Based on a tweet written by TF Worldwide’s Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will cut back its reliance on Wi-Fi + Bluetooth chips designed by Broadcom beginning with the iPhone 17 line. Kuo tells us that Broadcom ships 300 million such chips to Apple annually and this quantity might be significantly lowered as Apple plans on utilizing its personal Wi-Fi chips on the iPhone 17 sequence. Utilizing its personal Wi-Fi chip will enable Apple to scale back prices and combine new options into the telephones.

The homegrown Apple Wi-Fi chips might be constructed by TSMC utilizing its N7 7nm course of node and can help probably the most up-to-date Wi-Fi 7 requirements. Kuo says that Apple expects to maneuver all of its merchandise over to the brand new homegrown Wi-Fi chip over the subsequent three years. One Apple product that in all probability will not be getting the brand new Apple Wi-Fi + Bluetooth chip is Apple’s $19 sharpening material.

Along with launching its personal Wi-Fi + Bluetooth chip on subsequent yr’s iPhone 17 line, Apple’s personal 5G modem can be anticipated to exchange the Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G modem starting on the iPhone SE 4 which might be launched in the course of the first quarter of 2025. You may recall that seeking to get away from Qualcomm’s ridiculous “no license, no chips” coverage, Apple and Qualcomm went on a lawsuit spree and Apple tried to get Intel to construct it a dependable 5G modem which it couldn’t do.

Despite the fact that Apple and Qualcomm signed on the dotted line once more final yr to maintain Apple as much as its eyeballs with Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G modems via 2026, Apple might be pleased to maneuver away from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 5G modems. Simply as Kuo talked about the benefits Apple can have utilizing its personal Wi-Fi 7 chip for the iPhone 17 line, utilizing its homegrown 5G modem will save Apple some cash.