Zayed Rehman·

iPhone 17 Could Use Apple’s Own 5G And WiFi Chip With More Products To Follow

Apple is all set to use an in-house 5G and WiFi chip in its 2025 product lineup, but mainly, the iPhone 17.

It’s no secret that Apple has been working on its own 5G chip since it bought Intel’s modem business a few years ago. The switch was to be made back in 2023, but according to Ming-Chi Kuo, 2025 could be the time.

In a post on X, Kuo tells us:

Broadcom currently supplies over 300 million Wi-Fi+BT chips (hereafter referred to as Wi-Fi chips) per year to Apple. However, Apple will rapidly reduce its reliance on Broadcom. With new products in 2H25 (e.g., iPhone 17), Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi chips, which will be made by TSMC’s N7 process and support the latest Wi-Fi 7 spec. Apple expects to move nearly all products to in-house Wi-Fi chips within about three years. This move will reduce costs and enhance Apple’s ecosystem integration advantages.

Interestingly, while it was thought that the 5G and WiFi chip would be one, Kuo followed up that tweet with another one telling us that the two will be separate chips, with the iPhone SE4 set to move to Apple’s 5G chip. The WiFi chip however, could still be from Broadcom.

Starting from 2H25, both Apple’s 5G and Wi-Fi chips will gradually be used in new products simultaneously. However, since these are two different chips (using different TSMC processes), the early switch-over timelines will differ due to separate production schedules. For example, the iPhone SE4 will move to an Apple 5G modem but still use a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip.

Kuo believes that the custom WiFi chips will roll out to different products after some time as the production schedule settles. It won’t be too hasty to believe that we could see the iPhone 17 feature the new WiFi chip, or even a Mac for that matter in 2025.

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