Intel may benefit from Apple's fight with Qualcomm

To avoid over-relying on baseband chip supply from Qualcomm, Apple added Intel as a second baseband chip supplier for its iPhone 7 series smartphones in 2016, with Intel receiving an outsourcing proportion of around 30%. Since Intel's baseband chips have inferior performances compared to Qualcomm's solutions, some market watchers originally expected Apple to shift back all its baseband chip orders for the next-generation iPhones from Intel to Qualcomm.

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