem division. That’s due to the fact that Apple famously likes to power its ain destiny, and also, Qualcomm and Apple hatred each other’s guts. According to reports, the iPhone 15 was expected to beryllium the archetypal Apple telephone with the caller modem, but that proved to beryllium an unrealistic target. The modem wasn’t acceptable for this year’s iPhones either.

The budget-friendly iPhone SE bid is owed for a superior upgrade, and it looks similar Apple intends to adhd a batch much than conscionable a caller customized modem. Rumors suggest it volition travel with an OLED screen for the archetypal time, Face ID, and will enactment Apple Intelligence. But those aren’t the lone upgrades it mightiness see: a higher terms tag could beryllium successful the cards, too.