Apple Said to Have Designed 2018 iPhone, iPad Models Without

Apple Said to Have Designed 2018 iPhone, iPad Models Without Qualcomm Modem

HIGHLIGHTS

• Apple to drop Qualcomm chips in its next iPhones and iPads
• The change would affect iPhones released in the fall of 2018
• Apple & Qualcomm are locked in an international licensing dispute

Apple Inc has designed iPhones and iPads that would drop chips supplied by Qualcomm Inc, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The change would affect iPhones released in the fall of 2018, but Apple could still change course before then, these people said. They declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media.

The dispute stems from a change in supply arrangements under which Qualcomm has stopped providing some software for Apple to test its chips in its iPhone designs, one of the people told Reuters.

The two companies are locked in a multinational legal dispute over the Qualcomm's licensing terms to Apple.