Apple working on in-house power management chipsets: reports
01 Dec 2017
Reports say that Apple has three iPhones in the works for next year. One of these will be the successor to the special iPhone X, which may be called the iPhone X Plus. Also in addition to working on the new iPhone hardware, a report suggests that Apple is also developing a new power management chip that it will use in the future iPhone models that will offer longer and better battery life. The new chip, designed in-house, will be ready for use in the iPhone in the next two years.
The in-house chips, supposedly "the most advanced in the industry," will pave the way for future iPhone models to have a better performance and battery life balance. The report has been confirmed by anonymous sources to Nikkei Asian Review.
According to the sources, Apple is designing its own power management chips for use in iPhones within the next two years. Highlighting its the plan, one of the sources said, "Based on Apple's current plan, they are set to replace around half of its power management chips to go into iPhones by itself, starting next year."
According to another source, the new chips may not be ready until 2019, which meant that the 2018 iPhones may not see this chip in it.
Meanwhile, shipping estimates for the iPhone X, keep on improving each passing day in the US and now iPhone X models ordered today can be expected to be delivered in just about a week, a reports said.
The report said Apple had improved the production and supply of iPhone X, from the previous report of 1-2 weeks just one week.
According to Mac Rumors, Online Apple store in the US is now promising delivery date of December 8 for all new iPhone X orders, meaning iPhone X orders will need to ship out in only a matter of days to keep the promise.
