In view of Apple’s ongoing dispute with Qualcomm, it could very well be close to claiming its first victim. The Cupertino based company has stated that it is planning a limitation on its upcoming iPhone 8 which would essentially make gigabit data speeds unavailable on the new handset.
According to a report from Bloomberg, it is cited from people close to the matter that Samsung is very close to beating Apple over gigabit data speeds, as models like the S8 are already supporting it, while iPhones will be lacking it for at least another year. And it’s all because of the ongoing legal dispute against Qualcomm.
With major carriers in the market like AT&T and Verizon having already confirmed plans to adopt the new technology, manufacturers are also preparing to embrace the new generation of wireless data, and the first to do it was Samsung, who’s Galaxy S8. The device features a modem that can reach speeds nearly 50 times faster than today, if carriers allow it.
Apple is also looking to install new modems on its upcoming iPhones. But because of the lawsuit, the new handsets may come equipped with modems developed by both Qualcomm and Intel. But because Intel’s modems are not equipped to run gigabit speeds and Apple wants to prepare a strategy with Qualcomm, the speed of the faster chips would be limited to have the performance similar on all iPhones.
Apple, in spite of the ongoing situation, doesn’t seem to be at all perturbed that its new iPhone won’t offer gigabit speed, as history has proved that although its models are late to offering faster data speeds, they were still successful.
