Apple's road to making its own wireless chips has been long, but the end could be in sight. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo x.com/mingchikuo/status/1851983650965053494″>published in x that Apple's shift to its own in-house Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chips will begin with the iPhone 17 in the second half of next year.
x.com/mingchikuo/status/1852008307126571320″>Kuo also agrees. with 9to5Mac report that the iPhone SE 4, due in spring 2025, will be the first device to use Apple's homemade 5G modem. It says the SE will continue to use a third-party Wi-Fi chip made by Broadcom, and that the iPhone 17 will be the first device to use both a modem and Wi-Fi chip made by Apple.
The budget-friendly iPhone SE series is in need of a major update, and it looks like Apple intends to add a lot more than just a new custom modem. Rumors suggest that it will come with an OLED display for the first time, Face ID, and will support Apple Intelligence. But those aren't the only updates you might see: a higher price could also be in the cards.
