[IT168 News] Users familiar with the communications industry must know that the baseband of the iPhone was basically exclusively provided by Qualcomm in the past. After all, the latter has a market share of up to 80% in the baseband market, and the core Netcom advantage has also been monopolized by Qualcomm. However, in the iPhone 7 above, in order to balance the competitors and reduce the cost, Apple introduced the Intel baseband, but it was also revealed that the iPhone 7 has many problems such as signals, networks, and communication connections, and users of the iPhone 7 intel version complained.
Event Review: iPhone7 uses Qualcomm/intel dual baseband version
First of all, let's first review, this year's iPhone 7 has two baseband versions, namely the Qualcomm X12 MDM9645M (20nm) and the Intel XMM 7360 (28nm). The former has full Netcom attributes, while the latter only supports dual 4G networks (the lack of CDMA The support), and also more importantly, the Qualcomm X12 baseband can achieve a speed of 600Mbps, while Intel XMM 7360 only supports 450Mbps, and there are differences in the process between the two.
â–² iPhone 7/7 Plus has two baseband versions of Qualcomm and Intel. The picture is quoted from: Addiction Technology.
There is no doubt that there are obvious differences between the two basebands. Some users even believe that the performance of the Intel XMM 7360 is not as good as the baseband used by the iPhone 6S/6S Plus, which not only differs in the speed of the Internet, but also is not satisfactory in terms of stability. For example, there have been intel version of the iPhone 7 user feedback often appear bad signal, the network connection is not stable, there is a signal but can not access the Internet, etc., causing crazy Tucao.
At present, the iPhone 7 based on Intel's baseband is mainly facing the market without the need of the entire network, but it includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States and some versions of the United States. It is reported that the proportion is as high as more than 50%, and the State Bank has a unique network. In recent years, the Qualcomm baseband version has been used. However, due to the impact of this incident, Apple is currently considering that the baseband orders are being adjusted, and Intel baseband purchase orders may be compressed to a minimum level.
In addition, foreign media also reported that Apple may implement high-end and mid-range differentiated designs in mobile phones next year. In lower-cost versions, they may still use Intel's baseband processors. After all, Apple can further control cost prices.
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