Apple’s New iPhones May Miss Out on Higher-Speed Data Links
- Modems from Qualcomm, Intel to be used in upcoming iPhones
- Move clashes with carriers’ desire to show off gigabit speed
Apple's New iPhone May Have a Data Speed Problem
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Verizon Corp., AT&T Inc. and the rest of the U.S. wireless industry have a big boast for this year’s crop of smartphones: thanks to network upgrades, devices will be able to download as much as a gigabit of data in a single second -- speeds 100 times faster than before.
But that won’t be the case for Apple Inc.’s newest iPhones, devices to go on sale later this year, leaving the company’s most important product potentially lagging behind the data performance of rival smartphones.