The Apple company could have made the decision to reject the 5G antenna offered by Qualcomm and develop its own for its new iPhone, Fast Company reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The decision would be attributed to the fact that the QTM 525 antenna model – suitable for ‘smartphones’ more than 8 millimeters thick – would make the iPhone thicker than Apple intended and that does not fit the planned ” elegant industrial design ” for the company
However, the media revealed that the apple company is working on several design options, and in parallel, it is developing a model that does incorporate the Qualcomm antenna and could use this option “by default later this year”.
Possible difficulties
The decision could result in several problems for Apple, and among them is the difficulty of developing the new antennas for 5G millimeter wave devices, because…