Apple mobilizes suppliers to unveil first 5G iPhones - Nikkei

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

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(Reuters) – Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is mobilizing suppliers to launch its first 5G iPhone range, the Nikkei Asian Review said on Wednesday.

“It will be the first time Apple introduces 5G iPhones … There will be three of them and the company has set an aggressive sales target,” Nikkei https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Tech-scroll-Asia/Sources-Apple-mobilizes-suppliers-to-launch-first-5G-iPhone-range quoted a source as saying.

The three new iPhones will carry a 5G modem chip designed by Qualcomm Inc <QCOM.O>, Nikkei added, citing four people familiar with the plan.

Apple and Qualcomm did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

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