Apple cancels this phone launch in 2024

By: Rohit Yadav

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Updated on: 10-Jan-2023

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Rather, Apple will keep using Qualcomm 5G chips for its phones in 2024, including the iPhone 16 series, according to Kuo.

“Due to concerns that the performance of the in-house baseband chip may not be up to par with Qualcomm's, Apple initially planned to launch its baseband chip in 2024 and let the low-end iPhone SE 4 adopt it first, and decide whether to let the iPhone 16 use its baseband chip depending on the development status of iPhone SE 4," he writes in the post.

“However, the cancelation of the iPhone SE 4 has significantly increased the chances of Qualcomm remaining the exclusive supplier of baseband chips for the 2H24 new iPhone 16 series, which is better than the market consensus that Qualcomm will start losing iPhone orders in 2024," he adds.

Kuo predicted in December of last year that Apple might decide to delay or cancel the release of the iPhone SE 4. Later Kuo speculated that this was due to the less than anticipated demand for the mid range Apple smartphones like the iPhone SE 3, iPhone 13 Mini and the recently launched iPhone 14 Plus. “My latest survey indicates that Apple will likely cancel or postpone the mass production plan for the 2024 iPhone SE 4. I think this is due to the consistently lower-than-expected shipments of mid-to-low-end iPhones (e.g., SE 3, 13 mini, and 14 Plus)", Kuo wrote in a tweet then.