{"id":32031,"date":"2017-06-10T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T10:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=32031"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T10:03:26","slug":"apple-dips-report-future-iphone-modems-lag-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-dips-report-future-iphone-modems-lag-rivals.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple dips after report that future iPhone modems could lag rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Apple dips after report that future iPhone modems could lag rivals<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) fell more than 3 percent on Friday after Bloomberg News reported that iPhones launched later this year will use modem chips with slower download speeds than some rival smartphones.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Apple is widely expected to upgrade its iPhone this year, which marks the device&#039;s 10th anniversary, and suggestions that its technology will lag the performance of high-end smartphones running Alphabet Inc&#039;s (GOOGL.O) Android system could hurt its sales.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">An Apple spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Apple supplier Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) sells modems capable of downloading data at cutting-edge 1 gigabit speeds, but rival chipmaker Intel Corp&#039;s (INTC.O) modem technology does not yet have that capability, according to the Bloomberg report.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Since Apple is traditionally reluctant to rely on just one supplier, it is using modems from both companies, but capping download speeds of the quicker Qualcomm modems so that all of the new iPhones perform the same, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Shares of the Cupertino, California company have surged 29 percent so far in 2017, largely in anticipation of the iPhone upgrade. The stock on Friday declined 3.5 percent to $149.60.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-stocks-idUSKBN1902ON<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-dips-report-future-iphone-modems-lag-rivals.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple dips after report that future iPhone modems could lag rivals Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) fell more than 3 percent on Friday after Bloomberg News reported that iPhones launched later this year will use modem chips with slower download speeds than some rival smartphones. 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