Qualcomm CEO fuels rumors that iPhone 7 will get Intel modem

Qualcomm’s CEO says he “assumes” that a major customer places orders with a competitor. The CEO thus feeds rumors that have been circulating for some time that Apple is choosing Intel to supply lte modems for the iPhone 7.

Qualcomms CEO Steve Mollenkopf made his comment Wednesday during the discussions of the quarterly figures, Bloomberg writes. The transcript of this discussion shows that the CEO is indeed talking about second-sourcing assumptions with regard to large customers, something the company would have taken into account with its objectives and organization. Additionally, in response to a question about this, Mollenkopf talks about trust in the company’s modem roadmap, insinuating that it is about modem orders.

According to Bloomberg, analysts are speculating that Apple has signed an agreement with Intel for the supply of LTE modems. Until now, Qualcomm has been Apple’s exclusive supplier of these modems. In March, Motley Fool wrote about rumors that Intel has put a team of 1,000 employees on the development of its XMM 7360 lte modem, to get it ready for the iPhone 7.

Intel unveiled its XMM 7360 lte modem a year ago. This economical modem must be lte cat. Support 10, 29 LTE ​​channels and up to 3x carrier aggregation, for a maximum throughput of 450Mbit/s. Qualcomm’s MDM9635M lte modem in the iPhone 6s achieves maximum download speeds of 300Mbit/s.